Some economists say that Black Friday sales are actually not the best indication of future retail performance.
Month: November 2014
Why your business needs inventory tracking software
Tracking inventory is a crucial, but often time-consuming, part of owning your own business.
Local stores increase holiday hiring
Local retailers are optimistic about this holiday season, and to prepare for the influx of customers they’re hiring a whole slew of temporary workers.
Black Friday forecast: More retailers decide to close on Thanksgiving
More businesses are responding to public criticism by staying closed on Thanksgiving.
Amazon plans to extend cloud-based services
At a tech conference last week, Amazon officials announced that it would be extending its services to offer cloud computing processes to customers.
October retail sales jumped in the U.S.
Broad-based consumer spending in October jumped by .3 percent due to lower gas prices and an improving job market.
Retail trend predictions for 2015
Here are some of the retail trends expected to take over in 2015.
Executives admit that only one third of U.S. data is secure
According to a new survey from NTT Com Security, a global information security and risk management company, only about a third of U.S. data is currently secure.
The Target security breach one year later
It’s been almost a year since Target’s Black Friday data breach, which resulted in the theft of names, credit card numbers, email addresses, phone numbers and home addresses of 70 million of its customers.
7 more holiday retail trends and tips
Here are the trends and tips you need to know in order to have a successful holiday season.