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Winter Holidays

  • Happy New Year from CSA

    Chain Store Age offices will be closed December 30 through January 2. We will resume  publishing on Tuesday, January 3. Have a happy, healthy new year!

  • Closing time for the Limited?

    As the new year begins, it’s not looking very good for the ailing Limited Stores.   Reports are coming in from around the country of Limited store closings, The Columbus Dispatch reported. In Florida, some stores closed after business hours on Christmas Eve.  

  • Amazon extends ‘digital’ holiday shopping season a bit further

    While most retailers have already bid adieu to the 2016 holiday shopping season, Amazon has one more trick up its sleeve.  

  • Report: Last-minute shopping boosts holiday spending

    Holiday procrastinators may have saved retailers this year.       A jump in consumer spending in the final home stretch helped to offset a slow start to the U.S. holiday shopping season, and is likely to help many retailers beat sales forecasts, Reuters reported.    

  • Retailers delivered this holiday season

    The majority of retailers managed to keep their shipping promises this holiday.   That’s according to Kurt Salmon’s annual Holiday Shipping study, which found that 97% of retailers successfully processed and delivered orders to customers on their last guaranteed shipping date before Christmas. according to Kurt Salmon’s (part of Accenture Strategy) annual Holiday Shipping study. This compares to 87% in 2014 and 95% in 2015. 

  • Plenty of people shopped on Christmas Day

    Nothing like doing a little shopping as presents are being unwrapped.   E-commerce traffic volume on Christmas Day shattered all previous records according to Verizon Enterprise Solutions’ Holiday Retail Index report.   The report finds that traffic continued to build into the Christmas weekend, and reached feverish pitch on Christmas Day which also coincided this year with the first full day of Hanukkah.   

  • Happy Holidays from CSA

    Chain Store Age will be closed Dec. 23 and Dec. 26, and will publish again on Monday, Dec. 27. We wish you and your families best wishes for a happy, healthy and joyous holiday.  

  • Luxury brands grab online holiday shoppers through digital disruptors

    Upscale brands are grabbing the attention of holiday procrastinators.   Three in 10 shoppers are still scrambling to finish holiday shopping, according to the National Retail Federation, and many are jumping online in search of their perfect, albeit “last minute” holiday gifts.   
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