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This suggests consumers in Germany prefer to touch and feel items like jewelry and handbags. What influences purchase decisions? Price sensitivity dominates fashion purchase decisions by a substantial margin. Consumers鈥� primary consideration when making an online purchase is price, at 39.5%鈥攏early triple the next factor, product selection, at 14.7%, per 蘑菇AV and ESW.

The 鈥淭he Sopranos鈥� turns 25 this year, and the 鈥渕ob wife鈥� look鈥攂ig hair, fur coats, animal prints, and lots of gold jewelry鈥攊s back and trending on TikTok.

Categories like women's apparel and jewelry underperformed, requiring heavy discounting to clear inventory. Department stores battled sluggish traffic and selective spending on luxury fashion. What it means for 2025:. Value-consciousness is paramount across all income levels, with affluent shoppers trading down to mass retailers for certain purchases.

Danish jewelry maker Pandora, for instance, has already adjusted its profit forecasts, citing potential cost increases due to US tariffs. Supply chain disruptions. High tariffs on goods made in China are disrupting established supply chains鈥攁lthough the president announced a 90-day 鈥減ause鈥� on the most severe of the proposed tariffs, temporarily reducing the top rate to 30%.

It鈥檚 reintroducing fine jewelry in some stores and cutting back on some of the coupon restrictions that frustrated shoppers. Macy鈥檚 is betting on its 鈥淏old New Chapter鈥� strategy, which includes closing underperforming stores, upgrading high-potential locations, and fine-tuning its merchandise mix to attract a more targeted audience. Comparable sales at the first 50 revamped stores rose 1.2% in Q4.

Retail includes mail-order/catalog; restaurants/fast food; drug stores; retail stores; cosmetics stores; and merchants of apparel, home furnishings/textiles, toys, pet food/supplies, appliances, jewelry, and general merchandise. Apparel and accessories includes clothing such as sportswear and workwear, luggage, watches and jewelry, handbags, eyewear, and footwear.

Videos of women eating sushi boats in delivery rooms, opening jewelry boxes, or standing next to new cars are setting an expectation for partners to reward mothers for giving birth. What does this mean for marketers? Mothers are each other鈥檚 biggest influencers.

When the retailer launched in 2020 it sold apparel, accessories, jewelry, and home decor. Since then it has steadily expanded into women鈥檚 footwear, cookware, and bedding. This week, it began selling fragrances and wellness products like collagen powder, per Modern Retail.

However, these initiatives required changes that frustrated long-standing customers, including removing some private-label brands, cutting petite clothing sizes, and scaling back its fine jewelry selection.

Net sales fell 8.8% YoY in Q3 after it reduced its private label business and pulled back on categories like fine jewelry and petites, which left the retailer unable to capitalize on demand for those offerings.

Retail: Includes mail order/catalog; restaurants/fast food; drugstores; retail stores; cosmetics stores; and merchants of apparel, home furnishings/textiles, toys, pet food/supplies, appliances, jewelry, and general merchandise. Travel: Includes airlines, car rental agencies, hotels and resorts, cruise lines, destination marketing organizations; includes both leisure and business travel.

A partnership with luxury reseller Rebag to sell pre-owned designer handbags, jewelry, and accessories on its third-party marketplace. A $520 million deal with warehouse automation company Symbiotic to enhance its online pickup and delivery fulfillment systems.

On the other, it鈥檚 trying to rebuild a loyal, older customer base that was turned off after Kohl鈥檚 removed some private-label brands, cut petite clothing sizes, and scaled back its fine jewelry selection. There鈥檚 no silver bullet: Plenty of department stores are throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks, but so far, the floor is a lot messier than the wall.

Retail: Includes mail order/catalog, restaurants/fast food, drugstores, retail stores, cosmetics stores and apparel merchants, home furnishings/textiles, toys, pet food/supplies, appliances, jewelry, and general merchandise. Travel: Includes airlines, car rental agencies, hotels and resorts, cruise lines, and destination marketing organizations for both leisure and business travel.

This reflects the broader consumer spending landscape writ large: While higher-income households are happy to spend on everything from Cartier jewelry to lululemon leggings to extended legroom on international flights, lower- and middle-income consumers are being cautious with their expenditures as they navigate higher costs for everyday necessities like food and housing.

Retail: Includes mail order/catalog, restaurants/fast food, drugstores, retail stores, cosmetics stores and apparel merchants, home furnishings/textiles, toys, pet food/supplies, appliances, jewelry, and general merchandise. Travel: Includes airlines, car rental agencies, hotels and resorts, cruise lines, and destination marketing organizations for both leisure and business travel.

Retail includes mail orders/catalogs, restaurants/fast food, drugstores, retail stores, cosmetics stores, and merchants of apparel, home furnishings/textiles, toys, pet food/supplies, appliances, jewelry, and general merchandise.

Restaurant spending led the gains, jumping 6.3% YoY, along with goods categories such as jewelry (4.0% YoY), electronics (3.7% YoY), and apparel (3.6% YoY). Department stores continued to struggle: Sales rose just 1.6% YoY. The trends: A fuller picture of the holiday season will emerge after the new year, once data includes the critical post-Christmas week.

It features items such as tailored sailor pants, logo sweatshirts, and new colorways of the 鈥淎nne Hathaway dress鈥濃�攖he shirtdress Posen designed for Hathaway to wear at the Bulgari Aeterna High Jewelry event in Rome that sold out within hours of its public release earlier this year. Why it matters: GapStudio aims to capture shoppers鈥� attention and rekindle interest in Gap.