Many retailers delivered solid sales gains for December, but heavy discounts needed to get shoppers to buy exacted a high price, clouding the holiday shopping season. Merchants had to mark down coats and other gifts to get shoppers to buy in a challenging economy. A mild start to winter also didn’t help, wilting shoppers’ appetite for [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: May 5,2010
Tags: apparel, equipment, retailers, Sales, ski, snowboard, telemark, western
Higher prices – not more sales – marked the 2009-2010 winter sports season. Nationally, retailers sold $2.9 billion this season, up from $2.8 billion a year ago, according to information from Snow Sport Industries of America, a trade group for winter sports. That increase wasn’t due to more items being sold, unit sales were down 4 [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: April 26,2010
Consumers are planning to spend a little bit more on mom this year. Mother’s Day is the second largest consumer spending holiday – behind Christmas and Hanukah – and this year will be no exception. The average person will spend $126 to make mom feel special, up slightly from $123 last year. Total spending is [...] [...]
by Becky Hurley Published: January 19,2010
Tags: Employment, retailers, seasonal hiring up
Retailers added 547,400 seasonal workers between October and December, or a 42 percent improvement over 2008 when holiday hiring fell to a 22-year low, according to employment data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In addition, analysts at Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. determined that after weak hiring in October, retailers picked up the [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 24,2009
Tags: Chapel Hills, Citadel, retailers, shopping habits
The big retail winners this holiday season could be the Chapel Hills Mall and the Powers Boulevard corridor, said a recent University of Colorado at Colorado Springs’ College of Business and Administration shopper survey. About half the people surveyed plan to shop at either location, with about a third choosing to do most of their shopping online [...] [...]
Feeling the pain from filing taxes today? Several national chains are offering deals for the tax-oppressed. Here’s a roundup of Tax Day deals around town and online. Chick-fil-A: visit a participating restaurant today keep your receipt. The Tax Relief Day Special allows diners to return before April 30 and receive the same order free. Cinnabon: free cinnabon bites [...] [...]
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