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Private-Label Card Trends May Signal Uneven Holiday Spending

Private-Label Card Trends May Signal Uneven Holiday Spending
Private-Label Card Trends May Signal Uneven Holiday Spending
October 29, 2024  |  Credit Cards

Private-label credit cards, or store cards, make up a small percentage of overall consumer credit. The Federal Reserve estimated earlier this year that “retail credit...

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Forget Cyber Monday: Evolving Habits Reshape Holiday Spending
Forget Cyber Monday: Evolving Habits Reshape Holiday Spending
October 25, 2024  |  Retail

As the holiday season approaches, consumer shopping habits are shifting to earlier purchases and retailers are scrambling to get ready for what may be a...

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Target to Make 2,000 More Price Cuts for Holiday Season
Target to Make 2,000 More Price Cuts for Holiday Season
October 22, 2024  |  Retail

Target will reduce regular prices on more than 2,000 items this holiday season. Combined with the price cuts it has made on more than 8,000...

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Walmart and Amazon Race to Address Consumer Price Anxiety
Walmart and Amazon Race to Address Consumer Price Anxiety
October 18, 2024  |  Retail

Retail giants Walmart and Amazon are reacting to consumers’ anxieties about holiday spending by rolling out more deals earlier. Walmart announced Thursday (Oct. 17) the...

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Aldi Expansion Continues Amid Thanksgiving Discount Rollout
Aldi Expansion Continues Amid Thanksgiving Discount Rollout
October 17, 2024  |  Retail

Aldi’s latest expansion efforts have it literally in Walmart and Target’s backyards. That’s according to a report Thursday (Oct. 17) by Supermarket News, which notes that one of the German discount grocer’s...

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Cautious Consumers Lead Amazon to Join Target in Flat Holiday Hiring Trend
Cautious Consumers Lead Amazon to Join Target in Flat Holiday Hiring Trend
October 03, 2024  |  Retail

Amazon plans to hire 250,000 workers for the upcoming holiday season, according to a Thursday (Oct. 3) press release. The figure is in keeping with...

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Competition for Early Holiday Shoppers Won’t Start With Black Friday
Competition for Early Holiday Shoppers Won’t Start With Black Friday
October 02, 2024  |  Retail

As the holiday shopping season approaches, retailers are rolling out early sales strategies to capture consumer spending against a backdrop of economic uncertainty. With inflation...

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Hark! Anthropologie Heralds Christmas in September
Hark! Anthropologie Heralds Christmas in September
September 21, 2024  |  Retail

If you felt odd about the Christmas retail push starting as soon as Thanksgiving was over, you might want to avoid New York City’s Upper...

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