Tag archive: holiday sales season

Black Friday is getting so big that companies and retailers are trying to create their own spinoff sales days to get attention. Running with the color + day theme, T-Mobile's marketing department has decided that “Magenta Saturday” will be its big push. On Nov. 19, the wireless carrier will hold a big sale on some of its biggest phones, but only if you get one of its new Unlimited Value plans. Most of the discounts are mail-in… Read More

Americans are back to doing what we do best these days: shopping. ComScore has released its first report on U.S. online holiday spending and it's up significantly compared to last year, with Amazon.com leading the flurry of growth. Online sales from Nov. 1-26 increased 13 percent, rising from $10.3 billion to $11.6 billion. Thanksgiving Day, a traditionally slow day for sales, made a dramatic gain of 28 percent, and Black Friday sales… Read More

With Black Friday nearly upon us gift ideas are starting to cross people's minds. And Parents, be warned: your child may be disappointed if there's not a certain tablet computer under the Christmas tree this year. According to a Nielsen survey, Apple's iPad is the number one item desired by children aged six through 12 beating out a computer (no particular brand specified) and an iPod touch. 31 percent of kids surveyed said… Read More

Retailers have been struggling as is this year and unfortunately many are saying they cannot survive another holiday season of suppressed sales. IBIS World Inc. released a report today saying that total gift sales are expected to decline 2.6 percent this Christmas season, and that electronics are among the rapidly declining categories. Apparently this

Since the company cut the price of the Cube hardware to $99.99 just over a month ago, the console has more than quadrupled its sales, and now holds 37 per cent market share, up from 19 per cent prior to the price cut. The figures, announced by NOA's George Harrison at an investor conference in New York, show the Cube holding a strong second place in the US home console market, behind Sony's PS2 but ahead of Microsoft's… Read More