Dec28
There’s just a few weeks to go before the NRF 101st Annual Convention & EXPO, and with tens of thousands of attendees, hundreds of speakers, and a keynote from President Bill Clinton, I’m starting to see why the convention is nicknamed “Retail’s BIG Show.” Part of the BIGness extends to including speakers and attendees from [...]
Dec22
On January 1, 2012, legislation will go into effect that will dramatically impact the sale of light bulbs in the U.S. We don’t write about light bulbs often (or ever), but because this has been an interesting issue in the media, we thought we’d get the facts on how this new energy-saving policy will impact [...]
Dec21
I just love commercials. Funny, poignant, emotional – I like them all. And I’m not alone. Throughout the year, a group of my colleagues and I send each other emails with links to a commercial we may have seen over the weekend or that we’ve seen mentioned in the news somewhere. Over the years, these [...]
Posted in: Holidays | Research | Retail Companies | Video Tagged Best Buy, BIGresearch, commercials, Ellen Davis, holiday11, Kathy Grannis, Macy's, Retail Advertising and Marketing Association, Sears, Target, Walmart |
Dec19
Like many retailers, Macy’s reported strong sales in November, aided by Black Friday discounts and opening on Thanksgiving night. While the sales gave Macy’s numbers a boost last month and drew lots of customers, retailers know it takes more than discounts to keep them. Macy’s has engineered a sophisticated approach to building customer loyalty, from [...]
Dec14
What did NRF accomplish this year?
Dec12
Supply chain executives face an increasingly complex environment with more and more moving parts—both literally and figuratively. The growth of online and mobile retailing influences customers’ expectations and drives not only how retailers market and sell products, but how they plan, buy, produce, transport and store them. Supported by good leadership, retailers are rising to [...]
Dec05
Catering to all of their shoppers’ needs and wants this holiday season, retailers excited even the most cynical holiday shoppers with their bargains and promotions over Black Friday weekend and on Cyber Monday. And, for the first time for many retailers, mobile shopping was a huge component of their strategy. Undeniably, this will be the [...]
Dec01
*Update – According to reports, the freight rail companies and labor unions reached a tentative agreement averting a potential strike.* If freight railroad companies and a handful of unions don’t agree on an extension to the “cooling off” period or reach agreement on a new deal by midnight December 6, the rail labor groups could [...]
Posted in: Public Policy Tagged black friday, congress, consumers, Cyber Monday, Freight, labor, NRF, Obama Administration, retail, Strike, Supply Rail, union |
Dec01
| Posted in Events, Video
Sears Holdings Corporation is going. Best Buy is going. Target, Neiman Marcus, Toys R Us. Even Sweetie-licious Bakery and Café from DeWitt, Michigan is going. They’re all headed to New York City for Retail’s BIG Show, Jan. 15 to 18. In fact, so many people came to Retail’s BIG Show in 2011 that we won [...]