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The economic death just keeps spreading. After hitting the financial industry, the housing industry and the car industry, the retail industry could very well collapse in the coming months. Following a dismal holiday shopping season and riding the coattails of highly publicized bankruptcies at Linen’s ‘N Things, Circuit City and KB Toys, as many as [...]

Despite widespread price-slashing this holiday season, retailers are already calling 2008 one of the worst seasons on record. Sales plunged in most categories of retail this year as consumer spending continued to decrease, despite retailers’ best efforts to entice shoppers with big discounts.

Total retail sales, which excludes cars and other vehicles, dropped by 5.5% from [...]

No one wants to get their Christmas gift on Boxing Day. To be shut out on Christmas only to receive your gift the next day. Everybody wants to get their Christmas gifts on Christmas morning, and with a few tips, you can make sure that your holiday mail is getting to where you need it [...]

In a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation, 52% of retailers say they are relaxing their return policies during the holidays compared to the rest of the year. This number is up 35% from last year.
Additionally, one in ten retailers is loosening its policies compared to last holiday season. This is up from 3.4% [...]

When one of the nations largest toy store chains files for bankruptcy two weeks before Christmas, you know the economy is bad.
But that’s just what is happening. Yesterday, the toy giant KB Toys filed for bankruptcy and announced that it would being to liquidate all of its 400+ stores in the United States. The company [...]

You know it’s coming. You know it because you see Santas in department stores, you see holiday deals, and you hear people complaining about how it’s already happening. But love it or not (and, let’s be honest, you LOVE it), holiday shopping season is beginning. Here’s a few things to keep in mind this holiday [...]

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