Topic: C. Britt Beemer

Exclusive: Many Americans already done with holiday shopping

(Reuters) - More than a third of U.S. shoppers are already done with most of their holiday shopping, a survey showed on Monday, signaling that retailers need to offer bigger incentives to win sales in the few weeks before Christmas.The findings underscore ...

Fewer consumers finish holiday buying: survey

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An unprecedented 22 percent of U.S. consumers said they did not finish their Christmas shopping this year as fewer discounts kept many wallets closed, according to a survey released on Tuesday.While nearly 63 percent said bigger deals were ...
Online purchases jumped 18% to $4.1 billion last week led by Yahoo (YHOO), Target (TGT), Apple (AAPL), Circuit City (CC) and Toy "R" Us, according to data released Sunday by comScore. The research firm estimates online spending may climb 20% to about ...