Black Friday Isn’t What It Used to Be Big discounts, many of them online only, start appearing well before Thanksgiving and will run long after. Some people still go to the mall, though.
Retailers Lay Out a Downbeat Outlook as Inflation Squeezes Low-Income Shoppers Despite better-than-expected earnings, retail executives predict that any sales growth will be much smaller than in years past.
Retailers’ Holiday Wish: That Cash-Strapped Shoppers Will Spend Retailers have navigated pandemic closures and supply chain snarls in recent years. But dealing with the fallout from inflation could be an even tougher test.