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Shoppers planned to spend an average of about $86 each this Halloween season, between costumes, candy for the youngsters and scary stuff for the yard, according to data from the National Retail Federation. Halloween revelers in the United States will spend about 50 cents less per person on average...

U.S. retail sales were down for the first time in seven months in September, but the move was mostly driven by declines in big-ticket purchases like cars. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that retail sales were down 0.3% in September, led by a 0.9% decline in auto sales. It was the first...

The retail sector as a whole performed "great" in the first half of 2018, and the outlook for the full year is even stronger than expected, according to Matthew Shay, president and CEO of the National Retail Federation. What Happened Total retail sales were expected to rise between 3.8...

2017 is expected to boast the biggest Halloween spend on record. In a surprising statistic, American men are projected to spend more money on Halloween than women this year. According to a report from Statista, on average, an American male will spend $96 dollars on Halloween this year compared to...

Investors may want to take a second look at Party City Holdco Inc (NYSE: PRTY) ahead of the Halloween season. A total of 179 million Americans are expected to take part in some sort of Halloween related festivity this year, which marks an increase from 171 million last year, the National Retail...

There are two sides to every coin. Even as import-dependent corporations are vociferously opposing President Donald Trump's proposal to impose a border tax, a few others have quietly formed an alliance, seconding the president's proposals. United By Trump's Border Tax A Reuters report published...

A tax proposal known as a “border adjustment” proposed by Republicans in the House of Representatives could ding major American retailers who rely on imported products. The policy change, which would tax imports and exempt exports, was criticized this week by President-elect Donald...

Gian Fulgoni, the co-founder and CEO of COMSCORE, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) was a guest on CNBC Tuesday morning to share some of the analytics and data the firm has collected so far within the e-commerce space. Fulgoni stated he is pretty confident that by the end of the holiday shopping season, total e-...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) and Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) may be among the big winners this holiday shopping season if data released by Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:...

As online retailers kick off Cyber Monday sales, early Black Friday numbers this holiday season seem to be mixed. The National Retail Federation (NRF) is reporting that 154 million shoppers made purchases over Black Friday weekend, up from 151 million in 2015. However, those 154 million consumers...

Although all festivities around the Thanksgiving Day are now past us, the shopping bonanza is far from over. Shoppers thronged stores during the Thanksgiving weekend, the four-day period starting Thursday. Online behemoths such as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) as well...

The holiday season is around the corner, with the Black Friday kicking it off later this week. Black Friday is observed annually on the Friday that follows Thanksgiving Day. Although the concept of Black Friday has existed since 1932, it rose to prominence as one of the busiest shopping...

Previewing the holiday shopping season, which officially kicks off with Black Friday falling on November 25 this year, Drexel Hamilton said Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), AU Optronics Corp (ADR) (NYSE: AUO), Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and LG Display Co Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE: LPL) are most...

Consumers are after all a segment that cannot be cowed down by see-sawing fortunes of the U.S. presidential race. Armed with the confidence bestowed by a healthy job market, consumers look set to make this holiday season their own. A report released earlier in the day by the Bureau of Economic...

Wining may not get you many gifts from Santa, but it could save you a penny or two! It’s no secret that the holidays are associated with the “wow, I wish money grew on trees” mentality. Consider the expense of travel, gifts, perhaps new attire for the office Christmas party,...