May 24, 2019 | Holiday Retail Outlook Report, Publication, Retail Business Transformation
BRG Retail writes about operating results, store closures and bankruptcies, the continuing evolution of retail, and critical themes for the C-suite. Read the article.
Apr 30, 2019 | Holiday Retail Outlook Report, Publication, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
Last year, in our review of operating results from the 2017 holiday season, we noted that retailers were “walking a tightrope” when it came to maintaining gross margins in the retail business environment. Guess what? Things didn’t improve much in 2018! After a good...
Jan 3, 2019 | Holiday Retail Outlook Report, News, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
Keith Jelinek discusses customer bargain hunting, pricing and cost drops, and how holiday sales have increased but store earnings have decreased. Listen to the report at Marketplace. Mr. Jelinek speaks at ~1:06.
Dec 8, 2018 | Holiday Retail Outlook Report, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
BRG 2018 Holiday Outlook and Consumer Survey (part 3) As expected, online sales stole the show during the big Thanksgiving shopping weekend, and overall retail sales showed large year-over-year increases. Overall sales on Black Friday and through the weekend and Cyber...
Nov 15, 2018 | Holiday Retail Outlook Report, Publication, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
Keith Jelinek writes about best practices to serve customers and increase profitably in a challenging omnichannel retail environment, including understanding customers, leveraging analytics, and optimizing inventory allocation capabilities. Read the article at Total...
Nov 1, 2018 | Holiday Retail Outlook Report, Publication, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
2018 Holiday sales forecasts have come in early, with a broad range of 4 percent to 5.5 percent year-over-year sales increase. Based on US Census retail sales data through September and BRG analysis, we expect the final sales increase to fall in the lower end of this...
