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Is There a Future for Same-Day Delivery? How About Online Grocery Shopping?
For the time being, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t seem to have to worry too much about two of the most hyped, potentially “game changing” options in e-commerce.
Honoring the Enemy? Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Give Top Award to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
Awkward! The National Retail Federation, which is dominated by traditional brick-and-mortar-based stores, just gave its top award to the guy who has been undermining their businesses for years.
Why Walmart Took Over Facebook for 72 Hours
Walmart shut out the competition and purchased 50 million Facebook ads over Black Friday weekend — all without proof that doing so would necessarily help boost sales. Huh?
What’s on Tap for Black Friday: Strikes, Protests, Anger – Oh, and Some Deals Too!
It’s never a good idea for stores to upset customers. Considering how important the holiday period is for retailers, right now is an especially bad time to get shoppers and employees agitated. Yet this especially big week for …
E-Retail Strikes Back: Amazon’s Latest Strategies in War for Holiday Shopper Dollars
PayPal Ups Ante in Holiday Season Price-Matching Wars
The battle for holiday shopper dollars continues with the launch of the most impressive-sounding price-matching policy offered yet. As it turns out, the policy isn’t being offered by a retailer, but the payment processor PayPal.
How Layaway Is Starting to Resemble the Lottery
One of last year’s feel-good stories for the holidays was the rise of “layaway Santas,” in which random people decided out of the goodness of their hearts to pay off total strangers’ layaway accounts—usually at Kmart, usually …
Unhappy Holidays? Lackluster Season Expected for Several Shopping Categories
Studies from Deloitte, the National Retail Federation, and Booz & Co. all predict modest retail sales increases for the holiday period, with rises generally up in the vicinity of 3% or 4%. Online and mobile sales are expected to …
By Matching Online Prices, Are Best Buy and Target Doing Exactly What Amazon Wants?
When Target and Best Buy recently announced that they would be taking the fight to Amazon during the holiday shopping season by matching prices with major online sellers, many shoppers reacted with the thought: Well it’s about …
What’s in Store for Holiday Shopping 2012?
Where will you be shopping during the upcoming holidays? What, when, and how are you likely to check off the items on your shopping list? The predictions of retail analysts are in.
With Early Layaway Promos, Holiday Shopping Wars Have Already Begun
It’s never too early for retailers to start battling it out for holiday shoppers. This year, an especially early competition concerns layaway. Despite the fact that Labor Day weekend just ended, the kids are barely back in …
