In an effort to better serve the retail industry, the parent company of Retail Leader, EnsembleIQ, has decided to merge Retail Leader into Chain Store Age.
A record number of people shopped over the five-day holiday weekend as Black Friday continued its streak as the most popular shopping day of the entire weekend.
Shoppers turned out in force in physical stores and shopping centers on Black Friday, helped by cool dry weather in most parts of the country and heavy discounting.