With the holidays just around the corner, Christmas shopping sits center stage. Video games, DVDs, Ipod's, a 2008 Hummer, all kinds of people ask for all sorts of things. Some people are easier than others: teenagers are typically satisfied with clothes, sports zealots are typically happy with paraphernalia representing "their team," and kids are typically overjoyed by lots and lots of toys.
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As most Christmas Tree farms and retail lots prepare to open for the holiday season, growers and retailers are expecting an increase in the number of farm-grown Christmas trees purchased by U.S. consumers.
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The National Christmas Tree Association advises consumers that prices on farm-grown Christmas Trees, purchased at either a farm or retail lot, will not go up because of recent fuel cost increases, in spite of recent news reports to the contrary.
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- Britons expected to spend £42 billion online this Christmas
- New study finds that customer opinions and reviews have five times more impact than advertising on customer buying decisions online
- Leading independent customer review publisher, Reevoo, calls for a kitemark for online reviews to reassure shoppers as a forecast £42 billion e-Christmas approaches
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An online report from Gizmodo informs the consumers about Wal-Mart telling "us that it will be selling Toshiba's HD-A2 for $99 over the weekend only, starting Friday." Toshiba The HD-A2 delivers the excellent picture, sound and interactivity features of HD DVD, and adds a new, sleek, compact chassis.
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Britain's leading e-commerce industry group says the UK has overtaken the United States in the growth of online shopping. The Interactive Media in Retail Group, or IMRG, says on-line purchases hit a new record last month when UK shoppers spent nearly $6.3 billion US (3.2 billion British pounds) on on-line goods and services. That's 45 percent higher than for the same time last year, compared to 25 percent in the US.
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Professor warns against the lure of the mall during this Christmas Shopping season
Shopping malls are designed to keep consumers shopping longer and spending more, according to Dr. Lorry Felske, professor in the Faculty of Communication and Culture.
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