Holidays News & Analysis

Super Micro Computer Inc.’s stock tumbled 7% Friday to lead S&P 500 decliners in the holiday-shortened session, capping a turbulent November for the stock.

Markets Await More Economic Data

Black Friday is anticipated to bring in $12+ billion in sales today.

While some hotels can get a bit kitschy and overdone during the holidays, elegant places like Hotel Bel-Air, Rosewood Miramar Beach and Hotel Del Coronado have found their sweet spot for curating a festive yet tasteful ambiance.

While an individual stock is a great option to tap Black Friday deals, a basket approach through ETFs offers a more cost-effective option at lower risk.

Five leisure and recreation services stocks have strong revenues and earnings growth potential for 2025. These are: CCL, RCL, NCLH, PLNT, MCS.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. and Best Buy Inc.’s stocks are likely to underperform in the period stretching from Black Friday to year-end as two retailers with the most exposure to the holiday season, according to D.A. Davidson analysts.

The S&P 500 is on pace for its best monthly gain since February.

The last few weeks of the year are always a special time—for shopping. 

According to the National Retail Federation, a U.S. trade group, Americans will spend nearly $1 trillion on clothes, electronics, trinkets, and other goods during the 2024…

Planning ahead for the holiday season will help you stay on budget—but who actually does that? We’re much more likely to white-knuckle our way through December, buying things when we think of them, and letting money be a problem for our 2025 selves to…

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In recent years, advent calendars have become something of a gift to marketers: a feature of the holiday season that prods consumers to interac…

Is Gap finally turning it around?

Rachel Accurso might be this era’s Mister Rogers, if he had been on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. Toy companies and publishers all want a piece of the action.

The USD/CAD pair extends its downside to near 1.4010 during the early Asian session on Friday, pressured by the weakening of the US Dollar (USD) after the holiday-thinned market.

Despite some downturn, Black Friday is still seen as the height of the holiday shopping season.

As the holiday shopping season kicks off, here are five ways retailers try to get consumers to spend.

The Canadian Dollar (CAD) traded thinly on Thursday, sticking to the 1.4000 handle against the Greenback as global markets grind into slow gear in the latter half of the trading week with overall market volumes crimped by a lack of flow from US institu…

US markets took Thursday off for the Thanksgiving holiday, keeping the Greenback at bay and setting up European-session traders for a fresh round of preliminary pan-European HICP inflation figures for November.

AFRM’s research reveals that 77% of consumers are adopting a “slow shopping” approach, taking extra time to evaluate whether a purchase is truly necessary.

Inside the seasonal gatherings where master artisans maintain traditions, regional recipes evolve, and commerce still prioritizes human connection.

The US Dollar (USD) trades in a tight range with most US participants at home enjoying the US bank holiday, with the US Dollar Index (DXY), which gauges the Greenback’s value against six major currencies, bouncing back above 106.00 after a sharp

U.S. markets are shut for Thanksgiving. A holiday-shortened Black Friday trading session will be the last of this month and benchmarks are on pace for big gains.

“You can take 15, 20 minutes to have a sidebar conversation.”

The Oregon company ramps up each year to ship millions of gift boxes.

Profit-taking sent the USD and US bond yields lower before the long Thanksgiving holiday starting today.US stock and bond markets will be closed on Thursday and Friday before returning on Monday, DBS’ Senior FX Strategist Philip Wee notes.

A new series of ads from Target features Kris K., a “weirdly hot” version of the beloved character, continuing a trend of spicing up holiday favorites.

It may be the most wonderful time of the year, but it’s also one of the most stressful. According to a survey by the American Heart Association, 63% of Americans say the holiday season is more stressful than tax season, and it can take weeks to recove…

Strong outlook for holiday spending: A soft landing, rising wages, and robust consumer confidence set the stage for record holiday spending.

Transaction for prized lender could cost $12bn and be announced after Thanksgiving holiday

‘Moana 2’ made a $221 million splash through Sunday, but moviegoers continued to buy tickets for ‘Wicked,’ ‘Gladiator II’ in box-office weekend mashup to rival ‘Barbenheimer’

Reporting its Q3 results on Monday, Zoom Video (ZM) continued an impressive streak of surpassing earnings expectations and offered favorable revenue guidance.

Black Friday remains one of the busiest shopping days of the year, but its impact has been diluted by monthlong holiday sales and the convenience of buying online.

Investment firms take aim at three major retailers as the holiday shopping season gets underway.

Consumers are expected to open their wallets this holiday season, with these children’s toys high on the list.

Tech-sector weakness threatened to leave some investors with heartburn over the Thanksgiving Day holiday.