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More robust omnichannel capabilities have Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly confident about his company’s ability to execute during the holidays, but his views on overall demand for consumer electronics are another matter.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday may still be cool, after all.

A new study on the holiday shopping habits of almost 7,000 millennials by product discovery platform Influenster shows that 93% of respondents plan on shopping Black Friday and/or Cyber Monday this year.

More robust omnichannel capabilities have Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly confident about his company’s ability to execute during the holidays, but his views on overall demand for consumer electronics are another matter.

Best Buy said it expects weak demand for consumer electronics in the fourth quarter and forecast flat same-store sales at domestic locations following a 0.5% third quarter comp increase that was aided by an 18% online increase.

(Photos courtesy of Toys 'R' Us)

Martha Stewart has taken her American Made store out of eBay and announced a new partnership with Amazon.com.

Barneys New York is bringing an icy winter chill — literally — to its holiday windows.

Marketing and merchandising changes at Target Corp. are paying off as the retailer reported better than expected traffic and sales in the third quarter.

For the quarter ended Nov. 1, Target reported a same-store sales increase of 1.9%. Net sales rose 2.1% to 17.6 billion.

Profit rose to $549 million, or 87 cents per share, up from $352 million, or 55 cents per share in the year-ago period. Not including one-time items, the company earned 86 cents per share, which was in line with Wall Street expectations.

Barneys New York is bringing an icy winter chill—literally—to its holiday windows.

With a theme of “Chillin’ Out,” the specialty retailer has transformed the windows of its Manhattan flagship into a winter wonderland, complete with 35-foot fully functioning ice locker that features daily live ice carving.