Tag Archives: consumers

USA Today named the founder of a home improvement data website its first Entrepreneur of the Year. Editors from the publication chose to honor Porch.com founder Matt Ehrlichman, who started the website in 2013 as a tool for homeowners to find home improvement research …

Retailers expect to lose nearly $4 billion this holiday season due to stolen merchandise being returned to stores, according to a recent survey. The National Retail Federation surveyed grocery, department, discount, specialty and small retailers to predict the loss of $3.8 billion to individual people …

Thanks to retail websites and online search engines, consumers no longer think of retail sales associates as particularly trustworthy or helpful, according to an article from the Harvard Business Review. Integer Group, a global marketing agency, found that “family, friends and …

Online retailers are tasked with getting Web shoppers to buy within 60 minutes, or lose nearly 75 percent of them. By the end of one hour on a website, most consumers decide what to buy and complete their purchases, according to a recent report from Monetate, …

On Dec. 11, Planalytics, a global leader in business weather intelligence, hosted the company’s annual Holiday Homestretch webcast. The webcast gave an updated analysis on the holiday shopping season at its midpoint, how weather will play a role in consumer …

Despite the fact that the recession has turned around and is showing growth in certain sectors, consumer morale remains low, which can be seen in the slow start to the holiday season. McKinsey & Company, a multinational management consulting firm, surveys …

November was a strong month in the retail sector. According to the National Retail Federation, November retail sales were up 0.6 percent from October and 3.2 percent over November 2013. This steady growth supports NRF’s forecast of a 4.1 percent …

There are only 26 days between Black Friday and Christmas this year, meaning brick-and-mortar stores will be busy and online shopping carts will be full during the coming weeks. According to an infographic by Invesp, U.S. retail commerce is expected to …