Top issues include weather, mobile and inventory management
by Tonya Garcia
Market Watch
The holiday shopping season has begun, like it or not.
Sixteen percent of shoppers have begun shopping for the holidays, according to the RetailMeNot Inc. 2016 Retailer Guide to Consumer Trends. Forty-six percent said they would begin before Nov. 1.
Last year, the weeks leading up to Christmas Day, a critical period for retailers and brands, was derailed by a number of factors, including warm temperatures. Here’s what will be having an impact this year: