Tag: Season
Droid is Now Available
Verizon's Droid, probably the most long-awaited mobile phone product of the fall season, will make its debut Friday Nov. 6. The smartphone, which comes...
General Imaging Grows Digicam Line
General Imaging has added the new J1050 and J1250 to their digital camera line-up for the holiday selling season. Both the J1050 and J1250...
NRF Sees Small Holiday Decline
The National Retail Federation Tuesday released its holiday forecast, predicting a 1 percent drop in holiday sales from 2008. NRF predicted a $437.6 billion...
Consumer Confidence Dips Slightly
Consumer confidence in the U.S. economy dropped slightly in September, according to the Conference Board's monthly measure. The measure was placed at 53.1 this...
Retail Forecast: Second-Worst Holiday on the Way
While retail sales in the U.S. this holiday season are "on the road to recovery," it's still shaping up as the second-worst holiday season...
CEA: Consumer Confidence Dropped in December
Consumer confidence in the electronics sector dropped in December, according to the monthly CEA-CNET Index of Consumer Technology Expectations. The drop was larger than...
Some Consumer Spending Likely to Move Online
While the economy is forcing many consumers to reduce their retail spending this holiday season, slightly more of them plan to do more online...
Three-Quarters of Consumers Plan to Cut Back For Holidays
More than 75 percent of consumers are planning to cut back on spending this holiday season, according to a poll taken last week by...
NRF Sees Meager Gains in Holiday Retail Sales
The National Retail Federation on Wednesday predicted a “challenging” holiday season, projecting gains of 2.2 percent to $470.4 billion in the U.S. While a...
A Different Approach to Retail: Mike Tank, Tag’s Appliance (Sheboygan, Wis.)
Don’t go looking for the Tag’s Appliance website. It isn’t there. New “lifestyle vignettes” on the showfloor? Nope. In-store events or cooking demonstrations...
