1000 pandemic has thrown a wrench in the works. The fact that many stores will not have in person a bed due to the pandemic, as well as millions of americans facing unemployment and a lack of another stimulus package to put cash in the pockets. Has many wondering what we can expect from this Holiday Shopping season. So lets get some expert analysis from dr. Banky shankar, director of research at the center for retailing studies at Mays Business School at texas a and m. And dr. Barbara stuart, the coordinator of retailing and Consumer Sciences at the university of houston. Thank you both for being here today. Dr. Stuart, i want to start with you. Were seeing a change in black friday due to the pandemic and stores want to avoid crowds. What are some new trends that were already seeing for the black friday this year . Well, here are 3 aspects that will make this a black friday, like, you know, rather firstly, Online Shopping has exploded 2nd playing well shopping. And thirdly, retail is i
Thats ali baba alone, while black friday was once the now known for outrageous door busters that caused consumers to line up in front of Big Box Stores like target, walmart and best buy 2019 was the 1st year in which more people shopped online than in store. For the most part, sales figures have continued to trend up over the last 2 decades. But the copa 19 pandemic has thrown a wrench in the works. The fact that many stores will not have in person a bed due to the pandemic, as well as millions of americans facing unemployment and a lack of another stimulus package to put cash in a customers pockets, has many wondering what we can expect from this Holiday Shopping season, so lets get some expert analysis from dr. Vankin shankar, director of research at the center for retailing studies that made Business School at texas a and m. And dr. Barbara stuart, the coordinator of retailing and Consumer Sciences at the university of houston. Thank you both for being here today. Dr. Stuart, i want
As well as millions of americans facing unemployment and a lack of another stimulus package to put cash in the pockets. Has many wondering what we can expect from this Holiday Shopping season. So lets get some expert analysis from dr. Banky shankar, director of research at the center for retailing studies at Mays Business School at texas a and m. And dr. Barbara stuart, the coordinator of retailing and Consumer Sciences at the university of houston. Thank you both for being here today. Dr. Stuart, i want to start with you. Were seeing a change in black friday due to the pandemic and stores want to avoid crowds. What are some new trends that were already seeing for the black friday this year . Well, here are 3 aspects that will make this a black friday like, you know, rather firstly, Online Shopping has exploded. Secondly, shopping, and thirdly, retail is innovating and so on the on line explosion, as the panamic began. My degree said consumers change the way they shot 40 percent of peo
Weekend as a chance to get a jump on the Holiday Shopping, chinas single day may actually be the biggest worldwide. In fact, ecommerce behemoths ali baba expanded its single day offering to take place over 11 days this year and nearly doubled sales to more than 75 1000000000. 00. And thats ali baba alone, while black friday was once and now known for outrageous door busters that caused consumers to line up in front of Big Box Stores like target, walmart, and best buy 2019 was the 1st year in which more people shopped online than in store for the most part, sales figures have continued to trend up over the last 2 decades. But the covert 19 pandemic has thrown a wrench in the works. The fact that many stores will not have in person a bed due to the pandemic, as well as millions of americans facing unemployment and a lack of another stimulus package to put cash in a customers pockets. Has many wondering what we can expect from this Holiday Shopping season. So lets get some expert analysis
Offerings. Sta instacart delivers from sephora and best buy and ewinger eats. So will they be overwhelmed or perfectly positioned i think this is the big question everyone swondering as is wondee ecommerce take a big jump door dash had a face plant weechlt talk abo well talk about that i want to point out our own Melissa Repco on cnbc. Com has a great piece about exactly this brick mortar issue doorbesters not really happening this year. The retailers dont want you busting down the doors they want you staying at home and ordering and theyre putting incentives in that direction all right. Moving on for now. Astrazeneca, the latest pharma giant out with positive vaccine news maybe some of the vaccines will help to get to be door busters. After the citizen kashgs the Third Company to come out with the efficacy results these are a little more mixed when you compare them with the others lets take a look. The reason theyre mixed is because they had two different dosing regimens. One of them