U.S. retailers are planning store expansions and increased initiatives to monitor and serve their customers — with a heavy focus on the Web and social media — as they work to accelerate their growth in 2011.
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Many shoppers who took advantage of the early holiday sales in November held back and forced retailers to cut prices as Christmas neared. Despite increases in luxury spending, the results show that mainstream consumers remain f…
A conservative TV watchdog group wants consumers to consider patronizing companies that advertise on family-friendly television shows this shopping season, rather than those that buy commercials on racier programs, but price is…
With retailers moving out of crisis mode, they’re back to investing in new bells and whistles for their stores and websites. Such as: Apps that send coupons to your smartphone or digicams that let you post pictures of a dress y…
The nation’s three biggest department-store operators have been disproportionately pinched by the downturn in consumer spending. That’s what happens when you’re stuck in the middle of the retail-price spectrum during a period of sagging home values and lofty unemployment. [Video]
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