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  • Connecticut's first Bass Pro Shops opens in $750M mixed-use Steelpointe Harbor

    Bridgeport Landing Development, a subsidiary of The RCI Group announced that Connecticut’s first Bass Pro Shops has opened at Steelpointe Harbor located in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

    The Steelpointe Harbor Bass Pro Shops is a 150,000 sq. ft. store featuring Uncle Bucks Fish Bowl and Grill restaurant, Black Widow Billiards™ parlor complete with two tournament pool tables, a bowling alley with 12 full lanes, an archery range and aquarium.

  • Cyber Monday spending hits all-time high

    Cyber Monday 2015 will be a day for the retail record books, at least until next holiday season.

  • Study: Younger consumers phone it in

    The stereotype of younger consumers spending all their time glued to smartphones may have some validity, at least when it comes to shopping.

  • NRF: Holiday weekend brings big in-store and online shoppers; online has edge

    Huge numbers of shoppers feasted on deals over Thanksgiving weekend, but how and when Americans did so has forever changed, as online activity exceeded store visits.

  • Study: Younger consumers phone the sale in

    The stereotype of younger consumers spending all their time glued to smartphones may have some validity, at least when it comes to shopping.

    New custom Interactive Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) analysis of Prosper Insight data shows that adults ages 18-34 are more likely to favor smartphones for retail activities than any other age group.

  • Retailers with the best return policies—and the worst

    When it comes to return policies, Nordstrom and Forever 21 couldn’t be further apart.

    At least that’s according to an annual survey of return policies by GOBankingRates.com. The study rated Nordstrom as offering the best return policies of 2015, with Forever 21 offering the worst.

    “Return policies should be a big consideration for holiday shoppers — two-thirds of people return at least one holiday gift,” said Elyssa Kirkham, lead reporter on the GOBankingRates study.

  • Report: Apparel up, electronics flat over Black Friday weekend

    Apparel specialty retailers experienced a sales pick up over Black Friday weekend, while department-store and electronics revenue was roughly flat, Reuters reported.

    Online sales growth was in the double digits over the weekend, beating MasterCard's forecast for about an 8% increase.

    Read more by clicking here.

  • Lessons retailers learned this Black Friday

    Huge numbers of shoppers feasted on deals over Thanksgiving weekend, but how and when Americans did so has forever changed, as online activity exceeded store visits.

    Retailers such as Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Macy’s spoke of well executed promotional strategies that leveraged their physical and digital presence and those insights were validated by data from the National Retail Federation’s Thanksgiving Weekend Survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics.

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