Online shopping last year was up 55 percent over the previous year for holiday shoppers as many time-crunched Santas and gift givers tried to save themselves time and money online. Many of us running online businesses run into the same scenario that brick-and-mortar stores face this time of the year--Black Friday!
By Li Qiaoyi The National Day holiday saw a substantial increase in consumer spending over last year, signaling the economic recovery has a solid grounding, a senior analyst said Friday. The retail sales of consumer goods during the eight-day holiday reached 570 billion yuan ($83.5 billion), up ...
Chinese stocks opened higher on Friday morning, the first trading session after the eight-day National Day holiday.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A shares and B shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, opened at 2,840.13 points, up 2.18% or 60.71 points from the previous closing....
Suning Appliance Co Ltd<002024>, one of the largest privately-owned electrical appliance retailers in China, plans to launch 50 chain stores during the eight-day National Day holiday starting from tomorrow. The home appliance retailer will open 22 new stores and 28 newly renovated stores in the upcoming...
Online sales of jewelry and watches didn't fare well this holiday season (Nov. 1-Dec. 24), falling 24 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the latest research from ComScore.
RETAIL sales rose 13 percent year on year in the three-day New Year holiday, China's Ministry of Commerce reported yesterday.
The dollar was steady against the yen on Thursday in thin holiday trade, after recovering some of losses made in the wake of dismal economic data that underscored the deepening recession in the United States...
Procrastinating U.S. shoppers headed out to buy last-minute gifts on Wednesday, while retailers tried to put a tough holiday season behind them and began to promote sales for the days after Christmas...
NEW YORK, Dec 22 - U.S. shoppers took advantage of drastic price cuts this weekend, but even markdowns of 60 percent to 70 percent could not entice those who had already completed their holiday gift...
* Retail fire sales may cut into holiday biz for rivals * Near-term bother for Best Buy, Bed Bath & Beyond * Jewelers Signet, Tiffany already concerned NEW YORK, Nov 7 - Deep discounts offered...