If you happen to have done some shopping over the past few weekends, perhaps you noticed the holiday decorations sneaking their way onto the shelves, or the carols beginning to blare over the loudspeakers. Yes, that time of year has arrived once again, and the question is: Where do consumers plan to shop for gifts?
In its holiday Gift Tracker survey, Stevens, Pa.-based Unity Marketing asked respondents to select their favorite department and discount store destinations for their gifts this season. Unity Marketing found a holiday shopper is expected to spend $949 on presents this year, up 9.1 percent from the average of $870 spent in 2005.
This week’s WWDList gives a glimpse of the top dogs of each of the store types, and what they are doing to prepare for the holiday craze.
For the complete WWDList see tomorrow’s issue of WWD.