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  • Report: What retailer dominated social media on Cyber Monday?

    One retailer was clearly in a league of its own when it came to social media dominance of Cyber Monday.

  • 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.

  • Nordstrom Rack on the move

    Nordstrom Rack, the off-price division of Nordstrom, continues its expansion, announcing two new upcoming locations.

    The retailer plans to open a 28,000-sq.-ft. store at Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont, Ill., in fall 2016. The property is owned by Macerich.

  • Walmart: Mobile is 'dominant shopping trend'

  • ShopperTrak: In-store sales decline need to be viewed in context

    In-store sales declines over Black Friday weekend had many analysts buzzing about the future of brick and mortar. But an expert in store traffic cautioned that the declines should be taken with a grain of salt.

    “It’s important to view the decrease in context,” said Bill Martin, founder, ShopperTrak.

    Martin noted that where are several contributing factors, including fewer available store hours on Thanksgiving Day and a later Hanukah that is anticipated to push sales into December.

  • 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.

  • Black Friday weekend goes digital

    Consumer spending across digital channels showed significant year-over-year growth over this year's Thanksgiving weekend.

    According to data from ComScore, desktop spending surpassed $1 billion on both Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Consumers sitting at desktop PCs spent a total of $1.1 billion, up 9% from $1.01 billion in 2014. On Black Friday, desktop spending grew 10% to $1.66 billion from $1.5 billion.

  • 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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