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Winter Holidays

  • Study – ‘Super Saturday’ sees high Web traffic

    New York – The weekend of Dec. 20-21, which included “Super Saturday” (the last Saturday before Christmas) saw the highest daily back-to-back Internet traffic from online consumer retail shopping activity since tracking began before the Thanksgiving weekend. According to the Verizon Retail Index, average daily traffic was 119 on Saturday and 122 on Sunday.  

  • Season’s Greetings

    Chain Store Age wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday!  Our offices will be closed Wednesday, December 24th,  Thursday, December 25th and Friday, December, December 26th.  We will return to normal business hours on Monday, December 29th.  We wish you and your family a joyous and peaceful holiday season!

  • Insights: Making the In-Store Experience Count

    By Molly Glover Gallatin, Gigwalk   According to Forrester Research, U.S. e-retail sales are expected to grow from $263 billion in 2013 to $414 billion in 2018, a compound annual growth rate of 9.5%. While a fuss has been made about the increase in online spending, statistics show that more than three quarters of retail transactions are still made in-store.    

  • Tech Guest Viewpoint - Why the Holidays are a Shipping Nightmare

    By Fabrizio Brasca, JDA Software  

  • It's an omnichannel holiday for CVS customers

    CVS has developed an omnichannel strategy for this holiday season that focuses on targeting customers online, on mobile and in stores.

    Consumers can follow @CVS_Extra on Twitter to learn about upcoming promotions and ways to win a variety of gift items through special contests. Additional holiday savings and tips can be found on the CVS Facebook page.

  • Pier 1 reports Q3 profit plunge

    Despite reporting a 33% year-over-year decline in profits during the third quarter, Pier 1 Imports CEO Alex Smith said he is confident in the chain’s value proposition going forward in 2015.

  • Looking for a product? Try the mobile Yellow Pages

    Orem, Utah – Checking the Yellow Pages for various types of information is a time-honored tradition, but now consumers can use the mobile version to find products. App developer Avantar is releasing a feature in the Yellow Pages app that lets shoppers pinpoint locations of products.  

  • Millennials more likely to impulse-shop

    The urge to impulse-shop during the holidays runs strong among Americans, but even stronger among a particular age group, according to a new survey.

    About 83% of Millennials admit to having made an impulse purchase in the past, according to the Chase Blueprint Holiday Impulse Purchases Survey. And when they shop online or on pay day, this urge exceeds that of all other age groups.

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