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Winter Holidays

  • Focused on flawless, Toys “R” Us ready for stretch run

    With the financial picture improving modestly at Toys “R” Us, CEO Dave Brandon said the company is ready to build on third quarter successes during the final days of the holiday season.

  • Toys 'R' Us is focused on 'flawless' as it goes into holiday home stretch

    With the financial picture improving modestly at Toys “R” Us, CEO David Brandon said the company is ready to build on third quarter successes during the final days of the holiday season.

  • Neiman Marcus hit by department store slump

    The strong dollar’s influence on tourism and store traffic led the Neiman Marcus Group to report a decline in same-store sales for the first time in six years.

  • Store closing sales have begun at iconic Kitson

    Boston -- Gordon Brothers Group and Hilco Merchant Resources announced that the companies will be managing the stores closing process, which has begun, for Los Angeles-based, Kitson, at all 17 locations throughout California, Oregon, and Nevada. Sales are offering discounts of up to 50% on all of the fashion apparel, gifts and novelty merchandise. Store fixtures, furniture and equipment will also be available for sale.

  • Tech Bytes: Top Three Items on Shoppers’ Holiday Experience Wish Lists

    We all know the stress of seasonal shopping can make the holidays anything but merry for consumers.

    However, there are a few key customer experience features retailers can offer to help make this time of year bearable, if not downright happy, for beleaguered shoppers. The holiday customer experience should be:

    App-centric

  • Why stores matter more than ever

    The demise of physical stores has become a familiar narrative during the holiday season, but nothing could be further from the truth according to one man better positioned than most to know.

  • Desktop holiday spending reaches new heights

    So far this holiday season, consumers are turning to their desktop PCs for shopping more than ever before.

  • comScore: Desktop holiday spending reaches new heights

    So far this holiday season, consumers are turning to their desktop PCs for shopping more than ever before.

    According to new data from comScore, through the first 36 days of the November-December 2015 holiday season (Nov. 1 – Dec. 6), desktop spend totaled $35.36 billion. This marks a 6% increase from $33.38 billion for the equivalent period in 2014. Although rate of year-over-year growth is below the 9% previously predicted by comScore, the total figure still sets a new record.

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