McMillanDoolittle’s Emerson Delgado and Amanda Lai recently spoke with The Schwab Network and WTTW’s Chicago Tonight to discuss how the holiday shopping season is shaping up amid the current economy. Emerson joined The Schwab Network’s Trading360 to review Black Friday sales, Cyber Monday predictions and consumer trends….
Three things have become strikingly apparent during the start to the 2016 Holiday season: Retail sales are off to a very good start, driven by strong promotions and a big influence from online sales. 154 million shoppers were reported to have gone shopping over the…
Until last year, retailer priorities over the Thanksgiving holiday was to squeeze out every penny out of the holiday shopper, leaving sales associates and other retail employees to cut short their holiday time to open doors and cater to early bargain hunters. From a pragmatic business…
By all estimates, this should be a pretty good Holiday season for US retailers, capping off a decent overall year. While the economic recovery is hardly robust or equal among retailers, US consumers are out spending money, which is a welcome relief for most retail…
