Tag: sales growth

December 28, 2020

After-Christmas retail can be fun — even with a pandemic — as long as you stay focused on making money and minimizing returns instead of just giving profits away through aggressive promotions and discounts. Here are seven ways to grow […]

March 20, 2020

Online retail sales growth fell in February before the real impact of COVID-19 took hold, extending a weak start to 2020 for the sector. In February UK online retail sales growth dropped by 0.4 per cent year-on-year, falling well below […]

November 21, 2018

Best Buy has been running on the energy of a strong rebound for a while now, and there was a sense before this earnings report that the retailer’s comeback itself may be running on fumes. Those concerns may be put […]

August 16, 2018

This was the quarter Walmart needed — and one that CEO Doug McMillon said signifies Walmart is now “moving with more speed.” To him, the positive results were driven by four strategic objectives: Make shopping easier for busy families. Change […]

August 14, 2018

Home Depot suffered from external forces that dampened spring sales, and the declining U.S. housing market could further undermine its momentum. But not by much, according to GlobalData Retail Managing Director Neil Saunders. “The 8.4% uplift in sales along with […]

March 1, 2018

PALM DESERT, CA – “We’re building a new Target run for a digital world,” Bruce Starnes, Target vice president of digital solutions, said during a Wednesday morning session at the eTail West conference. Target’s digital strategy has been a while […]

February 16, 2018

Analysts are predicting the strongest sales growth this year since 2014, due in large part to new tax legislation and confident consumers. Kantar Consulting forecasts 4.3% retail growth in 2018, led by big-ticket home goods purchased by tax savings in […]

January 8, 2018

NORCROSS, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stratix, a leading enterprise managed mobile services provider, recently partnered with IHL Group, a global research and advisory firm serving the retail industry, on IHL’s latest in-depth research surveying some of the country’s biggest retailers on transformations in […]

January 6, 2016

The 2015 holiday shopping season ended with a bang, indicating that retailers were able to pull off a fairly healthy season this year, possibly beating the National Retail Federation’s prediction of 3.7% growth. While the NRF has not yet released […]