Archive for November, 2011

British Airways Announced Selection of Christmas Market City Breaks

British Airways has announced that it is kicking off the festive period with a selection of Christmas Market city-breaks for the entire family to enjoy. Included in the airline’s selection of Christmas market cities is Berlin. Customers can visit Berlin, the capital city of Christmas Markets with over 60 to wander around, including the market [...]

Black Friday 2011 Sets New Retail Sales Record

Retailers can breathe a sigh of relief. The holiday shopping season started strong, with bigger crowds spending more dollars than ever before. According to ShopperTrak — the world’s largest provider of retail and mall foot-traffic counting services — Black Friday sales increased 6.6 percent over the same day last year. This represents $11.40 billion in retail [...]

Black Friday Boasts $816 Million in U.S. Online Holiday Spending

More than 50 Million Americans Visited Online Retail Sites on Black Friday Thanksgiving Day Online Spending Jumps 18 Percent to $479 Million comScore reported U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 25 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $12.7 billion has been spent online, marking a 15-percent increase [...]

Buy.com Reported Record Sales for Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Buy.com reported sales over the last two days grew by double digits year-over-year (as of 8 p.m. PST on Friday, Nov. 25). A major driver of the company’s overall sales growth was Buy.com’s marketplace, which includes more than 4,000 top-tier retailers. Savvy shoppers took advantage of deals on the bestselling HDTVs, laptops, tablets, home products [...]