Holiday Shopping

Meta launches global anti-scam awareness campaign ahead of holiday season

In addition to Meta's ongoing detection and enforcement against scams, the company is also working with open-source researchers at Graphika to find and disrupt scams

Walmart raises annual sales forecast, bets on strong holiday shopping

The retailer is among the first major US chains to provide insight into the all-important holiday quarter and how consumers are planning to spend as inflation ebbs

Deepfakes to social media: Online shopping scams spike this festive season

McAfee's Global Festive Shopping Survey found a rise in online shopping scams led by the creation of fraudulent websites, fake discounts, and the use of deepfakes

Amazon plans to hire 250,000 US workers for holiday shopping season

Its boost in hiring comes after it added 50 new fulfillment centers, delivery stations and same-day delivery in the US

Global smartphone shipments decline more than 18% in holiday quarter

Global smartphone shipments declined 18.3 per cent (year-over-year) to 300.3 million units in the holiday quarter of 2022, the largest-ever decline in a single quarter

Myntra's End of Reason Sale set to cater to five million shoppers

This edition of EORS is bigger, with a 70% higher style count than the previous; will have 1.7 million styles across 6,000 popular domestic and international brands on offer

Garmin announces Black Friday sale offers on watches in India: Details here

Commenced today, on November 11, the Garmin Black Friday sale will continue until November 30

China's holiday spending plunges to seven-year low on Covid curbs

Holiday spending during China's Golden Week has plunged to its lowest level in seven years, as broad Covid curbs discouraged people from travelling or spending

What e-retailers hate about holiday shopping

You can send back that ugly sweater for free. But for merchants, it costs a bomb