Holidays
Holiday Retail 2025: A Season of Selective Shoppers and Demonstrably K-Shaped
The numbers are in for the first seven weeks of the 2025 holiday shopping season, and they tell a familiar story; one of cautious consumers, selective spending, and a retail…
On Demand: Retail’s Once-in-a-Generation Increase – How Winning Retailers Are Racing Ahead with IT
Increase in Retail IT Spend In the last two years we have seen a once-in-a-generation increase in retail IT spend. During the pandemic, certain trends went on steroids. The most…
On Demand: The New Consumer: Are Pandemic Changes Now Permanent Changes?
Post Pandemic Consumer Behavior Worldwide Without question, the COVID pandemic has caused new consumer behavior worldwide. Some of the changes have abated, others have further accelerated. IHL Group completed a…
Vaccine Mandate, Labor Shortage and Holiday Sales
If you do your research, you will see that most predictions on US holiday sales range between 7-9% increase which would be the highest increase in many, many years. In…