KHD Buzz – Online Retail’s Big Holiday Challenge, eBay Goes Retro for the Holidays and More
This Holiday Shopping Season May Be a Huge Challenge For Online Retail’s Digital Readiness By all accounts with a more stable economy and with consumer confidence high, this holiday season is likely to be a bumper one for online retailers. But according to many experts – and some new reports – the biggest challenge any online retail…
Great Reasons to Offer a Holiday Gift Guide This Year
Everyone wants to give their friends and family members the perfect gift during the holidays but the huge number of choices on the internet and in offline bricks and mortar stores can be overwhelming. That’s why many consumers click on holiday gift guides from major retailers, online magazines and blogs. A great guide helps them…
New at KHD – Everlasting Poinsettia Plant
Christmas and poinsettias go together, and to many, no seasonal home decor scheme is really complete without at least one. The problem is, if you are like many, and begin decorating for Christmas just as the Thanksgiving dinner leftovers are being put away then by the time New Year’s rolls around the pretty red flowers…
KHD Buzz – US Holiday Retail To Hit $1 Trillion, The Impact of Multigenerational Households on Retail and More
Experts Predict US Holiday Sales Will Top $1 Trillion Despite big store closures, the demise of Sears and the Toys R Us drama, a new report released last week predicts that US holiday sales – defined by the period November 1 – December 31, 2018 – will, for the first time ever, surpass $1 Trillion.…
4 Marketing Moves to Make Now for a More Prosperous Holiday Shopping Season
In planning for another hectic holiday shopping season the temptation for most small to medium-sized retail businesses – whether they operate online, offline or both, is to play things as safe as possible and repeat whatever it was that seemed to work last year. However, the truth is that companies that don’t innovate and ‘move…
Wholesale Product Spotlight – Rustic Forest Fireplace Screen
Once the air chills, and the nights darken, as Fall takes hold there are few things nicer than an evening by the fireplace, sipping something warm and catching up with your favorite TV shows or curling up with a great book. Our Rustic Forest Fireplace Screen heightens the experience even further though, adding an extra…
KHD Buzz – The Impact of 11.11, Customer Retention Tips, Beating Bezos and More
How New Online Shopping ‘Holidays’ Are Changing the Retail Landscape First, there was Amazon Prime Day, an event that practically created a new summer holiday. Then Chinese retail giant brought its 11-11 Singles Day holiday to the US last year and netted $25 billion in the process, more than Macy’s entire revenue for the year. As 11.11…
How a Great Return Policy Can Give Your Retail Business An Edge This Holiday Shopping Season
Any retail business, whether it operates online, offline or a combination of both, wants to be known for the high quality and variety of the products they offer. However, even the most exceptional of products can sometimes turn out to be the wrong size, wrong color, or wrong something, and the consumer – whether they…
New at KHD – Light Up Retro Christmas Tree Figurine
For many of us, Christmas is all about honoring traditions, and increasingly that includes the holiday decor we make use of in our homes. Retro Christmas decorations are a big deal right now (as is retro a lot of things) and what could be more nostalgic than our new Light Up Retro Christmas Tree Figurine?…
KHD Buzz – Online Shopping ‘Rehab’, The War On Serial Returners, Smarter Chatbots and More
Online Shopping ‘Rehab’ Attempts to Boost Brick and Mortar Spending The British are just as into online shopping as the Americans, with an estimated 1 in 3 adults regularly choosing to shop online versus at a brick and mortar store. This, some say, is having a negative effect on the overall economies of many British smaller towns, an…