holidays

Average Person Has Completed Far Less Holiday Shopping Than in Previous Years, According to NRF

Washington, DC – With five fewer days between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, the holidays are sneaking up on shoppers more than usual. According to NRF's 2008 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by... more »

Specialty stores get holiday gift: Sales aren’t that bad

Christmas is a big deal for Lin Hanzelko, who owns a specialty toy shop in Lake Mary. But this year, she stocked fewer items at her store, Timmy's Toy Chest, not knowing if the jittery... more »

Analysts Expect More Discounts as Christmas Nears

Milwaukee (AP) -- The clock is winding down on what could be one of the worst holiday shopping seasons in decades and recession-hit shoppers are finally starting to feel some pressure to spend.But toy stores,... more »

Late Black Friday, Shorter Holiday Season Impact November Retail Sales, According to NRF

Washington, DC – While shoppers were out and about Black Friday weekend, they kept their pennies to themselves the rest of the month with November retail sales showing continued consumer restraint. According to the National... more »

Holiday music sensitive to economic stress

NEW YORK (AP) - Few people think as much about holiday music as Leanne Flask, whose job is to select every song played in the stores of Swedish fashion retailer H&M, Williams-Sonoma and Nordstrom, among... more »

Holiday Shoppers Treated Like Celebrities

With retail sales at their weakest in more than three decades, stores and businesses are going above and beyond to get shoppers inside to spend money. Many stores are offering consumers some unique incentives for... more »

Pretty as a Package

Valerie Courtney doesn't believe that what's inside is all that counts. At least not when it comes to giving presents. An associate product designer at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and a recent graduate of the... more »

Businesses bullish on holiday sales

Although the nation was officially declared to be in the clutches of a recession recently, a number of Germantown businesses have reported that they remain optimistic about the chances of posting good sales during this... more »