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(Port Washington, NY) Information technology, consumer electronics, apparel and skin-care will be popular product categories this back-to-school buying season according to leading market information provider, The NPD Group, Inc. As back-to-school is a significant shopping season for retailers, it is also a predictor for the upcoming Holiday buying period. To predict this year's top sellers, NPD looked at last year's third-quarter results and current market trends. (Port Washington, WI) While research confirms a strong link between exposure to the arts at an early age and academic performance, little or no federal funding is earmarked for arts education programs targeting the more than four million children enrolled in preschool. (Burlingame, CA) The Gymboree Corporation today announced the appointment of Beverly Stern as Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Manager of Janie and Jack, the new baby gift shop concept Gymboree will launch this fall. Stern joins Gymboree effective Sept. 16 after a retail-industry career that spans more than twenty years and includes the successful launch and stewardship of babyGap. (Washington, DC; July 22, 200) Kids today are definitely flexing their spending muscles more than ever before, and generally using them on items for which their parents aren't willing to pay. Yet, a sizeable number of consumers are finding that their children are almost as enthusiastic about using their own money to buy the more mundane back-to-school basics, according to a just-released National Retail Federation (NRF) survey. (Hollywood, FL; Aug. 8, 2002; Business Wire) Business Wire's Monthly Retail Report is available on the day that retail sales figures for the previous month's sales are announced by the various retailers nationwide, usually the first Thursday of each month. (St. Louis; Aug. 8, 2002; PRNewswire-FirstCall) Brown Shoe Company, Inc.) today announced a continuing partnership with Marvel Enterprises, Inc. to develop a collection of super-hero footwear for the heroes of tomorrow -- kids ages 3-7. The shoes will feature well-known Marvel characters in both their comic book and movie likenesses such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Incredible Hulk. (Hollywood, FL; Aug. 8, 2002; Business Wire) Aug. 8, 2002--Jupiter Research (a division of INT Media Group), has released "Jupiter Consumer Survey Retail Report: Redefining the Online Retail Consumer," a controversial new report that challenges the long-held assumption that customers who shop across on- and off-line channels are inherently more valuable to retailers than other online buyers. |
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