Retailers focus on convenience, Christmas approach (Reuters)

Holiday shoppers navigate Macy store in New York, December 6, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Mike SegarBy Brad Dorfman

CHICAGO | Saturday, December 18, 2010 3: 40 am EST

CHICAGO (Reuters) - retailers are focusing on the convenience in segment of home for the holidays.

Some stores offer 24-hour shops or help you make sure the item you want is in the store before you even in the car. Others seek to correct errors early.

Best Buy Co. Inc. is a good bet bad sales and monitored viewed as shoppers fall expensive 3D and Internet TV technology this year.

But the e string can be a flap in best season shopping with the National Federation of retail sales increase sales vacation planned this week.

Reuters monitor strategies vacation chain stores J.C. Penney co. Inc., discounter target Corp., Kmart parent Sears Holdings Corp., Best Buy and Toys R Us.

A sixth company which had followed Reuters chain clothing Atlantic Inc. teens had a heart of different change based on a report from the media it is developing a defence against a potential takeover bid.

Courier has not commented on the report and has not responded to repeated requests for an update on its strategy of holiday this week.

BEST BUY:

Best lost purchase tech shoppers as mass merchants target and the retailer online Amazon.com less up-to-date and promoted dear 3D TVs this season.

The retailer acknowledged his mistake Tuesday, when it reported a decline in quarterly sales of existing stores and lower than expected earnings.

After noting that "the consumer is definitely showing propensity at the lower end", the retailer said it will now encourage low-cost 32-inch televisions and price adjustments made in its section of the computer."

"The U.S. consumer carefully considering its portfolio and what they will buy their holiday gift" Dunn told Reuters in an interview, adding that it expects that sales volumes be "big" in the 10 days before and after Christmas.

To boost client traffic, Best Buy offering free smartphones everyday for the rest of the holiday season. Will nevertheless require customers to sign 2-year service agreement for the phone.

TARGET:

Troy Risch, Vice-President Executive stores, said that brought more than society televisions in stores at the shore of the decrease in stocks which have been a popular element this season. But it is not overstocked with other goods.