He had been in contact with Atari to partner on some holiday menswear gifty items when the light bulb went off for more refined women's clothes, Sternberg explained.
On the other hand, over 70% of respondents believe the economy is in bad or terrible shape and roughly 25% are concerned that they will not be able to purchase all necessary items this holiday season.
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Even the biggest Grinch will buy some holiday gifts in addition to items for him or herself.
Take a gander past the break for the details, but be sure to act fast if there are still items on your holiday list.
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The Syndicated Television Network Association publishes studies that show just how much these talk shows influence consumers to buy certain items during the holiday season.
Amazon said the number of items ordered on its busiest day, Dec. 10, rose about 35% to 5.4 million items from "roughly" 4 million items during its busiest holiday shopping day last year.
If you didn't get enough shopping action on Black Friday, Cyber Monday should offer a few options to scribble more items off of that holiday shopping list and keep you firmly planted in your seat.
"When the market crashed and we were unable to raise the full funding, we had to re-think our launch plans and shape the business plan in a way that we could execute, " delaying product releases and concentrating on key items, promotions and holiday sales cycles.
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Target has revealed the highly anticipated items that will be part of its unusual joint holiday collection with Neiman Marcus.
Electronic items, apparel, luxury goods and other items from large Internet retailers constitute a significant portion of total holiday shipping volumes.
Additionally, the Seattle-based e-retailer has also announced that the 2012 holiday season was their best ever, with over 26.5 million items ordered worldwide on its peak day, selling a record-breaking 306 items per second.
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Macy's is able to pinpoint which items will resonate because of tests it conducts right up until the holiday.
With sellers now listing 2 million items per week from their smartphones on eBay and the quarter spanning the holiday season, we expect the gross merchandise volume and the number of active users to continue the strong growth from the third quarter.
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Between the sparklers, the picnic items and the patriotic garb, the wallets will likely take a hit this holiday weekend.
She's a fan of the company's "Red Box" holiday campaign, for which it's putting a large advertising budget behind 20 to 30 items.
That handwritten wish list has been replaced by pinning up images on Pinterest of the items you most covet, which means marketers can learn a lot from Pinterest this holiday season.
She also praised annual holiday powerhouse Coach, which seems to have made a good initial read on high-price-point items as well as popular lower-priced items like iPod holders.
"Since we know how easy it is to prey on people's insecurities and encourage them to buy items like this, an unsightly-toe-scrunch-cover-up might make a great holiday stocking stuffer for someone, " Jacobs says.
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