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Apparently, the recession hurts less at Walmart. A recent survey of American consumers had some interesting results: people are a lot less interested in shopping than they have been in decades and are turning to discount retailers like Walmart to ease their financial pain.
“This is the first time in 30 years of consumer surveys that [...]

Amazon bucked the overall trend of sliding retail sales this year with their best holiday shopping season ever, with its busiest day seeing a 17% increase from last year.
For December 15, Amazon’s largest day for orders, the retailer sold 6.3 million items, up from 5.4% on the same day last year.
Inquisitr reports that one of [...]

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 [...]

The U.S. Department of Labor reported that consumer prices fell 1.7% in November from the month before, the fastest drop on record. In part as a result of tumbling oil prices, which fell 17% over one month due to plummeted demand for gasoline, retailers and auto dealers were cutting prices throughout the month of November [...]

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% [...]

DURHAM, NC — No organization publishes comprehensive information about how many people have their personal information stolen each year, though some estimates place the number at more than 8 million in the United States alone. With the holiday season in full swing and the economy taking a turn for the worse, identity theft is expecting [...]

With the holiday shopping season in full swing, it’s easy to focus on the gift you are about to give and receive, but you may want to begin thinking about the gifts you will receive and then return.
It happens every year: you get a gift from a friend or family member that you just don’t [...]

We all know about Black Friday: the day after Thanksgiving that traditionally marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season in America. Tons of deals are unveiled in brick-and-mortar stores throughout the country to lure people inside. Doorbusters and generally reduced prices help to kick the holiday shopping season off.
Cyber Monday, then, is the Monday [...]

So what are you doing sitting at your computer? You need to go out and collect receipts on one of the busiest shopping days of the year! Go on, it’s Black Friday – Get out there!

So, are you going to do it? Are you going to jump head first into the holiday shopping season this year on the first official day of it? Black Friday, or the Friday after Thanksgiving, has marked the unofficial beginning of the holiday shopping season since at least the inception of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day [...]

We had this article up on one of our static pages, but we thought it made sense to move it here. This was originally from November, during the holiday shopping season, and has been really popular since it was posted. Enjoy!
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We sifted through the long list of stores that you all buy from so that [...]

According to a study completed within the last year, purchases made by women accounted for more than eighty-five percent of all consumer expenditures. Yes, it’s hard to believe, but women shop more than men. But the real question is why? The answer may surprise you.
Research conducted by Cotton Incorporated Lifestyle Monitorâ„¢ confirmed [...]