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Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate leaders introduced legislation to end “judge shopping” — a practice that’s made a federal courthouse in Amarillo with a Trump-appointed judge a destination . . .
Federal judiciary leaders on Tuesday announced a policy that requires assigning judges at random in civil cases that have statewide or national implications, an effort to address widespread concerns about “judge shopping” in single-judge divisions. The Judicial Conference of the United States, the policymaking body for the federal courts, said district courts . . .
A flurry of holiday sales saw Shopify Inc. end 2023 with strong revenue growth and profits even as consumers continued to grapple with inflation. The Ottawa-based supplier of e-commerce software reported Tuesday a fourth-quarter profit of US$657 million compared with a loss of US$623 million a year earlier. The firm, which keeps its books in […]
(ArtistGNDphotography/Getty Images) Thanksgiving – and, more specifically, Black Friday – is the semiofficial start of the holiday shopping season in the United States. And if history is any guide, a lot of this year’s holiday shopping will be done online, and not just on Cyber Monday. Like retail sales generally, online shopping reliably surges in the fourth […]
What’s Inside The Coresight Research weekly US Consumer Survey Insights series takes a regular temperature check on US consumers’ behaviors and sentiment, based on exclusive proprietary survey data. In this report, our latest findings are from a survey conducted on November 27, 2023. We explore consumer shopping behavior over Black Friday weekend and discuss new […]
By Andrew Keshner Black Friday broke online-sales records, and experts say that could bode well for the charitable-giving season. After Black Friday’s record-breaker for online sales, there’s hope that the holiday haul for nonprofits will also be generous on Giving Tuesday, and throughout the year-end charitable giving season.
Shopper turnout across websites and stores hit an all-time high of 200.4 million over the five-day weekend from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. Shoppers shelled out an average of $321.41 on holiday-related purchases over the weekend. That’s roughly in line with last year. The strong turnout […]
Nov 28 (Reuters) – Spending online on Cyber Monday is set to exceed $12 billion, a record, as bargain hunters snap up deals on items including Barbie dolls, Lego sets, headphones and smart watches, according to preliminary estimates from Adobe Digital Insights. The estimate projects U.S. shoppers will spend $12 billion-$12.4 billion on Cyber Monday, […]
By Andrew Keshner Black Friday broke online-sales records, and experts say that could bode well for the charitable-giving season. After Black Friday’s record-breaker for online sales, there’s hope that the holiday haul for nonprofits will also be generous on Giving Tuesday, and throughout the year-end charitable giving season.
Nov 27 (Reuters) – Spending online on Cyber Monday is on track to reach a record $12.4 billion, according to preliminary estimates from Adobe Digital Insights, as bargain hunters turned out in force to snag deals on items from Barbie dolls and Lego sets to headphones and smart watches. The estimate from Adobe Analytics, which […]