By Mary Halladay, Industry Principle, Retail With anticipation (bordering on anxiety), our customers have been planning for Thanksgiving Weekend 2013 since mid-Summer. The reality of Thanksgiving arriving “late” this year, combined with a myriad of rapidly developing omni-channel trends, has led to a higher-than-usual level of uncertainty for retailers around this holiday period: How will the “shortened” shopping season impact consumer behavior and overall holiday results? Will early promotions and store openings on Thanksgiving Day impact YoY comps? How will mobile continue to impact and change consumer behavior? And how should retailers plan for and respond to that behavior? While [...]
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