Web retail requires no mall Santas or displays, and shoppers easily compare prices online, so the messaging starts around Oct. 1, experts say.

Amazon and Walmart are both touting AI chatbots as a convenient way to shop this holiday season. But will it really change the way we buy?

And all of those supply chain issues during the pandemic taught some businesses valuable lessons.

We’re barely out of Halloween, yet retailers are keen to get the holiday shopping season started.

Adobe’s latest forecast shows consumers are expected to spend a record $18.5 billion through buy now, pay later financing this year. That’s up more than 11% year over year.

Things seem to be reverting to a pre-pandemic normal, say analysts.

Even though holiday shopping numbers were solid, retailers might see a slower start to 2024 when consumers’ credit card bills come due.

With Christmas approaching, candy canes are hanging from trees around the United States. But producing the sugar that goes in them is becoming more expensive — pushing up prices at the register.

Online shopping financed with buy now pay later services hit $940 million on Cyber Monday, an all-time high.

Advertisers are taking current market conditions into consideration when competing for consumer dollars.