Stores lean more on shopper reviews
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Retailers are giving vocal online shoppers more opportunities to sound off about products this holiday season &#151; and in return are hoping to convert more surfers into buyers.
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With a weak back-to-school season behind them, US retailers are focused on the holidays and what steps they need to take to get consumers excited about shopping again.
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From the looks of it, retail insiders were busy last week.
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Analysts have offered their latest judgment of the Christmas shopping season: good, but not great.
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LOS ANGELES -- Consumers walking into an electronics store looking for a big-screen, high-definition TV may find that the place looks and feels different than it did last Christmas.
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HUNTINGTON -- With one of the busiest shopping weekends concluded, area retailers saw shoppers show up in droves for the early Thanksgiving Day weekend sales but got mixed results afterward.
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Magazine publishers are finding the checkout counter more appealing.
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They spent years drawing consumers into stores with highly publicized sales and markdowns. Now retailers and their vendors are struggling to convert sale shoppers to full-price buyers.
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The apparel retailer needs to do more to communicate its social responsibility efforts to customers.
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Business & money: Bargain-chasing shoppers force stores into heavy price discounting after slowest Christmas sales growth in three years
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A shopping spree before and after Christmas helped many of the nation's retailers meet their holiday sales goals, but heavy discounting to lure customers into the stores came at the expense of profits, Wall Street analysts believe.
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Not every specialty retailer is cut from the same mold -- some are just moldy.
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US stores post mixed results for the holiday season, with luxury retailers faring well and others forced to slash prices.
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Business & money: Retailer blames stayaway shoppers and fierce discounting by rivals for decline in sales
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When the largest retailer in the world slashes its sales growth estimate during the holiday shopping season, it&#39;s time to sit up and take notice.
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With a weak back-to-school season behind them, the nation's retailers are focused on the holidays and what steps they need to take to get consumers excited about shopping again. That could mean some quick merchandise changes and more aggressive discounting than they originally planned.
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Economy: With consumer confidence down and spending up, shoppers wrestle with &#39;stop-and-go&#39; mixed signals. By Andrea K. Walker.