holiday 2021

YouTube Makes Major Push into Live Shopping with Holiday Stream and Shop

In the last few years, YouTube has seen huge growth in live video, with more than half a million channels livestreaming for…

How Meta, QVC and Coresight Research Use Livestreaming to Drive Holiday Demand

For decades, Black Friday marked the official start of the holiday shopping season and was one of retailers’ most critical sales days….

Amazon Remains Cheapest Place to Shop Even as Inflation Drives up Prices, but Walmart’s Closing in

Supply chain snarls, delivery delays and inflation just might make the 2021 holiday shopping season one of the most expensive and logistically…

Barnes & Noble to Host Paper Source Shops this Holiday Season

Paper Source will launch a new shop-in-shop experience in two Barnes & Noble stores this holiday season in the first collaboration of…

Frugal Shoppers: The Untapped Shopper Base You Can Reach to Win the Holiday Sales Season

It’s never too early to start preparing for the holiday shopping season, especially this year as brands and retailers are gearing up…

Handling Holiday Fulfillment: How BOPIS, Transparency and Multiple Delivery Options Can Win the Season

Labor shortages, stressed supply chains and a major emphasis on ecommerce have turned fulfillment into one of the biggest challenges retailers will…

Leveraging an Integrated Digital Marketing Campaign this Holiday Season

Ecommerce holiday sales are projected to reach a whopping $210 billion to $218 billion this season, up 11% to 15% from the…

Consumers Turn to BNPL, BOPIS to Cope with Rising Prices and Supply Chain Uncertainty

The most wonderful time of the year has arrived, and yet with COVID-19 once again dictating the terms, it feels a bit…

Amid Supply Chain Woes, One Area of Retail Has a Product Glut — Resale

While most retailers are struggling to deal with product delays and shortages this holiday season, one retail sector has a seemingly unlimited…

Holiday Store Experience Survey: Consumers Prioritize Safety Over Immersive Shopper Journeys

The holiday season has always been prime time for retailers to roll out new marketing campaigns, events and experiences that draw people…

Target Doubles Number of Apple Shop-in-Shops for the Holidays

Target is increasing its appeal for Apple adherents by more than doubling the number of Apple at Target shop-in-shops in time for…

Will Inventory Challenges be the ‘Grinch’ That Steals This Holiday?

Since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, consumers have experienced product shortages at their local retailers. Panic buying of household items…

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