Week of December 10, 2018
By Garrick Brown
Ball of Confusion
Among economists, forecasts for retail sales growth this holiday shopping season are all positive. Most analysts predict growth in the high 4% range, though some have
Retail Newsline: Overall Numbers Not Bad, Individual Numbers Not so Much…
By Garrick Brown, Vice President of Retail Research, Americas
Here come the holiday numbers and the post-holiday closures. On the whole it looks like retail had a pretty good Christmas, but this doesn’t seem to be the
Retail Newsline: It’s Not Over Until It’s Over… or At Least Until the Gift Cards Get Redeemed…
By Garrick Brown, Vice President of Retail Research, Americas
The holiday shopping season seems like it’s over… but it’s actually not.
The continued consumer frenzy for bargain hunting alone has meant that December 26th in the United States has increasingly
Retail Newsline: Bezos is Playing Chess. Who Knows What Everyone Else is Playing…
By Garrick Brown, Vice President of Retail Research, Americas
Before we get started with this week’s Newsline, we just released our Q3 Reports. You can find all of them (including our Q3 US National Shopping Center Report) online by
Retail Newsline: Forget Final Mile… How About the First 5,000 Miles?
By Garrick Brown, Vice President of Retail Research, Americas
Historically, September has been one of the critical months for retailers in terms of building their inventories for the holiday shopping season. While many chains would begin building their holiday inventories