Retail holiday season will be ‘cloudy with bursts of sunshine’
Call it Bleak Friday. Local retailers had no reason to have beefed-up security as they opened their doors on Black Friday, because it turned out that not many shoppers would...
View ArticleCyber Monday sees Amazon and eBay shares advance
Shares of Internet retailers Amazon.com and eBay advanced on Cyber Monday, when millions of Americans are expected to shop online. More than 131 million people in the U.S. are projected...
View ArticleMain Street sees $5.7B in sales on ‘Small Business Saturday’
Consumers didn’t forget their mom and pop stores during the big holiday shopping weekend. According to numbers just released by the National Federation of Independent Business, consumers spent $5.7...
View ArticleCyber Monday sales expected to reach $2 billion
Online sales are expected to hit $2 billion on Cyber Monday, for the first time since the data firm comScore has been tracking such information. As of Monday night, online...
View ArticleFedex posts profit miss, offers holiday optimism
FedEx posted a 14 percent rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday on stronger margins and cost cuts, but results missed Wall Street estimates, which overshadowed the company’s confident forecast for...
View ArticleThe 15 hottest Cyber Monday deals
Remember back in 1621 when England’s persecuted pilgrims fled to America in search of the Internet’s most kickass deals on knee-highs and ironically worn belt buckles? And thus the first...
View ArticleBlack Friday and Cyber Monday Deals
Fashion American Eagle Visit ae.com for locations A free party bus will shuttle customers around the city on Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 20. In-store promotions include a free fleece...
View ArticleBlack Friday is now the real star of Thanksgiving
Let’s stop being thankful for a minute and concentrate on what’s really important today — getting more stuff. After all, Thanksgiving will — thankfully — soon be out of the...
View ArticleCyber Monday deals last all week
Why stop at Monday? Retail giants like Walmart and Home Depot kicked off Cyber Week, an all-out bargain-hunter blitz to entice consumers to shop ’til they drop — at their...
View ArticleShoppers are losing interest in Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Goodbye, Black November, and hello, Cyber December. Just as early discounting last month siphoned away business from retailers’ Black Friday events, the promise of continued deals on the Web this...
View ArticleThe most amazing Cyber Monday travel deals
Dear Putin — please drop the Burdizzo and back away from the underwater Internet cables. Or, if you’re going to insist on cutting off the US from the World Wide Web, can it at least wait until after...
View ArticleThe 62 Black Friday deals worth spending your money on
Fashion ALDO 218 W. 42nd St., 212-221-1785 Step into the season with 50 percent off shoes starting at 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Thursday through Monday ARITZIA 600 Fifth Ave., 212-307-3121 Enjoy up...
View ArticleJet.com notches its biggest sales day amid $1B valuation
Jet.com is starting to get some air under its wings. The well-funded e-commerce site notched its biggest-ever sales day this week — and expects to shatter that daily record by Monday, if not sooner....
View ArticleTarget’s website balky on busy Cyber Monday
Target may have missed out on beaucoup sales on Cyber Monday after its website went on the fritz under the weight of a crush of customers. On and off through the day, visitors to the site — who were...
View ArticleCyber Monday saves retailers after dark Black Friday
Online sales during Cyber Monday are showing signs of being the savior for US retailers licking their wounds from weak-in-the-knees Black Friday. Stores were expected to ring up digital sales of $3...
View ArticleAmazon said Cyber Monday sales rose 40% in 2015
It was another record-breaking year for sellers on Amazon. The Seattle-based e-commerce juggernaut said shoppers ordered 23 million items from third-party sellers on Cyber Monday — an increase of more...
View ArticleRetail holiday season will be ‘cloudy with bursts of sunshine’
Call it Bleak Friday. Local retailers had no reason to have beefed-up security as they opened their doors on Black Friday, because it turned out that not many shoppers would be there. The retail...
View ArticleCyber Monday sees Amazon and eBay shares advance
Shares of Internet retailers Amazon.com and eBay advanced on Cyber Monday, when millions of Americans are expected to shop online. More than 131 million people in the U.S. are projected to take...
View ArticleMain Street sees $5.7B in sales on ‘Small Business Saturday’
Consumers didn’t forget their mom and pop stores during the big holiday shopping weekend. According to numbers just released by the National Federation of Independent Business, consumers spent $5.7...
View ArticleCyber Monday sales expected to reach $2 billion
Online sales are expected to hit $2 billion on Cyber Monday, for the first time since the data firm comScore has been tracking such information. As of Monday night, online sales were up 18.8 percent...
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