At the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, shoppers can buy cow-handling hardware, pizza ovens, furniture — and of course boots and cowboy hats.
Its quarterly report shows ad sales, membership income and its third-party marketplace expanded. Their margins may help keep store prices low.
The growth of online shopping means returns may rise to $890 billion for 2024. Retailers, though, are trying to impose costs on the practice.
The Butte Plaza Mall is in its last holiday shopping season before new owners take over. “It’s time to change,” says manager Alana Ferko.
Shrinkflation is affecting clothing brands. Companies are attempting to balance quality with price for consumers.
We’re barely out of Halloween, yet retailers are keen to get the holiday shopping season started.
Brands are tasked with coaxing more inflation-weary parents into spending.
Spending in many sectors, like furniture and online shopping, was strong. Falling prices also depressed the top line numbers in some categories.
One wild card: back-to-school shopping.
Consumers are still spending, but that looks a little different now than it has the past few years.
