Posting will continue to be light over the next few weeks as the deluge of retail earnings reports will keep us busy with database updates.
As always, we will have full coverage of monthly same-store sales reports due out tomorrow. The list of retailers releasing monthly results continues to shrink – Dillard’s announced they would no longer report on a monthly basis after January, following JC Penney‘s lead as they stopped after December. 18 chains will release February results tomorrow – Walgreen doesn’t report until Monday this month, Costco already said this morning comps rose a strong 8% in February and Zumiez will report after the close today.
In the mean-time, here is a super-sized list of retail & consumer reads for Wednesday afternoon:
- As shoppers’ long love affair suburban malls wane, foreclosures on the rise (Huffington Post)
- EBay Aims to Build Bridge Between Brick-and Mortar & E-Commerce (WSJ)
- The Changing Face of Coupon Users: Younger, More Affluent & Tech Savvy (Coupons.org)
- Marketing to the millennial woman (Adweek)
- Study Finds Purchases on Mobile Devices Expanding Dramatically (CEA)
- Retailers see smaller outlets as the next big thing (Seattle Times)
- Survey says Walmart widens price lead over Target (MarketWatch)
- Nearly 40% of Smartphone-Carrying Shoppers Abandon In-Store Purchases Due to Long Lines (AisleBuyer)
- How Unilever Connects With Hispanics on Facebook (ClickZ)
- 10 Groundbreaking Retailers That Shook the World (RISNews)
- Airports increasingly becoming upscale shopping destinations (LA Times)
- Can JC Penney become ‘America’s favorite store’ by trying to be everything to everybody? (Forbes)
- Miami’s Design District luring high-end retailers away from famous Bal Harbour Shops (WSJ)
- What’s behind the dollar store craze? (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- We Don’t Have a Mobile Payment Problem; We Have a Mobile Shopping Problem (Wired)
- 2012 Shopping Outlook: Consumers plan a steady budget (PriceGrabber)
- Risky Retail Bet Pays Off as Time Warner Center ‘one of the most productive shopping centers in the U.S.’ (NY Times)
- Whole Foods Tries Out Kinect-Powered Shopping Carts (PCWorld)
