A Texas A&M retail expert says inflation and supply chain issues will make for another abnormal holiday shopping season, with the threat of a nationwide rail strike also looming.
Executives, consultants, co-founders and researchers will spotlight the speed and depth of transformational industry change and the impact of digital on customer experience.
In-person shopping remains popular. (Jeff Chiu/AP) Kelli Hollinger, Center for Retailing Studies director and marketing lecturer, Texas A&M University, for The Conversation It surprises most millennials to learn that only about 10 percent of all retail purchases are actually made online. Each semester, when I ask hundreds of undergraduate business students…
By Courtney Bosquez, Texas A&M University Mays Business School Despite the explosion of red and pink merchandise currently promoted in stores, the National Retail Federation reports U.S. consumer spending will be down 10 percent this year compared to Valentine’s Day 2016. This may be a natural correction…