The holiday season has garnered a reputation as the most wonderful time of the year — and the most wasteful.
Families cook excess food, buy boxes of gifts in plastic packaging to be ripped apart and thrown away, ship goods across the country and load up on single-use wrapping papers and ribbons, all of which contribute to our carbon footprint and the mounting piles of waste in our landfills.
This year, as people social distance to protect themselves from the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic, much of that waste may come from online shopping.
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ComplexLand Made Virtual Shopping a Reality
"We're all pretty proud of what we were able to pull off," said Neil Wright, head of collaborations and experiential for Complex Networks. "[ComplexLand] was a crazy idea we were excited to put together, it exceeded our expectations from optics and visuals, and attendance was very, very positive."
Attendees racked up a total of 3.2 million total minutes at ComplexLand, 9.5 million interactions between attendees and 1.9 million commercial interactions across different vendors across the week, according to Complex.
This roundup of last-minute Christmas shopping deals can save you big bucks - silive.com
Check out Coach's last-minute deals, offering up to 70% off on products like this Boxed Anna Foldover Crossbody Clutch In Signature Canvas. (Coach photo) screenshot from Coach Outlet
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Local retailers see increase in foot traffic during holiday shopping | WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A large number of Mississippians are shopping online ahead of Christmas due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, delays at the post office are making some rethink how they do their shopping.
Slow deliveries have complicated business for retailers, who rely on postal services to ship packages. The delays are frustrating many. Some shoppers have even decided to take matters into their own hands by heading to the stores.
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Holiday shopping helps save local toy store | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The pandemic has ravaged many small businesses in the metro, but the holidays are proving to be a wish come true for some.
"We know that it's been tough over these past several months and so we want these businesses to stay in our neighborhoods. That's one of the reasons why we are trying to make sure that we are supporting them," shopper Bridget Jones said.
Holly Pollard purchased the Brookside Toys and Science shop just six months before the pandemic started. The shop sells toys, games, and gifts for all ages to enjoy.
Luxury Brands Will Go Shopping Again - WSJ
This year, luxury companies were more likely to try to back out of deals than to sign new ones. That could soon change as cash piles up on the larger players' balance sheets, while independent brands come under pressure to invest.
Deal-making in the sector has been understandably muted during the pandemic. This month brought an exception: Italian apparel brand Moncler MONC -1.94% announced a tie-up with Stone Island in a transaction that valued its smaller streetwear competitor at €1.2 billion, or $1.4 billion at current exchange rates. Otherwise, the tone of 2020 was set by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton 's legal push to get out of its pre-pandemic $16 billion bid for U.S. jeweler Tiffany & Co.
Central Georgia holiday shopping trends 2020 | 13wmaz.com
MACON, Ga. — Holiday shopping is at its peak, and Dr. Steve Morse, dean of the School of Business at Middle Georgia State University, says there's a clear trend for 2020.
"I think COVID-19 and the pandemic had a large impact on online spending, driving people to a safer choice to spend money," Morse said.
"We see that online shopping increased four percent over 2019. Part of that is probably by convenience, and another part of that is COVID-19, people don't want to get in crowds," he adds.
E-commerce sales boomed in 2020, causing USPS delays - The Washington Post
SAN FRANCISCO — The rush to finish holiday shopping is on, only this time instead of filling up malls, people are filling up online carts.
That has resulted in delays , earlier shipping cutoffs and shoppers testing their understanding while they wait for deliveries.
That's on top of what retail analysts say is more than two years of e-commerce growth crammed into a year, causing major growing pains as shipping networks, warehouses and supply chains rushed to keep up with demand. Adding to the crunch, the companies were scrambling to figure out how to try to keep workers safe and socially distanced, slowing things down.
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'Tis the season for green-giving!🌟 Here are cool gift ideas that are useful, sustainable, and life-changing. ✅✅✅… https://t.co/JnxNLjNyt7 Greenpeace (from Global) Sat Dec 19 03:00:31 +0000 2020
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