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Winter Holidays

  • ComScore: Online billion dollar shopping days the new norm

    While mobile commerce flexed its muscle during Cyber Week, desktop shoppers keep representing this holiday season — and in a strong way.  

  • Restoration Hardware Q3 tops Street; gives holiday warning

    Restoration Hardware reported better-than-expected earnings and sales for the third quarter, but the upscale home furnishings retailer cut its full-year outlook amid slow sales of its holiday collection.    The company also said that its name will change in January to RH, which is the same as its stock ticker.   Restoration Hardware reported net income of $2.5 million. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 19 cents per share.  

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  • Lululemon tops estimates in Q3; confident about holiday

    Consumers’ demand for stylish workout wear no shows on slowing down.        Lululemon Athletica Inc.’s sales rose 13% to $544.4 million, surpassing Wall Street estimates.   Total comparable sales, which includes comparable store sales and direct to consumer, increased by 7%. Same-store sales rose 4%.      Profit in the quarter was 47 cents a share, excluding some items. Analysts estimated 43 cents on average.    

  • Sears expands its ride with Uber

    Hoping to lessen the hustle and bustle of the holidays, Sears Holdings and Uber are expanding its Rider Rewards program to 23 new markets.   The service, which launched this fall in New York City and Chicago, enabled Sears Shop Your Way loyalty shoppers to link their memberships to their Uber accounts. Every Uber ride they take earns them $2 in loyalty points.  

  • Target sponsors home decor pop-up in Manhattan

    Target Corp. has teamed up with Domino, a trendy home decor magazine.   Domino has opened its first-ever retail store, a pop-up sponsored by Target, in Manhattan, Mediapost.com reported.  

  • Newegg reports record-breaking November sales

    Newegg closed the books on its most successful “Black November” to date.   Strong sales from the five-day period of Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday drove a 19.1% year-over-year sales increase. These sales surpassed online shopping as a whole, which increased 15.2% during that same time-rame, according to Adobe Digital Insights, as reported on Nov. 29.   

  • PayPal makes cash gift-gifting more personal — and stylish

    PayPal tapped noted designer Jonathan Adler to personalize gift cards for the payment company’s person-to-person (P2P) payment service. Consumers who opt to use the service to give  money to friends and family, can now choose from six exclusive yet customizable digital holiday and generic gifting cards — a move that personalizes their “gift of money,” and adds a chic touch to an often impersonal gift option.  
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