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RETAIL By Andrew Asch | Thursday, January 21, 2021 The Grove The National Retail Federation reported on Jan. 15 that business for the 2020 holiday season was surprisingly strong. Sales grew 8.3 percent to $789.4 billion, beating the prominent trade group’s forecast of 3.6 percent to 5.2 percent growth. Business for the crucial retail season was widely forecasted to be undercut by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Jack Kleinhenz, the NRF’s chief economist, said that the season’s business was saved by government stimulus payments and because consum...

TECHNOLOGY By Andrew Asch | Thursday, January 21, 2021 Social media has minted its own internet celebrities, but many entrepreneurs are trying to judge whether platforms such as Instagram and Facebook will make fortunes for retailers. With the billions of people checking social media every day, these platforms should be natural candidates for shopping. In mid-2020, the platforms, both owned by Facebook Inc., the Menlo Park, Calif., technology conglomerate that earned more than $70 billion in 2019, introduced Instagram Shops and Facebook Shops. In the future, consumers will be...

Star Wars: Lucasfilm Shares Throwback to 1977 Holiday Ad ✖ The holiday-themed Star Wars content keeps pouring in and we can't get enough! We have already seen Lucasfilm's holiday card, which features Grogu and Din Djarin on a sleigh ride. Rosario Dawson, who played Ahsoka Tano on The Mandalorian, also shared a fun holiday greeting featuring her Star Wars character. Now, Lucasfilm is taking it back to 1977 to show off an original holiday ad for the first Star Wars film. "A special holiday-themed ad was created to run in US newspapers over the Christmas weekend in 1977, and featured season�...

» Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's new holiday card proves royal life is behind them - and that Archie takes after his dad Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's new holiday card proves royal life is behind them - and that Archie takes after his dad Rachel AskinasiDec 24, 2020, 05:50 IST Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in 2018.Getty/Chris Jackson Mayhew animal welfare charity shared Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's 2020 Christmas card on Twitter. The card features an illustrated version of a photograph that was taken by Markle's mother, a family spokesperson told Hello magazine. This marks the firs...