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Consumers’ Mood Glum For Back To School
High unemployment, stagnant wages, gridlock in Congress, and a stock market slump have contributed to a consumer mood that was as grim as when Jimmy Carter was President during the recession of 1980...
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Holiday 2011 Improvement Opportunities
The Holiday 2011 selling season looms large for retailers across the USA. It is traditionally the weeks of the year where many retailers make the majority of their profits. That, of course, is where...
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Holiday 2011 Looks Somewhat Merry
The economy is awful. Jobs are hard to come by. Politics is more dramatic than professional wrestling. So how will consumers react during the 2011 holiday season? It appears they’ll just go shopping....
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Black Friday Has Become Black Thursday
Black Friday buzz has gone beyond a fevered pitch to just plain annoying. Emails, articles, ads – all touting what retailers are doing different or better, at least from their perspective, than last...
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Consumers “Great Divide” Is Unfounded
There is an alledged “Great Divide” among American consumers today. Those who are cutting back on buying milk and cereal and those who are buying helicopters. Those of that theory say Walmart is...
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Consumers Say It’s OK To Spend Again
Higher prices on virtually everything we consume have become the new normal. Across the board consumer products are up 3.5 percent in October compared to a year ago. During the same period, spending...
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Holiday 2011 Shopping Trends Identify Two Bargain Hunter Groups
Which one are you? A finisher or late buyer? According to the latest America’s Research Group/UBS Christmas Forecast bargain hunters were out in force Black Friday weekend, while others are quietly...
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Returns Are Killing Retailers
Retailers such as Nordstrom and Lands’ End are known for their no-questions-asked returns policies. There’s even the urban legend of a man returning tires to Nordstrom for a refund, even though the...
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Holiday Shopping Trends Cause Retailers Frenzy
Nine more shopping days until Christmas. In these last days of holiday 2011 retailers are like poker players making their final draw. A good decision here can make a company’s year. A bad decision here...
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Retailers Look To Gift Cards To Finish Holiday 2011 Strong
The 2011 holiday shopping season is tracking to be anything but a bell curve of sales. This year’s holiday shopping season started with a bang and ended with a flourish, but with a dip in the middle....
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