Wednesday, November 23, 2011
America's Most Visited Shopping Malls
TravelandLeisure.com
For most Americans, it’s just not the holidays without a mall visit. Chicago-area Woodfield prepped weeks before the Black Friday shopping blitz, debuting an Ice Palace with a light show and Santa photo-ops.
After all, its parking lots are crowded whatever the season. Woodfield gets 27 million annual visitors—more than any other Illinois attraction (only 8.69 million make it to Chicago’s Navy Pier). A heady mix of shopping, eating, and entertainment options has turned malls across the U.S. into similar tourism magnets and coined the phrase “destination malls.”
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
'Tis the Season for Shopping Local: Mom-and-Pop Retailers Hopeful About Holiday Sales
A positive outlook on the upcoming holiday season...
New Manta Survey Reveals Half of Small Retailers Are More Optimistic About Holiday Sales This Year Compared to Last Year...
Manta Launches SMB Wellness Index, Reveals New Business Activity on the Rise in Q2
COLUMBUS, Ohio--November 1, 2011--As big-box retailers like Wal-Mart reinstate layaway payment plans to combat an expected drop in holidays sales, nearly half of small retailers (49 percent) say they are more optimistic about holiday sales this year versus 2010, according to a new survey from Manta, the largest online SMB community. The survey of nearly 800 small retailers, most with fewer than 10 employees, also revealed that four in 10 are heading into the busiest shopping season of the year with better sales than they had last year. Click to read the entire article ...
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