A number of petitions are circulating online as employees of big-name stores oppose what has come to be known as the “Black Friday Creep.”
The total spending in the U.S. during Halloween is expected to reach $6.9 billion, amid an increasingly competitive market.
The outdoor-gear chain will close its 143 stores on the typically feverish shopping day, urging customers and employees to head outside instead.
The retail giant says its million-plus workers don't want $15 an hour or 40-hour weeks. The truth is more complicated.
Few Indians have PCs, but more have smartphones — and they don't mind using the handsets to shop online.
The subcontinent's online shopping startups are seeking huge valuations as they raise billions of dollars.
At the CeBIT trade fair in Germany, Alibaba founder Jack Ma said the tech giant is working on payment technology that uses facial recognition.
China took online their annual practice of gifting red envelopes with token amounts of money to celebrate the new year.
Meizu has been around longer but has so far been overshadowed by better-known rival Xiaomi.
India's growing affinity to online shopping is leading e-commerce firms to raise ever more funds to beat the likes of Amazon and Alibaba.
Retail sales dropped last month, surprising economists after consumer spending was expected to jump as gas prices tumbled across America.
Jack Ma’s e-commerce giant is reportedly in talks to acquire a stake in Indian startup One97.
Year-on-year retail spending was 1.0 percent higher this December than a year ago, the weakest December growth since 2008.
The holiday shipping wars grew fierce this year, but there was one striking difference compared with last year.
The recent drop in gasoline prices, coupled with Thanksgiving weekend sales, helped U.S. consumers pick up retail spending last month.
Black Friday deals pushed November car sales in the U.S. to highest level in more than a decade.
Microsoft's Xbox One came bundled with two games for $70 less than the PS4 at retailers like Target.
People are back to work but still shopping on their phones.
On the year's most hectic shopping day, death at the cosmetics counter.
The rush to get the best deals before supplies run out has not always been cordial.
The sudden surge in background checks puts a strain on the FBI.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Macy’s in Manhattan as part of a nationwide effort to boycott Black Friday over the Ferguson decision.