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According to a National Retail Federation (NRF) survey, conducted by BIGinsight, a record total of 247 million shoppers visited stores and websites over Black Friday weekend, up from 226 million last year. More than 35 million Americans visited retailers’...

Emboldened by rapid growth in e-commerce shipping, the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service is moving aggressively this holiday season to start a premium service for the internet shopper seeking the instant gratification of a store purchase: same-day package...

A comparison of Apple and Microsoft retail stores on Black Friday found that nearly 5 times as many items were purchased per hour at the Apple Store. Gene Munster and his team at Piper Jaffray conducted 8 hours of observations at Apple retail stores in...

Despite record levels of online spending over the Black Friday weekend, savvy shoppers still have plenty of appetite for one-day-only deals that retailers have lined up for Cyber Monday, as 129.2 million shoppers say they'll head to retailers’ websites on Cyber Monday. According to a survey conducted for Shop.org by BIGinsight, 129.2 million Americans plan to shop on Cyber Monday this year, up from the 122.8 million who shopped last year, and the 106.9 million who shopped on Cyber Monday in 2010. Eager to meet consumers’ demands, 85 percent of retailers will have a special promotion for Cyber Monday.

Goodlettsville, Tenn. -- Dollar General announces its new mobile applications for iPhone and Android smartphones that include sales ads, store locations, coupons and more. “Many of our shoppers use mobile phones for shopping and to make purchasing...

When it comes to retailers, big data is perhaps a little too big. Half of retailers can't aggregate all their data in one place to make detailed reports and conclusions. Forty-five percent don't use available data to personalize marketing communications, and another 42 percent can't link data together at the individual customer level. That's perhaps understandable, because 90 percent of the data that's ever been created has been created in the last two years, and the rate of data growth is increasing quickly.

Protests by organized labor failed to materialize in a meaningful way at Wal-Mart stores over the weekend and the retailer went on to achieve record results. Heading into the weekend, groups supported by organized labor attempted to spoil Wal-Mart's plans by encouraging workers to walk off their jobs and stage protests at select stores. The union activities received considerable media exposure, but ultimately proved to be isolated and nondisruptive to sales.

New York -- Apple Inc. operates the most successful retail stores by a significant margin, according to RetailSails, a retail and consumer goods consulting firm. Apple stores averaged $6,050 per sq. ft. in the past 12 months, double those of Tiffany &...

NEW YORK - Shares of Abercrombie & Fitch gained in Monday trading after an analyst declared that the retailer was one of the winners on Black Friday. THE SPARK: Adrienne Tennant of Janney Capital Markets said in a note to clients that Abercrombie & Fitch...

While it is too early to say which individual companies have benefited the most, holiday e-commerce sales surged past $1 billion, according to research firm Comscore. It remains likely that the normal winners in the e-commerce race have done the best...