Cyber Monday

GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) issued a press release on Wednesday announcing solid camera unit sales growth during the week of Black Friday, indicating restructuring efforts to trim costs and projecting strong holiday demand in the United States for its new HERO5 cameras. Camera Unit Sales Growth GoPro...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE: SNE), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) and Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) may be among the big winners this holiday shopping season if data released by Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:...

As online retailers kick off Cyber Monday sales, early Black Friday numbers this holiday season seem to be mixed. The National Retail Federation (NRF) is reporting that 154 million shoppers made purchases over Black Friday weekend, up from 151 million in 2015. However, those 154 million consumers...

Specialty retail and departmental stores witnessed mixed Black Friday weekend sales versus 2015, with e-commerce remaining “the clear winner” and in-store revenue continuing to be under pressure, Morgan Stanley’s Kimberly C. Greenberger said in a report. In-Store Mixed, E-Commerce...

Although all festivities around the Thanksgiving Day are now past us, the shopping bonanza is far from over. Shoppers thronged stores during the Thanksgiving weekend, the four-day period starting Thursday. Online behemoths such as Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and eBay Inc (NASDAQ: EBAY) as well...

The Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Dash Button is popular with consumers, as the Wi-Fi connected device reorders your favorite product with the press of a button. Customers can buy a Dash Button for $4.99 and receive a credit for $4.99 after the first press. The Dash Button, which is available...

As millennials and older generations gear up to save this holiday season, the decade's long tradition of the Black Friday and Thanksgiving evening sales rush has dwindled for 2016. While the Thanksgiving week sales are still newsworthy, the extravaganza had fewer participants. Some retailers even...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), two retail behemoths and leaders in their respective spaces, have gone all out to woo holiday shoppers. Here is a list of irresistible offers from these two biggies you can look forward to: Wal-Mart for one promised customers...

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT)'s holiday cheer is abounding, as the discount retailer announced via a Business Wire release that holiday shopping season has gotten off to a strong start. The company noted that guests started shopping early Wednesday morning with its pre-sale on Target.com....

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) unleashed more than 75,000 deals for Cyber Monday, with new deals as often as every five minutes on toys, electronics, fashion items and more. Customers are using Amazon's "Watch A Deal" feature to ensure they don't miss out on any deals. Amazon said the most-...

Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) said it sold 150 million pounds of turkey and ham this Thanksgiving week, with more than 70 percent of traffic during the retailer’s Black Friday event coming from mobile. What Consumers Want Besides the massive amounts of meat sold, throughout...

According to comScore, digital e-commerce spending will grow in the 2016 holiday season by 16–19 percent to $79 billion–$81 billion, representing an acceleration in growth compared to a year ago. Robert "Bob" S. Peck of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey pointed out that over the past two years...

With Black Friday a little over a week away, retailers are entering the most critical time of the year. Within the past several years, there has been a major fundamental shift in the way Americans do their holiday shopping. The emergence of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and the creation of an...

U.S. retail investors are looking ahead to the critical Thanksgiving weekend shopping events, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. However, for Chinese retail investors, it doesn’t get much bigger than this weekend’s Singles' Day event. China's 'Anti-Valentine's Day' In China,...

With just a few days left in October, it is safe to say the U.S. holiday shopping season has arrived. However, before investors get too caught up in how Black Friday, Cyber Monday and related fare will affect their portfolios, one of the world's biggest consumer-driven events is on tap and it...