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Category Archives: Black Friday
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Predictions
November 02, 2009
Holiday projections are out and many are predicting a gloomy holiday season for retailers. The NRF forecasts a 1% decline growth in total retail sales for the 2009 holiday season, totaling $437.6 billion. The online channel is poised to fare... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 06:11 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Email | Holiday | Retail | Search Strategies | Shopping and Classifieds | Thanksgiving
Circuit City to close all operations
January 19, 2009
On Friday, Circuit City announced that the company is closing 567 stores and will be laying off more than 30,000 workers. During the holiday season, despite being one the top visited websites among the Retail 500 on Thanksgiving (#5), Black... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 02:56 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Holiday | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds
The Season of Online Coupons
January 15, 2009
We all knew heading into the holiday season that consumers were going to be highly sensitive to price due to the economic conditions, paving the way for an increase in online deal seeking. Coupon websites experienced growth in visits throughout... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 07:40 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Economy | Holiday | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds
Traffic to Web-only retailers increases on Thanksgiving and Black Friday
December 01, 2008
The holiday shopping season is officially upon us and for some online retailers, prospects may be rosier than expected thanks to heavy promotional activity to encourage spending (and unfortunately also erode profit margins). On Thanksgiving, which has been the heaviest... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 07:51 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds
Retail traffic flat from 2007
November 25, 2008
Thanksgiving is almost here, time for turkey, pumpkin pie – and online shopping. Each year Thanksgiving is the peak traffic day to the Retail 500, particularly among many of the brick & mortar players, who use the online channel to... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 06:34 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Economy | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds
Black Friday countdown is on
November 21, 2008
With one week left to go, Black Friday (aka the day after Thanksgiving) is almost upon us. Historically, Black Friday sales were typically called After-Thanksgiving sales, but thanks to a growing number of websites leaking retailer promotions, Black Friday has... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 06:55 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds
