Report: China Buys 25% of the World’s Luxury Goods
JEROME FAVRE / BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES Chinese shoppers carry out Louis Vuitton shopping bags in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong, China on May 17, 2012. In Hong Kong, the…
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Private Eyes: Are Retailers Watching Our Every Move?
Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have a lot going for them these days. On the one hand, high unemployment and stagnant wage growth is sapping the purchasing power of the average consumer, and…
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Could ‘Showrooming’ Actually Be Good for Brick-and-Mortar Retailers?
Stores hate it when shoppers scope out merchandise in person, only to whip out a smartphone, shop around, and ultimately make the purchase elsewhere. Yet could this practice, known as “showrooming,”wind up helping…
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