With a little more than a week remaining in 2013, I think now is a good time to reflect on what we learned this year and begin to look ahead to what we can expect to see in 2014. I suspect that many retailers will continue to downsize their physical footprints, and I anticipate a […]
Archives for January 2014
Ho-hum holiday shopping sees late surge in Detroit area
Mike Martinez/The Detroit News—Strong Super Saturday and Sunday sales likely won’t move the needle on a ho-hum holiday shopping season. Fewer shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, coupled with bad winter weather and a lack of must-have gifts have resulted in flat sales across Metro Detroit shopping malls and big box stores, analysts say. Sales […]
Shopping down on weekend before Christmas, reports indicate
Justine Griffin/Sarasota Herald-Tribune—While retail stores were busy with the many bargain hunters looking for a last minute deal before the holiday this past weekend, Sarasota shoppers Beth McCullagh and Melissa Tomasso were relaxing at home, their shopping already done for the season. McCullagh, a dedicated Black Friday shopper who lives with her family in Lakewood […]
At Christmas, region’s retailers just warming up
Justine Griffin/Sarasota Herald-Tribune—The shopping days that precede the holidays are taking on their own personality. We’ve got Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Small Business Saturday. There’s Free Shipping Day, which fell on Wednesday, a week before Christmas, this year. And now we’ve got Gray Thursday, a title for those murky hours on Thanksgiving evening into […]
After-holiday returns, bargain shopping in full gear in the Lowcountry
Tyrone Richardson/The Post and Courier—Debbie Reeves and Sue Evans awakened early Thursday to start their annual tradition: A day of after-Christmas retail therapy for the Moncks Corner sisters-in-law. The venture included a morning stop at Home Depot for a Martha Stewart brand Christmas tree, and later, an afternoon trip to several stores in Northwoods Mall. […]
Retailers’ deep discounts lure bargain shoppers
Justine Griffin/Sarasota Herald-Tribune—Christmas may be over, but the deals are not. Bargain hungry shoppers can still find marked down prices at chain stores this week and likely through the rest of the year, as companies make an effort to purge inventories — and perhaps save the season — before the start of 2014. Target launched […]
