Thanksgiving news and archive

Holiday shopping kick-off: 5 days, 164 million shoppers

New York - This week marks the beginning of the holidays shopping season, a key period for retailers worldwide. This year, an estimated 164 million people in the U.S. will go shopping Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. The new annual survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics found that found that of...

Retail

Black Friday: What to expect?

The annual shopping bonanza is just around the corner, what can we expect? Here are some graphs that helps to answer a few basic questions: where, when, and how much are they going to shop? In Store vs. Online: a zero-sum game? Savvy shoppers are now utilising both online and offline channels to hunt for the best deal: 64.6 million consumers...

Retail

The rise of Black Friday - the end of Cyber Monday?

Mobile and international sales pushed online sales to a record high this Black Friday, ahead of the Monday after Thanksgiving, known as Cyber Monday, which is usually thought of as the biggest online shopping day. Online sales during Black Friday past the 2 billion dollar, or 1.27 billion pound mark for the first time in history – surpassing the...