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Video: An Exclusive Look at The Smart Shopper
December 20, 2010

Do you know “The Smart Shopper"? The Smart Shopper is constantly connected and always mobile. The Smart Shopper values online information, researches online then shops in-store and uses a smartphone while shopping.

Tesco Opens Online Fashion Boutique
December 20, 2010

Tesco has introduced the Brand Boutique, a separate website within the retailer's site, featuring womenswear. It will sell branded clothing from new and existing designers and is intended to expand the grocer's presence as a fashion retailer.

Data Shows Holiday Season So Far
December 20, 2010

Here are comparisons from MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse of retail revenue from Oct. 31 through Saturday with the same period a year ago.

A Look Inside FAO Schwarz's Catalog of Dreams
December 20, 2010

As a child the holidays started at our house — at least in my imagination — not in December but in November. That's when the FAO Schwarz toy catalog arrived. It's hard now, in this age when everything, at least virtually everything related to commerce and consumption, is only a click or two away to conceive of a time when one's dreams were funneled through the United States Postal Service.

Marshalls to Enter Canadian Market
December 20, 2010

Marshalls, which offers apparel and home goods, will open four locations in the Toronto area, one of which is notable for its conversion from a nightclub in downtown Toronto.

Retailers Putting Final Wraps On Successful Holiday Season
December 20, 2010

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Retailers are pulling out all the stops as they count down the last few days to Christmas, with overtures ranging from keeping doors open around the clock to offering better deals than on Black Friday, and the measures appear to

Luxury Retail Market Stages a Comeback
December 20, 2010

The estimated gain in U.S. luxury goods sales is outpacing the overall expected 3.5 percent jump in retail sales for 2010, a prominent trade group said.

Free Shipping Day Boosts Online Sales by 61 Percent
December 20, 2010

Free Shipping Day saw a 61% increase in sales over the corresponding shopping day last year, as over 1,500 online merchants offered free shipping on December 17, 2010, according to research firm ComScore. Last week, holiday sales surpassed $5 billion, an increase of 14 percent versus the corresponding week last year, with four individual days exceeding $900 million, led by Green Monday (December 13) with $954 million, and Free Shipping Day (Friday, December 17) with $942 million in sales. ComScore said Cyber Monday remains the only billion-dollar day on record and is likely to become the heaviest spending day