By Jeff Green—Most retailers have already begun rolling out their holiday shopping programs and initiatives to try to get shoppers thinking earlier—and more often—about the holidays. Despite this effort, I’ve seen several key indicators recently that could signal a flat holiday shopping season for retailers, including soft back-to-school shopping numbers and sluggish Halloween figures. Regardless, […]
Archives for October 2013
Government shutdown expected to slash Halloween sales
NBC New York—People expected the federal government shutdown to have a lot of negative effects, such as cuts to senior benefits, employee furloughs and national parks closures. But who could’ve predicted that Halloween would be taking a hit as well? According to the NFA, the shutdown and overall state of the economy will be weighing […]
Shoppers in no mood to party
Justine Griffin/Sarasota Herald-Tribune—New chain stores and pop-up retailers have moved into Southwest Florida well before the start of October, as the push for holiday sales around Halloween begins even earlier this year. Halloween costumes, candy and decorations hit the shelves of stores in Sarasota and Manatee counties at least a month before Oct. 31 — […]
