Holiday Sales

Paris Stores’ Holiday Sales Sunk By Up To 50 Pct

Paris Stores’ Holiday Sales Sunk By Up To 50 Pct
Paris Stores’ Holiday Sales Sunk By Up To 50 Pct
January 09, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

Transport workers on strike in Paris caused disruptions to sales for business owners over the holidays, cutting sales by as much as half, they say....

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Record Holiday Sales Trigger Record $100B Returns
Record Holiday Sales Trigger Record $100B Returns
December 30, 2019  |  Retail

Gift returns have become a holiday tradition in the U.S., with consumers anticipated to send back a record $100 billion worth of unwanted goods bought...

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Merchants Prepare For $40B-Plus In Holiday Returns
Merchants Prepare For $40B-Plus In Holiday Returns
December 20, 2019  |  Retail

Bigger sales mean more returns as retailers ready themselves for a flood of unwanted merchandise that is anticipated to top $40 billion, CNBC reported on...

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Nordstrom And Why Convenience Is About More Than Speed
Nordstrom And Why Convenience Is About More Than Speed
March 25, 2019  |  Retail

Nordstrom did not exactly have the brightest or merriest holiday season in 2018. The retailer was showing many of the same symptoms of Q4 malaise...

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Fresh Holiday eCommerce Data: Another Nail In Physical Retail’s Coffin?
Fresh Holiday eCommerce Data: Another Nail In Physical Retail’s Coffin?
January 15, 2019  |  eCommerce

Online retail and mobile commerce had their shining moments over the 2018 holiday shopping season — the latest evidence of that comes from Adobe Analytics, which...

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Five At Five: U.S. Banks Notch Big Victory
Five At Five: U.S. Banks Notch Big Victory
January 10, 2019  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes news about recent bank failures and an...

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Amid YTD Rally, Retail Stocks Miss Out
Amid YTD Rally, Retail Stocks Miss Out
January 10, 2019  |  Retail

Stocks are up modestly to start the year, but based on Thursday’s trading action, the retail sector is escaping investors’ favor (to put it mildly),...

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Macy’s Misses On Holiday Sales
Macy’s Misses On Holiday Sales
January 10, 2019  |  Retail

The holiday season was a bit less merry, from a comparable sales perspective, than Macy’s had been forecasting, as the department store retailer cut its...

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