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Jeweler to light Ronald McDonald House
...stern Fine Jewelry will bring holiday lights—in more ways than one—to children and families at the Ronald McDonald House this season.The family-owned jewelry store will earmark a portion of all proceeds this month toward traditional holiday lights and holiday gifts for the House's Capital Region location here. A house lighting ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 27. In addition to adding to the Ronald ... |
What work? 60 million shop online today
... lists, employees may well be holiday shopping at their desks today, a new survey suggests.With Black Friday now over, the holiday shopping frenzy has moved online with "Cyber Monday" expected to draw 60.7 million consumers shopping from home or work today, according to a Shop.org survey conducted this weekend by Big Research. Today, expected to be one of the biggest online shopping days of the ye... |
Where to Find the Absolute Best Post-Christmas Sales
...tmas. For many retailers, the holiday shopping season is expected to be a bust, courtesy of the recession, overall economic uncertainty, and poor weather. So consumers can expect rock-bottom prices and promotions at several retailers, which plan to sell any overstock in stores, stockrooms, and warehouses, make way for spring inventory, and boost their bottom lines.Here's where you can score some i... |
J.C. Penney 'Doghouse' spot has viewers howling
...ey's "Beware of the Doghouse" holiday commercial has become an Internet sensation, garnering both criticism and applause from the millions who have the viewed the online jewelry ad."Beware of the Doghouse" is a four-and-a-half minute mini-movie that serves as a reminder to men of what can happen when they don't put a lot of thought into Christmas gifts, and then suggests that buying diamond jewelr... |
Survey: Retailers gear up for Cyber Monday
... be one of the biggest online holiday shopping days of the year.According to a recent Shop.org survey conducted by Big Research, there's good reason for retailers to focus on the office crowd: The number of people who will shop online for holiday gifts this year from their workplaces is expected to surge to 61 million people, up from 51.7 million people last year.The survey, which polled 8,090 con... |
Black Friday bargains start season off with a bang
Washington—The holiday shopping season is off to a strong start, says surveys released this weekend, as consumers across the country clamored for Black Friday bargains on everything from clothing to electronics.According to ShopperTrak RCT Corp.'s National Retail Sales Estimate, Black Friday sales totaled $8.96 billion, up 6 percent compared to 2005, due in large part to extended Black Friday disc... |
Study: Gift-spending to rise this holiday season
Shoppers buying gifts this holiday season will spend an average of more than $1,000 each, according to a new study from Unity Marketing.This represents an 8 percent increase over last year's average holiday gift budget of $928.So far this year, consumers have spent an average of $1,034 on gifts, 20 percent more than last year, according to Unity Marketing's quarterly "gift Tracker" survey, which m... |
Myshape introduces Valentine’s Day Collection
...o celebrate the most romantic holiday.myShape provides each member with her own Personal Shop where she can delight in fashions and accessories that match her fit, flatter her shape and reflect her personal style.Joann Smyth, celebrated jewelry designer for over two decades, creates jewelry that is classically inspired with a modern vibe. Her use of pearls and stones in unusual colors, shapes, and... |
Holiday season fails to perk up apparel sales
...Spending Indicator study. The holiday retail season is in full swing, and all indications suggest the U.S. consumer is looking for ways to spend less. According to the December survey 81% of consumers say they plan to spend less money than usual. “One factor of significance is the measure of how consumers feel about their jobs,” noted Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst for NPD. In April, 41% of... |
Snow stalls jewelry sales, but men still buying
... of National Jeweler's annual holiday weekend roundup, which appears online every Monday through the end of the year, editors interview independent jewelers around the country.Here is a region-by-region breakdown of how jewelers responded to our inquiries about last-minute customers, special sales practices this season and more:NortheastDespite snowstorms that buried his town under 20 inches of sn... |
2009 styles guide from A to Z
...l and florals – you’ll only need to splash out on a few new things to freshen up your wardrobe. A is for ASYMMETRIC ... one-shouldered styles will remain firm favourites next season, so hold on to yours. A beautiful floral frock such as this £160 dress from Monsoon will take you from spring weddings and glitzy barbies through to autumn parties B is for BOLD BLOOMS ... as seen at Marni and Diane V... |
Report: Same-store sales slow in October
...nt total sales growth for the holidays, a reduction from the 7.2 percent growth seen in October-to-December sales last year.Retail Forward's ShopperScape survey shows that the majority of shoppers plan to spend about the same as they did last year on holiday gifts. Down-market shoppers appeared the most cautious about holiday spending this year, with more than half planning to spend less than last... |
Amazon.com shares soar on rosy outlook, holiday sales
...th quarter earnings on robust holiday sales, outshining results from other retailers, and forecast first-quarter sales above expectations, pushing its shares 13 percent higher.Amazon's upbeat outlook and sales performance signaled at least temporary relief for investors who have endured a stream of disappointing forecasts from major consumer companies in past weeks, from Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:... |
Stocks up after GMAC lifeline, retail sales dip
... qualifies for gov't help but holiday spending dropsNEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street put together a moderate advance in light post-Christmas trading Friday after the government threw a lifeline to General Motors' financing arm, but gains were limited by dreary holiday shopping readings that dimmed the chance of a big year-end rally.The major indexes finished the week with losses, but the market noneth... |
EXCLUSIVE: Jewelers see uptick in sales since Black Friday
As the holiday season moved into full swing last week, jewelers showed a significant increase in sales since Black Friday weekend, with diamond jewelry topping consumers' shopping lists."Sales last week were definitely higher for us than they usually are in the week after Thanksgiving," says Evan James Deutsch, owner of Evan James Ltd. in Brattleboro, Vt. "The weather I think really helped. It was... |
NRF forecasts dip in Valentine's Day sales
...urchased jewelry for the 2008 holiday to 16 percent who will buy jewelry for Valentine's Day 2009.Meanwhile, about the same number of consumers are expected to buy flowers (35.7 percent versus 35.9 percent in 2008), while the number of consumers sending greeting cards will increase (58 percent versus 56.8 percent in 2008).It is important to remember, however, that there will still be consumers pur... |
Asian Stock markets mixed in quiet holiday trade
Asian markets mixed in quiet holiday tradeHONG KONG (AP) -- Asian markets were mixed in quiet holiday trade Friday amid new evidence that companies and consumers alike were struggling as the global economy slumps.In Japan, automakers and other manufacturers slashed their output last month by 8.1 percent -- the biggest drop since records were started in 1953 -- in the face of slowing demand oversea... |
Recent online spending strong, but down for season
...of the 2008 November-December holiday season, online spending decreased 1 percent to $24.03 billion; however, online sales for the period from Dec. 1 (Cyber Monday) to Dec. 19, increased 1 percent to $12.85 billion.Reston, Va.--The most recent week of the holiday season saw several strong online spending days, but for the season in total, online sales are down 1 percent compared with last year, ac... |
Supermodel Petra Nemcova the new face of Fortunoff Holiday jewelry collection
...f Collection," available this holiday season in all Fortunoff retail locations, as well as online. "Petra for Fortunoff Collection" incorporates pieces in gold, sterling silver, and pieces with diamonds and gemstones that retail from $125 to $5,000. A portion of proceeds from select items will benefit the Happy Hearts Fund, Petra's personal charity of choice she founded in 2005. The Happy Hearts F... |
Holiday sales drop for 80 percent of jewelers
...ational Jeweler's annual post-holiday survey show that same-store sales dropped for many jewelers this holiday season, some 11 percent said they were actually up by 10 percent or more for the year, while 6 percent were up by 6 to 10 percent and another 6 percent were up by 1 to 5 percent over 2007. New York--Santa seems to have snubbed retail jewelers this year, with 80 percent of those responding... |
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