Holiday 2012: Part XI – What One Can Learn From Promtional Email
For my earlier holiday expectations see the following posts: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII Holiday 2012: Part VIII Holiday 2012: Part IX Holiday 2012: Part X We’ve seen Black Friday evolve in […]
Initial thoughts on Black Friday
You can see my previous holiday expectations and analysis here: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII Holiday 2012: Part VIII Holiday 2012: Part IX Here are my initial thoughts on today’s (and really […]
Holiday 2012: Part IX
For more of my holiday expectations: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII Holiday 2012: Part VIII Holiday 2012: Part IX On Wednesday afternoon I visited several retailers in advance of Black Friday. As […]
Holiday 2012: Part VIII
For more of my holiday expectations: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI Holiday 2012: Part VII A tremendous amount of Holiday and Black Friday news in the past few days. Let’s jump right into it:
Holiday 2012: Part VII
For more of my holiday expectations: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Holiday 2012: Part VI As I predicted in my earlier writings, a survey last week from Chase Paymentech, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., found that online […]
Holiday 2012: Part VI
You can start by reading more here: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Last week Time provided a quick overview – much of which I covered in depth in my previous posts. The article relies heavily on the report from Booz & […]
The Changing Face of Banking
Google, Walmart, Amazon, and others entering into traditional banking. Read more here.
Holiday 2012: Part V
I’ve being covering the holiday outlook here: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV NRF released a holiday sales forecast of 4.1 percent for 2012. This is below the 5.6 percent growth seen in 2011, but is above the 10-year holiday sales growth average of 3.5%. NRF also […]
Holiday 2012: Part IV
This is my fourth installment on the 2012 Holiday season. You can see my previous comments here, here, and here. Christmas stocking is underway (and had been more weeks in some cases). The Consumerist has photos of Christmas displays going up in some Kohl’s and Walmart stores as early as September 21st. As I wrote […]
Holiday 2012: Part III
My first two posts on the 2012 holiday season can be found here and here. News out this week suggests things are looking “ok” as we head toward the holiday season. I recognize the term “ok” is not a highly technical term, but I’ll publish my finalized retail sales forecast shortly and I don’t want […]
