Tag Archives: Economy

Feb08

Research: Which big dollar purchases consumers are delaying

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: February 8, 2010
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In an ongoing effort to understand how consumers continue to adapt to the recession, we recently asked BIGresearch to explore with consumers what “big ticket” purchases they have either put off – or may never make at all. While tighter purse strings are a given these days, the results illustrate how priorities differ across consumer [...]

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Nov12

Research: The one economy signal that consumers are waiting for

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: November 12, 2009
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I recently asked members of the Content, Member Services, and Research Committees for input on consumer research topics for the next several months.  As part of the many thoughtful suggestions these fine folks put forth, I heard several requests for up to date consumer sentiment regarding the economy.  One question in particular was, “What will [...]

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Oct26

Talking with…Matt Rubel, CEO of Collective Brands

By Ellen Davis, SVP | Published: October 26, 2009
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In the constant push-and-pull between retailers and manufacturers, we thought it might be interesting for our next Talking With… to feature an executive from a company with both groups under the same umbrella. So we reached out to Matt Rubel, Chairman, CEO and President of Collective Brands, a company that includes both a retailer (Payless) [...]

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Oct21

Ten holiday trends to watch this year

By Ellen Davis, SVP | Published: October 21, 2009
1 Comment | Posted in Holidays, Marketing

NRF has released its list of ten holiday trends to watch. Among them: Americans don’t believe the recession is over, sales and promotions are king, and gift cards still reign as the most popular gift to receive. The most interesting trend for the online folks is likely this one: #8: When looking at store sales, [...]

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Oct18

Research: 2009 SORO Profitability Report

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: October 18, 2009
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The annual State of Retailing Online (SORO) Profitability, Economy & Multichannel Report has officially launched. For the final report in the SORO ’09 series, Forrester Research and Shop.org surveyed retailers about their overall results for the full year 2008, their views on the economy and how their business has fared this year, key performance indicators, [...]

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