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When Customers Aren’t Holiday Shopping, They’ll be Streaming

Retail TouchPoints

The winter holiday season is a critical time for retail. November and December holiday sales average around 19% of total retail sales, per the NRF , and this share can be even higher for some department stores and specialty retailers. Emarketer anticipates that holiday retail sales will grow 4.5%

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Back-To-School Spending Poised To Top $100 Billion Even Amid Disruption

Retail TouchPoints

The final shopping lists that are created and shared by teachers will present “information that could reflect schools’ reopening plans and affect how much consumers actually spend,” the NRF reported in a press release. For many parents, this uncertainty is creating stress. New Realities Influencing Back-To-School Activity.

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Retail Statistics You Should Know

Small Biz Trends

Here are interesting data from the National Retail Federation report to help you assess how big the retail industry is: Retail supports 1 in 4 American jobs, which is over 50 million American workers. The contribution of the retail industry reaches around $1 trillion Direct Labor Income. economy is retail, now you know.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 316 Annual Predictions 2024

Retail Geek

A least one retailer has an AI based auto-replenishment solution with significant adoption. Bifurcation drives at least two more retail bankruptcies, including 1 national specialty retailer, and one general merchandise/dept store. two top 50 retailers) China companies focus more on West and get more traction.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 258 – Retailer Owned Brands and Other News

Retail Geek

Jason: [0:48] I know this was a bad week to plan a vacation in the canal. Jason: [2:07] Yeah and the plan B is not ideal it’s a so long way around. Jason: [23:55] But it just so you know no to retailers count that the same and so now you know it’s coming up as a problem.