Winter Holidays

Hobby Lobby Stores is poised to become one of the highest-paying U.S. retailers when it comes to starting wages for full-time workers. 

Retailers who prioritize customers’ desires for a safe, efficient shopping journey will be the big winners this year.

Holiday sales growth this year will largely depend on how much wealthy households splurge and how a range of different pandemic-related factors play out. 

Retailers, with some exceptions, have been slow out of the gate in announcing their seasonal hiring plans.

Consumers are willing to shop for holiday presents, but the price needs to be right.

The overall pace of e-commerce sales cooled in August as more stores opened and summer waned, but mobile and BOPIS commerce boomed.

In the early days of the pandemic, big-box retailers such as Walmart and Target saw an influx of customers, while others deemed non-essential suffered from reduced or halted traffic.

Amazon is reportedly running a three-week early Black Friday online sales event beginning Oct. 26.