1% of Items Draw 76% of Online Dollars
As millions of online shoppers swipe and tap their way down their Christmas shopping lists this year, two categories are forecast to account for most of people’s projected $83 billion in spending: electronics and gift cards. Based on an analysis of more than 1 trillion visits to retail websites, Adobe predicts that 76 percent of online sales during the holiday season will be rung up from just 1 percent of items. Some 60 percent of...
Setting the Stage
The millions of dollars now being spent on Northern Stage’s new theater downtown are boosting the local economy in the short term, and the increased visibility that the new street-level venue will offer will help sustain the revitalized area for decades to come, according to those involved in the development. “It has been my experience before that when the arts aspire to improve, it stimulates private developers on what they can do in...
