Seasonal

Issues such as COVID-19 impacted store operations during the 2020 holiday shopping season, but most retail stores avoided a sales decline.  

Traffic statistics at American malls in the early days of this year’s expanded holiday shopping season fell in step with the volume of COVID-19 cases being reported—except during gift-buying crunch time in December.

The offices of Chain Store Age are officially closed on Monday, Jan. 18, in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Confounding dour predictions of soggy holiday sales — and defying COVID headwinds — America’s resilient shoppers drove the November-December holiday period to a record-breaking $768 billion in sales, a remarkable 8.6% leap from last year’s $707 billion. 

The nearly year-long focus on safety protocols is resonating with customers, but it may be diverting attention from other areas.

Online consumers were nice to retailers during the 2020 holiday season, but showed some naughty behavior as well.

The nation’s consumers didn’t let the pandemic stop them from holiday shopping and gift-giving.

Signet Jewelers Ltd. projected better-than-expected sales for the fourth quarter, following a robust holiday season during which all its U.S. banners posted positive same-store sales.