Shoppers waited until the very end to find the bargains they wanted. Is this a portent of things to come?
Browsing: back to school
Concerns were borne out by numbers when it was revealed shoppers cut back on back-to-school purchases. Are the holidays next?
Independent retailers are pulling in customers this back-to-school season by offering package deals on purchases, according to a published report. The Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise says stores…
New research shows that consumers are cutting back on the number of stores they visit when shopping, but that “dollar stores” are enjoying increased activity. The…
With schools nationwide already open for the fall or just about to be, consumers who waited to buy their back-to-school items are finding bargains galore, USA…
Consumers doing their back to school shopping will spend at least some of that time — and money— online, according to Web measurement service Compete. The…
A new report from the National Retail Federation shows that the average American family has already completed more of its back to school shopping by now,…
Local retailers in Texas and Connecticut saw a jump in activity as the states rolled out annual tax-free shopping events. In Texas, this past weekend was…
Beleaguered school districts are asking parents to send their kids to school with garbage bags, plastic cutlery and even toilet paper.
Aggressive back-to-school promotions paid off for retailers in July with an unadjusted 3.1% boost in sales year-over-year, the National Retail Federation reports. But even that good…