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Retailers Scramble for Every Conversion as JPMorgan’s Dimon Highlights Looming Recession

Retailers Scramble for Every Conversion as JPMorgan’s Dimon Highlights Looming Recession
Retailers Scramble for Every Conversion as JPMorgan’s Dimon Highlights Looming Recession
October 11, 2022  |  Retail

If it was anybody other than the CEO of the nation’s largest bank, it would be easier to ignore. But when J.P. Morgan’s Jamie Dimon...

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Report: Holiday-Related Commerce Expected to Slow or Even Drop
Report: Holiday-Related Commerce Expected to Slow or Even Drop
October 10, 2022  |  Retail

Online holiday-related commerce is expected to grow slowly or even dip this year, as several factors add up to a shopping season that’s quite different...

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Report: FedEx Says Customers Expect to Ship Fewer Holiday Packages
Report: FedEx Says Customers Expect to Ship Fewer Holiday Packages
October 07, 2022  |  Delivery

FedEx Ground reportedly expects to see lower package volume in the United States and Canada during the time leading up to the holidays. The division,...

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Beneath Deal Days, Rollbacks and Early Access a Bewildered Consumer Hides
Beneath Deal Days, Rollbacks and Early Access a Bewildered Consumer Hides
October 07, 2022  |  Retail

What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, the retail story was all about lack of inventory and supply chain disruptions that were going...

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Amazon Dangles $19 Average Hourly Wage in Bid to Hire 150K for Holidays
Amazon Dangles $19 Average Hourly Wage in Bid to Hire 150K for Holidays
October 06, 2022  |  Retail

Amazon will hire 150,000 workers for full-time, part-time and seasonal positions in its operations network as the holiday season approaches. The positions are open to...

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Earliest Holiday Shopping Events Pit ‘Christmas Creep’ Against ‘Sales Fatigue’
Earliest Holiday Shopping Events Pit ‘Christmas Creep’ Against ‘Sales Fatigue’
October 03, 2022  |  Retail

The so-called “Christmas Creep,” where holiday shopping and sales events start earlier and earlier each year, has become so entrenched in retail circles that it...

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Freight Carrier Pullback Signals Tough Holiday Season for Retailers
Freight Carrier Pullback Signals Tough Holiday Season for Retailers
October 03, 2022  |  Retail

Carriers are signaling the holiday season — and beyond — will be no saving grace for retailers struggling to keep margins intact and combat inflation....

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Amazon Leverages Membership Surge With October Prime Day Push
Amazon Leverages Membership Surge With October Prime Day Push
September 26, 2022  |  Retail

Any doubts that deep and early discounting would be the theme of thus year’s holiday shopping season were laid to rest Monday (Sept. 26) as...

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