Recently, it hasn’t been easy being Macy’s. Once growing consistently, the firm now faces sharp declines and worried investors who are wondering just how low Macy’s sales figure can still go. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Despite the fact that Walmart more or less invented the doorbuster special for Black Friday during the mid-’80s and early ’90s, it seems the nation’s largest physical retailer is deciding to ease off its traditional big push on the first official weekend on holiday shopping....
Consumer outrage has come early this holiday season, all stirred up by the innocuous design of a paper beverage container provided by Starbucks (and, of course, the Internet). That it’s much ado about nothing is a perspective not considered by many involved in the so-called...
Some retailers are making a big show of the fact they won’t be open on Thanksgiving, or going “all in” on Black Friday. Is it genuine altruism, or is it simply an opportunistic means of generating more business throughout the holiday season by associating themselves...
Of all the platitudes that pundits use to describe the millennial generation, one of the most pervasive might be that these young consumers just don’t spend like their parents did. While any generation is large enough to defy such simplistic generalizations, there’s often a palpable...
Amazon has just announced that Echo, its voice-activated home assistant, will be available at over 3,000 retail locations this holiday season. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
For decades, retailers scrambled to come up with the perfect Black Friday strategies that would leave their stores with big crowds, but now a large portion of that conversation has turned to doing the same thing online. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Centuries ago, revolutionary patriots in Boston had to worry about the British coming by land or by sea. Today, shoppers don’t know if their deliveries will be shipped by a human, a drone or even an autonomous robot. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
A new study finds that most shoppers will give gift cards, and intend to bestow more e-gift cards, too.