Gourmet Retailer: “Given the extreme volatility in current financial and employment markets, buying on deal will increasingly become the norm for cautious shoppers trying to balance the household budget, according to Nielsen’s Consumer Insight Magazine.
Promotions already represent a universally popular marketing tactic, with some $129 billion of promoted dollar sales rung up across all categories in food, drug and mass merchandise outlets (excluding coupons), according to Nielsen, in the year ending July 2008. Fully 35 percent of dollar sales were sold on promotion — temporary price reductions (TPRs) accounted for …

Wine.com Brings Joy to a Bear-Market Holiday With Gifts Under $40; Offers Black Friday and Cyber Monday Discounts
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Wine.com, the leading online wine store, today announced site-wide discounts for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. On Black Friday customers will receive a 25 percent discount on wine gift sets and gourmet gift baskets. On Cyber Monday customers will receive one-cent shipping with no minimum order size required, its best shipping offer of the year. The company also released its Bear Market Holiday Gifts priced under $40. …