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With Black Friday about a week away, retailers are pulling out all the stops with their pricing strategies. The company 360pi, which analyzes product and pricing data, recently examined the pricing numbers for power tools at Amazon, Home Depot and Lowe’s. According to …

As the holiday season quickly approaches, consumers plan to shift their saving strategies toward the end of the year. The Holiday Spending and Savings Study, conducted by Edward Jones, analyzed the upcoming saving to spending ratio consumers will sustain. With more …

Many homes across the country have home improvement projects that have been started but not yet completed. In a survey of more than 700 U.S. homeowners conducted by Black and Decker, 52 percent have an unfinished home improvement project. In …

Online retail revenue is projected to reach $500 billion by 2018, with online buyers growing by 15 percent within the next 4 years. Another key consumer base to look at is the online shopper, which according to Forbes, is anyone …

As the holiday season quickly approaches, many consumers will be searching for gifts for family and friends. While they may have specific products on their shopping list, many will be giving the gift of shopping by providing a gift card. According to NRF’s …

Consumers are increasing their gift-gifting this year, according to Deloitte’s 29th annual holiday shopping survey. This optimistic outlook has been shared with other analysts, but Deloitte details all aspects in its 32-page report. Below is a brief overview of the findings …

Online shopping has made ordering products easier, added new ways to advertise and promote, and has enabled customers to compare prices among different retailers. However, online shopping is still missing one thing—the in-store customer experience. In order to learn what …

Opportunities for learning are highly valued by the millennial population. A survey conducted by LoyaltyOne found that millennials value one-on-one consultation. In fact, 84 percent of millennials say that “being able to redeem rewards/loyalty program points for a session or …