by Mike Duff | Sep 18, 2023 | Retail Articles
According to a forecast released by AlixPartners, the global consulting firm, holiday season sales in the United States should grow from 3% to 6% year over year. Although American consumers have remained financially resilient during 2023, inflation, higher interest...
by Mike Duff | Jun 8, 2023 | Retail Articles
Although it came out ahead of a Wall Street estimate on sales, Kirkland’s net loss grew as comparable sales declined in the first quarter when the company realigned outreach to emphasize its value offering. Net loss in the quarter was $12.1 million, or 95 cents per...
by Mike Duff | Jun 7, 2023 | Retail Articles
The Rise of the Gen Z Consumer, a study published by shopping center organization ICSC examining the shopping habits, behaviors and factors that most influence how the emerging generation of consumers interacts with retailers, marketplaces, industry and the economy,...
by Mike Duff | Feb 22, 2023 | Retail Articles
At a time when consumer shopping behavior is being watched closely in the face of economic uncertainty and inflation, the Kearney Consumer Institute has released its first 2023 briefing on gifting titled “Should I Stay or Should I Go? Redefining Trading Down,...
by Mike Duff | Sep 13, 2022 | Retail Articles
Zulily is putting even more emphasis on moms as the core customer, and it’s doing so based on a mom’s definition of value, the Qurate Retail Group banner stated. Moms are redefining value to mean the sum of all the parts of a shopping experience, Zulily asserted,...
