It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (well, if you squint and aim your gaze past the Halloween decorations). And from a U.S. retailer’s point of view, Christmas is beginning to look like a victim in the budding U.S.-China trade war. Walmart recently sent...
Retailers are racing against the impact of tariffs for the holiday shopping season. That’s the view of The Wall Street Journal, which said that “big retailers are hustling to speed some shipments through ports and bracing for higher costs next year from the U.S. decision...
U.S. consumers are in line to spend more than ever before surrounding the Easter holiday — $17.3 billion, according to a new report. What’s curious, however, is just how far the particular items they plan on buying have moved from the holiday itself … not...
You’ll never guess which day of the year is the biggest day of sales for Guinness. Just kidding; you can very much guess it (it’s also up there in the title). On St. Patrick’s Day yesterday (March 17), PJ Media used the occasion to explore...
September 19, 2018
Retailers are racing against the impact of tariffs for the holiday shopping season. That’s the view of The Wall Street Journal, which said that “big retailers are hustling to speed some shipments through ports and bracing for higher costs next year from the U.S. decision to impose tariffs on Chinese bicycles, handbags and thousands of […]
March 18, 2016
You’ll never guess which day of the year is the biggest day of sales for Guinness. Just kidding; you can very much guess it (it’s also up there in the...
January 20, 2016
According to data released Tuesday (Jan. 19) from Adobe Digital Index (ADI), the 2015 holiday season saw consumers spending nearly $83 billion online, a 12.7 percent increase over what was...
December 23, 2015
A board game is holding a Picasso hostage and threatening to destroy it. Specifically, it’s a party card game, targeted primarily at the most ironic and/or cynical of partygoers: Cards...