While the retail industry has been hyperfocused on pricing, the retailers who have continued to focus on customer satisfaction, like Amazon and Apple, have emerged as the winners in a...

In 2009 large and small retailers will be holding going out of business sales before closing their stores. This will happen as many as 200,000 times, according to some...

Since "discount" was the name of the holiday retail game this year, the only thing left for the traditional Day After Christmas shopping event is discounts on discounts. One...

Every holiday season has its last minute gift shoppers, but this Christmas Eve there seems to be a lot more shopping being done by people who are a lot more...

A major winter storm is snowing and sleeting on the last minute deal parade of millions of American shoppers who had planned to start their holiday shopping this weekend. ...

Experts are speculating that there are millions of consumers who are purposely leaving some of their holiday shopping for the last minute this year in hopes that retailers will make...

Although this year's shopping holiday season has already made history in many ways that we'd like to forget, 2008 will also mark the year that e-commerce lost “it” status to...

The blogosphere is buzzing about the Burger King "Whopper Virgins" ad campaign. While most Americans have been busy trolling for jobs and outrageous holiday discounts, the Burger King people...

According to the U.S. Labor Department, there are 468,000 fewer people working in the retail industry right now than there were at this time last year. The job cuts...

You would think since the retail industry is practically giving away their merchandise this holiday season, that they wouldn't have much of a budget for genuinely free stuff in the...

Circuit City and Best Buy launched their "Cyber Monday" specials on Sunday morning. So, one more retail industry milestone event is pre-empted by desperate e-tailers that are struggling to...

More than $10 billion in sales were rung up on Black Friday 2008, according to the mall traffic watching company, ShopperTrak, which is a 3% increase over Black Friday 2007....

The cheerleaders that opened the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade were actually cheery this morning. The song choice was antithetical to the times, since there are not many American's in...

Somebody forgot to tell L.L. Bean about the retail industry crisis. With a new store opening, impressive e-retailing results, television advertising, and the launch of their annual Northern Lights...

What happens when retailers stop believing in their own Black Friday early bird specials, door buster bargains, pre-dawn store hours, and general day-after-Thanksgiving feeding frenzy markeitng strategies? Black Friday...

Here's how I'd like to receive news about the retail industry from this point on. "Everything is down until you hear from us otherwise." Enough said. Let's...

This week Google officially unveiled its latest strategy for turning a profit with its video mega monolith, YouTube. It’s a strategy that’s not only potentially explosive for the revenue-starved...

Whether or not you supported his election, or like his politics, there’s no denying that Barack Obama has leadership qualities that get results. ...

Obama swept the Electoral College and election day promotions swept through the retail industry yesterday. ...

87% of American consumers believe that the U.S. is in a recession or depression. As a result, 64% of those surveyed are planning on spending less to prepare for...