5 Signs This Holiday Season Is the Most Competitive, Desperate Ever

When a store opens at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning to kick off a 41-hour shopping marathon, it sniffs of desperation. That’s just one indication retailers are now engrossed in a desperately competitive holiday period. As the always-hectic winter holiday shopping period nears, the consensus has it that consumers aren’t remotely in the mood to open their piggy banks on epic shopping binges. The National Retail Federation anticipates that the average consumer’s holiday spending will decreas...