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  • Survey: Consumers to shop via mobile phones on Thanksgiving

    New York -- Mobile devices will play a pivotal role this Thanksgiving as the holiday transforms into "Mobile Thursday," the day before Black Friday, according to a new online survey by Harris Interactive, conducted on behalf of Digitas, a digitally led, global integrated brand agency.

  • Lowe’s looking better with room for improvement

    Positive same-store sales in 12 of 14 merchandise categories at Lowe’s pushed third-quarter profits up 76%.

    Lowe's reported third-quarter net income of $396 million, up 76% from earnings of $225 million a year ago on revenues that increased 2% to $12.07 billion, ahead of consensus estimates of $11.93 billion. Same-store sales increased 1.8%.

    Lowe’s president and CEO Robert Niblock called the results solid and said the company is focused on improving execution, delivering value and increasing product differentiation.

  • Finish Line relaunches website

    Indianapolis -- The Finish Line announced the re-launch of Finishline.com with an enhanced focus on the customer.

    Finish Line collaborated with several industry innovators on the re-launch. Big Spaceship, a digital agency dedicated to creating connective experiences, products and platforms, and Demandware, a  provider of cloud-based commerce solutions, have worked integrally with Finish Line’s digital and IT teams in the research, re-design and implementation of the site.

  • Cache selects RetailNext for in-store traffic management

    San Jose, Calif. -- RetailNext announced that specialty retailer Cache has chosen RetailNext for its in-store traffic management and real-time monitoring system. The retailer is currently rolling out RetailNext's platform across the majority of its stores in 43 states.

  • Sears Holdings seeks online success with digital decision

    Sears Holdings is looking to replicate the success it had with digital initiatives in 2011 by turning to the same firm that helped it deliver results.

    For the second year in a row, Billups Design was selected to lead digital creative for Sears and Kmart Black Friday and holiday ecommerce dynamic ad campaigns. The project includes Sears and Kmart brand awareness ads, local ad business groups, and site retargeting ads with dynamic product feeds designed to increase ecommerce sales, according to Billups.

  • Five Tips to Prevent Showrooming from Ruining Your Business

    By Al Beery, [email protected]

  • Chase has finger on the holiday pulse

    WILMINGTON, Del. — The retail industry is awash with forecasts and projections during the holidays, but a near real-time indicator from Chase reveals how shoppers are actually behaving.

  • Deloitte: 60% of Americans will shop over Thanksgiving weekend

    New York -- Sixty percent of Americans plan to shop in stores or online over the Thanksgiving weekend – up from 51% in 2011, according to Deloitte’s pre-Thanksgiving survey.

    Among these weekend shoppers, 63% plan to shop in stores on Black Friday and 23% plan to shop in stores on Thanksgiving day (up from 17% in last year’s survey). Shoppers expect spend an average of $286 over the holiday weekend – up 28% from the 2011 survey

    The survey also indicates:

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