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- Consumer Return to the Cocoon Could Help Retailers
- Cocooning is back, and could help weaker retailers survive the recession. Consumers were supposed to be done with cocooning, a term that emerged in the late 1980s used to describe a focus on home life and entertainment that helped spur sales of everything from home theater systems...
- Blog posts 2008-12-19
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- POST-SEPT. 11 'COCOONING' IMPACTING BOTTOM LINE.(Pier 1 Imports Inc., Williams-Sonoma Inc.)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK-Following the events of Sept. 11, the consumer "cocooning" trend triggered a shift in spending to home-related goods from travel and other segments. Now, retailers and several vendors of home goods are starting to reap the benefits NEW YORK-Following the events of Sept. 11, the...
- Research articles 2002-03-04
- Supermarkets to Woo ``Cocooning'' Consumers Using Data Strategies According to AccuData America
- Business Editors CAPE CORAL, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 31, 2001 In today's tight economy, more consumers are driving past restaurants and retreating to their kitchens. To the retail grocery industry, this "cocooning" trend translates into more aisle traffic and higher sales. But to sustain this upswing, supermarkets will need to...
- Research articles 2001-10-31
- Chesapeake develops whiskey carton: distinctive packaging.(Brief Article)
- Chesapeake Corp., Richmond, Va., recently developed a stylish new gift pack carton for Glenfiddich, one of the world's leading brands of malt whiskey. According to Chesapeake, the distinctive package creates a cocooning effect with a vertical Chesapeake Corp.,...
- Research articles 2004-01-17
- Hearst relaunches American Home; cocooning yuppies and new traditionalists entice Hearst into the crowded home field - Hearst Corp. Hearst Magazines Div - includes related article
- Hearst relaunches American Home
- Research articles 1989-03-01
- Kitchen & entertaining products offer new profit opportunity - Major League Baseball licensed products
- The cocooning of America means kitchens have become the domestic focal point, and the opportunities for kitchen entertainment products are exploding.
- Research articles 1995-10-16
- Lycos Shopping Holiday Season 2001 All About Bargains, Kids, Electronics and 'Cocooning'
- Business/Technology Editors
- Research articles 2001-12-26
- People Cocooning More, Socializing Less At Home: Study.(Brief Article)
- Byline: University of Toronto TORONTO, June 23 AScribe Newswire -- Throwing lavish dinner parties may be a fading trend. According to a U of T study, people are socializing less with their family and friends at home but, instead, are spending more time at...
- Research articles 2004-06-23
- Update.
- real estate and design news from our advertisers. With advances in technology moving at warp speed, John Cannon, president of John Cannon Homes, reports more and more highly sophisticated media rooms in today's upscale homes. "As home owners choose to spend their leisure time...
- Research articles 2000-04-01
- The new pool of homebuyers
- A few years ago, more than a few economists were warning that housing demand would fall off drastically in the near future. Baby boomers would stop moving up, it was argued, because they could make more money in the stock market than by purchasing ever-larger homes. And the much-smaller baby...
- Research articles 1998-02-01
- Capitalize on Affordable Luxuries
- Over-leveraged consumers have less disposable income now than they have in past recessions — but history suggests they'll open their wallets for the right stuff. The scenario: Over-leveraged consumers have less...
- Articles 2008-11-20
- Study Suggests Home Retailing Declines, Kirkland's Differs
- A new PricewaterhouseCoopers/Retail Forward study Retailing 2015: New Frontiers predicts that the immediate future will continue to be rough for home furnishings and housewares retailers, but that generalization might not be universally true, and especially not in the case of Kirkland's. The study argues that the housing...
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- No sweat! Fleecewear on the rebound - sweatsuits and other fleecewear apparel at discount stores
- No Sweat! Fleecewear on the Rebound Fleecewear, one of the hottest apparel trends of the mid-'80s, is regaining lost sales momentum as manufacturers introduce new treatments, weights and brands to the retail market. Discounters in many parts of the country reported strong holiday season sales and predicted the trend...
- Research articles 1990-02-26
- BACK TO BASICS; BEDDING SUPPLIERS ARE IMPROVING CONSTRUCTIONS AND BLENDS IN PILLOWS AND COMFORTERS.
- NEW YORK-At a time when cocooning will be more important than ever, basic bedding suppliers are hoping to make their customers comfortable with new pillow constructions and improved fiber blends in down comforters. "Our focus will be on how we can get the...
- Research articles 2001-10-08
- Stores get to buyers' hearts through their stomachs
- Retailers are pitching culinary gifts harder than ever this year because TV cooking shows and their celebrity chefs have piqued interest in the products. Food Network has created a cult of foodies, says Crate & Barrel spokeswoman Bette Kahn. "As the restaurants get noisier, people want to be cocooning more...
- Research articles 2006-12-12
- Auto News briefly.(Porsche Cars North America Inc., Delphi Corp, Anne Stevens )
- You've heard of cocooning? In January, the Los Angeles auto show will feature a competition among California auto design studios to create a concept vehicle depicting "an L.A. Adventure.'' General Motors' concept, the GMC Pad, is a traveling living room developed for on-the-road...
- Research articles 2005-11-14
- HGTV BUILDS A COMFY HOME AS A SPECIALTY CABLE NETWORK.
- KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-Burton Jablin, president of Home & Garden Television, modestly disputes the suggestion that the network has been responsible for changing the way Americans think about their homes. He'll tell you that the cable network's decision to launch in late 1994 was based...
- Research articles 2001-06-11
- BETTER QUALITY BAKING TOOLS ON THE RISE.
- NEW YORK-The holiday season is always a hot time for baking-equipment sales, but this year should be especially merry as home bakers seek out better-quality baking tools and gadgets, retailers and suppliers said. While baking gadgets are a niche market for the $650...
- Research articles 1998-11-09
- LG to Embed Netflix Tech Directly Inside TVs
- SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Netflix and LG Electronics said on Sunday that LG will soon introduce TV sets that can screen Netflix movies directly from the Web without an external box. Last year, the U.S. DVD rental company and the Korean electronics giant launched set-top boxes and Blu-ray...
- News items 2009-08-07
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