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Thursday, December 9th, 2010
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor
Chicago, IL, United States (AHN) – The economic grip which had been strangling most offices during the holiday season appears to be loosening its stronghold on holiday cheer in the office. According to a recent survey employers indicate they intend to offer more holiday perks (bonuses, parties, gifts) than last year.
According to a CareerBuilder survey 33 percent of employers plan to give their employees holiday bonuses this year, up from 29 percent in 2009. Among that group, 59 percent are planning to give the same amount as in previous years.
However, nine percent of employers say they will not be giving their workforce holiday bonuses even though they have in previous years, down from 12 percent last year.
In regards to the highly desired office parties 52 percent of employers are planning on throwing some type of holiday bash for their employees this year. Up a few points from 2009′s 49 percent.
Nearly three-in-ten (29 percent) employers plan to give holiday gifts, up from 26 percent in 2009.
“Many employers are financially in a better place this season and recognize the positive impact holiday perks can have on office morale,” said Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources for CareerBuilder. “Companies are not only giving back to employees this holiday season, 45 percent say their charitable donations will be the same or more than previous years.”
Holiday perks in the office aren’t just from corporate; a quarter of workers say they plan to buy holiday gifts for co-workers this year, compared to 22 percent who plan to buy their boss a gift.
86 percent of workers buying gifts say they plan to spend $25 or less on average for each holiday gift they buy for the office.
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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor
Yonkers, NY, United States (AHN) – A new Consumer Reports holiday shopping poll has found that the average American expects to spend about 42 hours buying, wrapping, and returning gifts, as well as partying and traveling to visit family and friends during the 2010 holiday season.
“When you break down the numbers you really get an idea of how much so many of us have invested in the holidays,” said Tod Marks, Consumer Reports senior editor and resident shopping expert. “And it’s nice to see that it’s not all about shopping, but it’s also about coming together.”
According to the findings Americans will spend the next few weeks doing the following:
Gifts
• Consumers will spend lots of time gift-shopping, 15 hours on average. Women plan to spend twice as long as their male counterparts, 20 hours versus 10 hours respectively.
• Shoppers estimate they will wait on checkout lines in stores for about three and a half hours, on average; one in four expect to stand in line four hours or more.
• Once they get home, Americans plan to spend about three hours, on average, wrapping gifts; one in four expect to spend four or more hours doing so.
• Americans anticipate that they will devote about an hour, on average, to returning holiday gifts; half say they won’t spend any time making returns.
Entertainment
• About 15 hours, on average, will be spent attending holiday parties, gatherings or events with friends or family; a quarter (24 percent) of Americans plan to will spend 20 hours or more.
The poll also found that Americans estimate that they will spend 7.4 hours on average traveling to or from their holiday destinations. Nearly a quarter say they will spend 10 hours or more travelling.
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor
Mountain View, CA, United States (AHN) – For the second year in a row Google is offering free Wi-Fi service in the skies during the holidays. Millions of passengers on AirTran, Delta, and Virgin America flights will have access to surfing the Web for free on flights between Nov. 22 and Jan. 2, 2011.
AirTran, Delta, and Virgin America have all outfitted their entire domestic fleets with Wi-Fi capability, totaling more than 700 planes.
Google is hoping that the Gogo Inflight promotion will boost users of Google Chrome.
“Not too long ago, flying home for the holidays meant disconnecting for several hours until you touched down at your destination,” said Sundar Pichai, Google’c vice president of product management for Chrome.
“Today, Wi-Fi technologies allow us to stay connected even at 30,000 feet above the ground, so we can read the news, browse the web and send that last-minute planning email before the family reunion.”
All three airlines have fleet-wide Wi-Fi that typically costs between $6 and $13.
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
Neiman Marcus downsizes its Christmas car; this year it’s a Chevy.
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Saturday, September 25th, 2010
Jeehan Fernandez – AHN News Writer
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – U.S. Halloween spending is projected to bounce back from last year’s grim sales as Americans spend considerably more this time, according to the National Retail Federation.
Total holiday spending is expected to reach $5.8 billion, according to NRF’s 2010 Halloween Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey conducted by BIGresearch.
Americans will spend an average of $66.28 on costumes, candy and decorations, up from $56.31 in 2009 and comparable to $66.54 in 2008, NRF said.
With the holiday falling on a Sunday this year, people are expected to spend more because they will have an entire weekend to celebrate, noted NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay.
Though Halloween spending will be much more robust than a year ago, consumers are expected to err on the side of caution. “While spending is expected to increase, three out of 10 or 30.1 percent consumers say the state of U.S. economy will still impact their Halloween plans, with most of those respondents or 86.8 percent citing they would spend less overall,” NRF noted.
Halloween is considered second only to winter holidays in terms of decoration. The federation said 50.1 percent of consumers will decorate their home or yard.
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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