Heather Dougherty Retail Quotations

Online sales are poised to well outperform the growth in retail overall as more shoppers turn to the Web for convenience and values.

Now that the 2005 holiday shopping season is underway, traffic to retail sites will climb as shoppers head back to work on Monday ready to make headway on their holiday shopping lists, ... Cyber Monday will bring additional growth in traffic for online retailers by luring shoppers to their sites through sales promotions and free shipping incentives.

Apparel remains one of the more dominant product categories during the holiday season, mirroring offline holiday retail behavior.

They know the brands they are going to find and they know that they will usually be able to return items if they need to. In a sense, online retail now looks more like traditional retail, where apparel has long been a mainstay throughout the year and especially during the holidays.