Tag Archives: Black Friday

Singles Day in China and the future of Chinese brand development

Posted on November 14, 2013 by markkolier

Earlier this week you might have heard about China’s incredible ‘Singles Day’ sales of not quite US $6 billion that occurred this past Monday 11-11.    Alibaba (full disclosure a recent client) has promoted this ‘holiday’ since 2009.  Last year on Nov. … Continue reading →

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What’s behind the cyber Monday print ads for Omaha Steaks?

Posted on November 26, 2012 by markkolier

  Today is ‘Cyber Monday’ the Monday after the 2012 Thanksgiving holiday and stories abound from the start of the shopping weekend kicked off by ‘Black Friday’. Of course as everyone now knows the sales began on Thanksgiving evening itself. … Continue reading →

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Hope between Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Posted on November 28, 2011 by markkolier

Did you shop ‘til you dropped this past weekend? Apparently many Americans did something close to that. Over the past weekend retailers saw ‘record numbers’ as reported in the New York Times this Monday morning http://nyti.ms/vqWO0f . ‘The National Retail … Continue reading →

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What will be the hot tech gift this holiday season?

Posted on November 29, 2010 by markkolier

After a somewhat encouraging Black Friday and ensuing holiday shopping weekend (up 6% over 2009) today is Cyber Monday and many feel this may be the biggest shopping day next to the last Saturday before Christmas (that’s December 18th this … Continue reading →

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