Holiday Retail Success

Shrink increases by 15% when the holiday season arrives, and the holiday season as a whole can account for as much as 37% of a retailer's total annual shrink. Here's how to minimize that number across your stores this holiday season.

Great customer experiences are table stakes for retailers — and that's never more true than during the holiday season. Find out how to deliver those experiences today.

Retail success goes beyond just having the right products on the right shelves or the right amount of associates on staff. Find out which metrics retailers should consider measuring for maximum profitability this holiday season.

Prep your inventory and staff your stores with our data-driven predictions for this year's busiest shopping days.

Prep your inventory and staff your stores with our data-driven predictions for this year's busiest shopping days.

Don't let all your hard holiday-prep work get undercut by opportunistic thieves and organized retail crime (ORC). Protect your profit by securing your products — especially those high-risk, high-value items that are most vulnerable during the holidays.

What constitutes a successful holiday season? More than a merry bottom line. The systems and solutions retailers put into place leading up the busiest shopping season of the year support the entire enterprise — including the bottom line. That's why it's important to ensure your systems and solutions are working at your best, so you have success by every measure.

Providing an exceptional shopper experience is a proven way for retailers to separate themselves from competitors — and that will be critical this holiday season. Why? Shoppers are expected to tighten their belts and be more mindful about their purchases. Make sure you get your share of their spend by delivering a superior holiday retail experience.

Consumer sentiment is a strong indicator of what retailers can expect for sales and traffic for the holiday season. To capture this information for retailers, Sensormatic Solutions performs a global holiday consumer survey. Find out how shoppers around the globe are planning to shop and spend this season, what trends have shifted or remained for past seasons, and key differences among regions.

Every year, Sensormatic Solutions tracks U.S. shopper visits to brick-and-mortar retail stores and shopping centers on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, as well as e-commerce traffic on Cyber Monday, to gauge shopper activity and trends. Find out how Black Friday and Cyber Monday fared this season, how their performance compares to years past, and what this information may tell us about the remainder of the season.

Although retailers and shoppers returned to more traditional patterns this holiday season, there may still be some surprises in store. This year, retail’s busiest Saturday in December is expected to be Dec. 17, leaving over a week between Super Saturday and Christmas.