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Holiday season to see more promotions as retailers try and stay in the black amid inflation

Holiday shopping is a behemoth to reckon with. Between the many holidays for gifting between November and December, it is one of the busiest times of year for retailers. From Black Friday to the day before Christmas, retailers expect peak holiday traffic, and all our hoping to end their Q4 and fiscal years on a high note after the holiday...

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Report: 94 percent of U.S. consumers to shop online this holiday season

In the second year of living with the pandemic, the holiday shopping season is not expected to return to the glory days of pre-Covid. In 2020, 90 percent of U.S. consumers in America shopped more online, a trend that is unlikely to change. With 52.5 percent of Americans vaccinated and restrictions lifted in most places across the United States -...

Retail

Just one in ten shoppers have finished Christmas shopping

New research has revealed that just one in ten shoppers are “done and dusted” with their Christmas shopping. ‘Buy now, pay later’ payment service Klarna surveyed 2,000 Klarna users on an in-app survey about their Christmas shopping for this year. The results revealed that 16 percent of shoppers plan to spend more on Christmas shopping this year,...

Fashion

Gap launches holiday platform with short film ‘The Hoodie’

American clothing brand Gap has launched their 2019 holiday platform, Gift the Thought with a new short film, titled “The Hoodie.” Rather than taking a more theatrical, musical approach to its holiday campaign the brand opted for a feeling that felt more personal. “We wanted to create something special and unique that tugs at the heartstrings,”...