holiday shopping

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has released its 2016 Holiday Toys list, which includes more than 1,000 of the top toys and products for kids this holiday season. The online retail giant will be running daily deals on all of the toys on the list. On Thursday, Amazon toy experts released a list of...

The holiday cheer is spreading, with retailers, both online and those operating predominantly through brick-and-mortar stores, vying with each other in announcing their efforts at making this holiday season their best ever. Vibrant Consumer The expectations are not far-fetched. U.S. consumers are...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) needs to hire 120,000 new part-time workers across its entire network to ensure a flawless and efficient shopping experience ahead of the holiday season. According to a press release, the jobs will be spread out across its fulfillment centers, sortation centers...

According to Reuters, Taiwan's exports unexpectedly fell in September, but electronic components grew in the month in anticipation of the all-important holiday shopping season. Reuters noted that exports fell 1.8 percent on a year-over-year basis in September, which fell notably short of the 3.2...

Tens of millions of Americans aren't waiting until Black Friday to get started on their holiday shopping list. In fact, once Black Friday comes around on November 25, 47 million Americans can sit back and relax since they finished their shopping weeks ago. According to BestBlackFriday.com,...

It seems like every year the holiday season comes a little earlier than the last. This year is no exception. A scientific poll conducted in mid-September, had 73 percent of adults agree with the statement "it is annoying that the holiday shopping season has gotten earlier." Despite...

Retail sales are expected to grow around 4 percent this holiday season, but investors are cautioned against assuming this is a bullish sign for large retailers. This figure would mark an acceleration from last year's holiday sales, which rose 3.6 percent from the year before. Bloomberg, citing a...

Stifel is predicting 2-3 percent softline retail sales growth this holiday season. Drivers include new fashion trends, declining electronics sales and an extra shopping day. The cost of free shipping will continue to weigh heavily on margins. Holiday shopping season is almost here, and...

With holiday shopping season in full swing, now is as good a time as any to check on the charts of online retailers. When holiday sales numbers start trickling out, knowing what support levels and resistance levels are important could keep the savvy trader one step ahead of the herd when it...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is celebrating the 2014 holiday shopping season with promos, experiments and a little hype for 2015. Numerous retailers plan to start their Black Friday sales even earlier this year (including Best Buy Co Inc, which will open at 5:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving), but you'd...

With just a little more than six weeks left in 2014, investors are gearing up to sprinkle some holiday cheer in their portfolios. So far this year, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) has gained nearly 11 percent after a successful campaign that has included a marked uptick in volatility...