Content about New Year's Day

January 3, 2013
Rite Aid reports 2.2% decrease in comps for December

A shift in the New Year's holiday calendar and the introduction of new generic drugs contributed to a decrease in same-store sales for the month of December at Rite Aid, the retail pharmacy chain said.

December 4, 2012
Report: Store opening plans for 2013 at a four-year high

Store opening plans for 2013 are at a four-year high even as positive retail trends tempered with uncertain fiscal policies signal a cautious start to the new year, according to a report released by Jones Lang LaSalle.

November 27, 2012
Retail Forecast 2013

By Phillip M. Perry

Overcast with clearing skies — That’s the economic forecast from a major research firm as retailers enter a new year. Drizzly conditions will remain at least for the first half of 2013 as consumers hold tight to their pocketbooks. By the summer, though, light should break through the clouds as the resolutions of critical national uncertainties encourage corporate hiring, capital investment and consumer spending.

November 5, 2012
How to Prepare for the 10 Busiest Holiday Shopping Days

By Bill Martin, ShopperTrak Founder

December 21, 2011
A Fresh Look at Supply Chain

The New Year poses more opportunities for retailers to grow profits by shrinking costs, and taking a fresh look at the supply chain can provide the surest avenues to enhanced bottom lines. Chain Store Age talked with Ryder Supply Chain Solutions’ Chris Merritt about supply chain trends and methods for strategically reducing expense.

What do you see as overriding trends in retail supply chain?

December 21, 2011
Consumer Trendspotting

It’s a new year, and with it comes the opportunity for a fresh start for retailers as well as consumers. As in new years past, I’m inundated with a flurry of trend forecasts, surveys and predictions. One of the more interesting ones to cross my desk comes from JWT, New York, one of the world’s biggest marketing communications brands. It is the firm’s seventh annual year-end forecast of trends that will impact consumer behavior going forward.

December 16, 2011
Online retail sites: Prepare for a surge in China e-commerce

By Jeff Kim, CDNetworks

November 23, 2011
Incoming Class

The new year will see a changing of the guard in the chief executive’s office of several big retailers. Here are four to watch:

November 17, 2011
Forest City to use mobile technology in study

Forest City Commercial Management announced that it will test a new survey technology by U.K.-based Path Intelligence to track mall shopping behavior and flow by using mobile phones.

October 19, 2011
Finance 2012 Retail Huddle

By Andrew Wren, CEO, Wren

April 29, 2011
Baby Boom…or Bust?

In case you missed it because you were too busy putting away the noisemakers or watching college football, the first day of 2011 was not just another New Year’s Day. It was a significant generational milestone: The first members of the Baby Boom generation turned 65.

January 26, 2011
China fines Wal-Mart, Carrefour for overpricing

China said Wednesday it is fining Wal-Mart and Carrefour stores up to $75,900 for overpricing, expressing concerns about price inflation ahead of the impending Lunar New Year holiday.

January 24, 2011
Cyber shopping: Keeping security high when shoppers buy online

By Rick Caccia, info@arcsight.com

January 12, 2011
Crabtree & Evelyn selects 89 Degrees as CRM partner

Crabtree & Evelyn has retained 89 Degrees to assist the retailer in developing a wide range of digital and direct marketing programs.

December 28, 2010
Trends for the New Year

It’s a new year, and with it comes some optimism that the economy is finally starting to gain some traction.

December 15, 2010
Ikea to install solar panels on two additional locations

Ikea plans to install solar energy panels on two East Coast stores: Paramus, N.J., and Stoughton, Mass.

November 2, 2010
Survey notes impact of election on consumer spending

A return to divided government in January may well mark a return to the shopping...

December 14, 2008
Big Apple Dazzle

It would have been easy for the Walgreens’ new outpost in the heart of...

December 14, 2008
Big Apple Dazzle

It would have been easy for the Walgreens’ new outpost in the heart of New...

December 31, 2007
Fresh Takes on Food

As we begin the new year, let me suggest a central lesson from last...

December 31, 2007
What to Expect in 2008

Wondering what the new year will bring? So am I. But given the ups...

January 31, 2007
New IT Resolutions

New Year’s resolutions. They seem simple in December, but by February, we’re struggling to uphold...

December 31, 2006
Compete Is a Verb: A Rallying Cry for 2007

Compete is a verb....

December 31, 2006
Retailing 2007 Trends

It’s always fun to predict what a new year will bring. TradeStone, Gloucester, Mass., has...

January 2, 2005
Office Depot Focuses on Image

Delray Beach, Fla., ...

© 2013