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Tag Archives: Christmas
Retailers: There’s Still Time for Big Holiday Revenues
Yes, today is December 22 and Christmas is just three shopping days away. This can be a particularly opportune week for store-based retailers appealing to last-minute shoppers. And don’t forget about December 26! Laura Heller reports the following for FierceRetailer: “Procrastinators … Continue reading
Posted in Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 4: Store Location Planning, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Part 8: Putting It All Together
Tagged 2015 holiday shopping, American Express Spending and Saving Tracker, Christmas, competition, customer expectations, FierceRetail, post-Christmas shopping, retail analytics, shopping, trends
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An Upscale Catalog War: Neiman Marcus Vs. Saks
For years, Neiman Marcus has led the way among upscale retailers with its elaborate annual Christmas catalog. Click below to access this year’s catalog. This year, Neiman Marcus faces a new luxury catalog challenger — Saks. Click below to … Continue reading
Posted in Online Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer
Tagged 2014 holiday shopping, catalog, Christmas, competition, customer expectations, luxury, merchandising, Neiman Marcus, online shopping, opportunity, promotion, Saks, segmentation, shopping, trends, upscale
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Macy’s Two Days of Christmas Blitz: Open 48-Plus Hours Straight
To pump up holiday sales, Macy’s will be open nationwide from 7:00 AM on Friday December 21 until midnight Sunday December 23. As Caroline Winter reports for Businessweek: “American retailers have never been shy about extending their operating hours during … Continue reading
Posted in Online Retailing, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer
Tagged Christmas, customer expectations, customer loyalty, customer service, experiential retailing, Macy's, merchandising, opportunity, planning, pricing, sale, trends
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Holiday Retail After Sandy
Superstorm Sandy is already having an impact on the supply chain for the Christmas 2012 holiday season. According to Stephanie Clifford and Nelson D. Schwartz, writing for the New York Times: “The economic effects of Hurricane Sandy are reverberating beyond … Continue reading
Posted in Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 4: Store Location Planning, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Technology in Retailing
Tagged Christmas, competition, customer expectations, delivery, Fed Ex, inventory management, location, merchandising, Ryder, Sandy, supply chain
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