Retail Federation News

Holiday Retail Sales Up 3.0 Percent to $579.8 Billion NEW YORK, January 15, 2013 – Solid consumer spending in the month of December helped retailers finish the year with a healthy holiday shopping season, however economic uncertainties sent a cautious consumer to the stores. According to the National Retail Federation, the world’s largest retail trade…

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The Right Day

It’s just human nature. When everyone else is doing it, we tend to follow. Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday, No Shipping Thursday . . . where to next? People become caught up in groupthink, and like the fabled lemmings, will jump off a cliff if everyone else does it. We must…

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