How to optimize your holiday travel budget on ‘Travel Tuesday’

How to optimize your holiday travel budget on ‘Travel Tuesday’

If you still haven’t booked your holiday travel plans, take note: Prices tend to rise the closer you get to the days you’re looking to travel.  To afford holiday trips, about 50% of respondents are cutting back on other expenses while 49% are picking up discounts and deals, according to the 2024 Holiday Travel Outlook … Read more

How remote work can help you travel this holiday season

How remote work can help you travel this holiday season

Baona | E+ | Getty Images Americans are determined to travel this holiday season — and certain workarounds are helping them take those trips.  The ability to work remotely is a major leg up when planning out itineraries. About 49% of employed travelers are “laptop luggers” — those who plan to work at some point … Read more

5 Black Friday Strategies to Turn Holiday Browsers into Instant Buyers

5 Black Friday Strategies to Turn Holiday Browsers into Instant Buyers

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As the holiday shopping season approaches, usually lasting from November 1 to December 31, the question arises: how can you make the most of this period? Its peak will hit during the so-called Cyber Five, or Cyber Week, which may generate 16.9% of all holiday season revenue. … Read more

Ex-Target exec says holidays to disappoint, shoppers ‘running out of money’

Ex-Target exec says holidays to disappoint, shoppers ‘running out of money’

Former Target Vice Chairman Gerald Storch on Thursday warned that holiday spending will likely disappoint this year as inflation-battered consumers run low on savings and scrimp on spending due to geopolitical uncertainties. “It’s very clear that consumers are running out of money,” Storch, also the former CEO of Toys R Us in the 2000s and … Read more

Container ships back up at US ports amid dockworkers strike

Container ships back up at US ports amid dockworkers strike

At least 45 container vessels were anchored outside US ports on Thursday as a massive strike by dockworkers stretching from Maine to Texas entered its third day. Container ships formed lengthy queues along the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports by late Wednesday, unable to unload goods due to picketing dockworkers, compared to just three … Read more

19 Best Amazon Gifts for Everyone on Your Holiday List 2024

19 Best Amazon Gifts for Everyone on Your Holiday List 2024

The 2024 holiday season is already upon us, so save yourself some stress by getting ahead of the gifting game with the best Amazon gifts (which happen to be on sale for Prime Big Deal Days). Whether it’s Allure Best of Beauty-winning beauty products, smart gadgets, or stylish accessories, the mega e-retailer has an expansive … Read more

24 Best Luxury Gifts of 2024, According to Allure Editors

24 Best Luxury Gifts of 2024, According to Allure Editors

Therabody’s TheraFace Mask is ideal for the person in your life who wants to take their skin-care and self-care routine to the next level—and has you in their life to gift them just that. Equipped with 648 red, red + infrared, and blue LED lights, all your loved one has to do is choose between … Read more

19 Best Makeup Gift Sets in 2024 to Gift To Loved Ones

19 Best Makeup Gift Sets in 2024 to Gift To Loved Ones

Why it’s worth it: Anastasia Beverly Hills’s Full & Feathered Brow Kit is complete with three travel-size versions of the brand’s brow essentials, including the tinted Dipbrow Gel, Brush 12, and Brow Freeze clear pomade. The pigmented, volumizing gel lasts a whopping 12 hours, and when used in tandem with the Brow Freeze, it’s like … Read more

Walmart Kicks Off Holiday Season Earliest Ever

Walmart Kicks Off Holiday Season Earliest Ever

People walk near the entrance to a Walmart store in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images The holiday season is coming earlier than ever for Walmart shoppers this year after the retail giant unveiled its Holiday Deals promotion. Walmart announced it’s going to begin offering savings in October to meet the demands of half of its … Read more

Holiday sales to grow at slowest pace since 2018; inflation wipes out consumers’ savings

Holiday sales to grow at slowest pace since 2018; inflation wipes out consumers’ savings

US holiday sales are forecast to grow at their slowest pace since 2018 amid fears that persistent inflation is wiping out consumers’ savings, according to a new survey. Holiday retail sales are forecast to increase between 2.3% and 3.3%, totaling up to $1.6 trillion between November and January, according to Deloitte’s annual holiday retail forecast. … Read more