Signs Point to a Strong Holiday Shopping Season

Signs Point to a Strong Holiday Shopping Season

It’s difficult to forecast anything but a strong holiday season for retailers, considering that the United States is experiencing a 49-year unemployment low. Wage growth is finally catching up as well, hitting the highest it’s increased in about a decade. A recent...

Retail’s Reality Gets More Complex

This is a difficult year to get a pulse on how the retail industry will perform going forward. On the one hand, overall, the segment has been performing well. On the other, there is concern and uncertainty, maybe more than in the recent past, about some major...

Does Anyone Care About Black Friday Anymore?

So far, it is not looking like a good holiday shopping season for retailers. Of course, who is really to know? It’s hard to even understand when the holiday season starts…or stops. To top that, different expert sources have varying crystal balls on the fate of the...