holiday
A few years ago, my family started celebrating Thanksgiving a week before the actual holiday.The new tradition has taken a lot of stress out of the holiday, both for the host and the guests.I also love that my boyfriend and I never have to worry about splitting the holiday.In 2021,…
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans are expected to set a new record for Thanksgiving travel, with nearly 80 million to hit the roads, catch flights and board cruises over the holiday period, travel group AAA said on Monday. About 1.7 million more people will travel this year…
Investing.com — Analysts at Telsey Advisory Group (TAG) said Walmart (NYSE:) is their top stock pick for the upcoming holiday season, with the retail giant set to report earnings for its fiscal Q3 2024 on Nov. 19. The brokerage firm forecasts solid quarterly performance from Walmart, driven by increased market…
By Richa Naidu, Aishwarya Venugopal, Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) -Santa Claus is not delivering as many Christmas trees, toys and decorations to the United States this year as in recent years, import data shows, with retailers including Walmart (NYSE:) bringing in less holiday product ahead of what is expected to be…
By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart (NYSE:) will pay independent delivery drivers new financial incentives to pick up online orders at its U.S. stores and deliver them to shoppers during the holiday season, the retailer told Reuters. The move is part of Walmart’s strategy for boosting sales to…
By Sophie Yu and Casey Hall BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese tourists are expected to take longer trips than last year during the Golden Week holiday that kicks off on Tuesday, but that will not necessarily lead to a bump in spending, travel industry experts said. With the economy slowing and…
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. shoppers are expected to spend a record $18.5 billion using third-party buy now, pay later services for holiday purchases in the last quarter of the year, according to projections by data firm Adobe (NASDAQ:) Analytics released on Wednesday. With many Americans recently…
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – UPS, the world’s biggest package delivery courier, is the first major industry player to announce this year’s holiday surcharges, unveiling hefty hikes that analysts say could backfire. The 2024 peak gift delivery season from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve has just 17 operating days,…
When friends invite me to a Fourth of July party, I decline. I hate this holiday. While the rest of America is celebrating, I’m reliving the day my brother drowned, the day my family went from eight kids to seven.Being the last in a long line of Funk kids was…
By Alden Bentley and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Wall Street eked out gains in line with other global share indexes on Tuesday and the yen was hovering not far above 2022 intervention levels after jawboning by a Japanese official to deter yen shorting since last week’s monetary policy tightening.…
