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“ICSC: 86% of consumers will shop over Thanksgiving weekend” by Tatiana Walk-Morris via Retail Dive

by admin | Nov 22, 2021 | Holiday, Statistics

image by Libby Penner Dive Brief: As shoppers prepare for the busiest shopping weekend of the year, a new report from ICSC predicts that consumers will spend $491 on average between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, bringing in a total of over $108 billion for the...

“How To Prepare For Small Business Saturday Nov 27” by Bob Phibbs (The Retail Doctor)

by admin | Nov 7, 2021 | Holiday, Resources, Retail Strategy

Small businesses have survived the judgment made about them as “non-essential” and now there is a groundswell of support for them this Small Business Saturday that didn’t exist just a few years ago. We collectively woke up and realized it really mattered that we chose...

“NRF PREDICTS HIGHEST HOLIDAY RETAIL SALES ON RECORD” via Industry Resources

by admin | Oct 23, 2021 | Holiday, Industry, Retail Strategy

Holiday spending has the potential to shatter previous records, as the National Retail Federation today forecast that holiday sales during November and December will grow between 8.5 percent and 10.5 percent over 2020 to between $843.4 billion and $859...