Topic: United States

Retailers' graveyard shift wins over shoppers, analysts

NEW YORK (Reuters) - While most of New York was fast asleep at 3 am on Thursday, 25-year old Tatiana Baret from the Bronx went to Macy's."It is convenient, it's actually a little more quiet at this time. It tends to be ...

Nintendo: 3DS gets boost from Mario, at least in Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sales of Nintendo Co Ltd's 3DS games device will hit 3 million units in the Japanese market within days, but consumers in the U.S. and Europe seem to be delaying their holiday season shopping due to poor economic conditions, ...

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 ...

Best Buy gets it right, joins early holiday winners

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Having the right products at the right price at the right time helped make Best Buy Co Inc one of the early winners in what was a record start for U.S. retailers to the holiday shopping season.The electronics ...

Shoppers spent more cash over Thanksgiving weekend: NRF

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More people headed to stores and websites over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and average spending per person rose 9.1 percent as bargain-hunting shoppers scooped up discounts on everything from gadgets to hoodies, a National Retail Federation survey on ...

Retailers look to keep Black Friday momentum going

(Reuters) - U.S. retailers moved from the frenzied start of the holiday shopping season to the next phase on Saturday, hoping to avoid a drop after Black Friday and keep the momentum going during a fitful economic recovery.After featuring the usual deep ...

Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt

(Reuters) - Retailers were hoping for more shoppers like Shawn Elzia as the annual Black Friday bargain stampede marked the unofficial start of what is widely expected to be a middling holiday shopping season.The Brooklyn, New York teacher, one of hundreds of ...

Violence, pepper spray mar Black Friday shopping

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Black Friday turned into a black mark against American shoppers as riotous crowds brawled over video games, waffle irons and towels, drawing international condemnation and even raising questions about the state of humanity.One of the most outrageous incidents ...

Violence, pepper spray mars Black Friday shopping

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A shopper pepper-sprayed other bargain hunters and robbers shot at customers to steal their Black Friday purchases, marring the start of the U.S. holiday shopping season, according to authorities.Up to 20 people were injured after a woman used ...

Black Friday draws crowds but spending in doubt

(Reuters) - Retailers were hoping for more shoppers like Shawn Elzia as the annual Black Friday bargain stampede marked the unofficial start of what is widely expected to be a middling holiday shopping season.The Brooklyn, New York teacher, one of hundreds of ...
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