Click. Click. Gift. After a two-year slump below its pandemic high, online shopping made a comeback this holiday season. The CNBC All-America Economic Survey finds 57% of Americans naming online shopping as their top one or two destinations for Christmas gifts. In 2006, online shopping accounted for just 18% of responses. It hit an all-time … Read more
Target’s shuttered small-format store on Folsom Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood, November 2023. Gabrielle Fonrouge | CNBC On Sept. 26, Target set off a national firestorm when it said it would close nine stores in four states because theft and organized retail crime had made them too dangerous to run. On its face, Target’s … Read more
An employee carries an order for a customer at a Domino’s Pizza restaurant in Detroit. Sean Proctor | Bloomberg | Getty Images Forget the battle for chicken sandwich supremacy. The loyalty program wars are coming. Restaurant digital orders surged 124% in the year ended in March, according to market researcher NPD Group. And … Read more
