{"id":267491,"date":"2012-12-03T04:23:15","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T12:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/12\/03\/retailers-could-see-boost-from-holiday-decor-sales\/"},"modified":"2012-12-08T17:49:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T01:49:57","slug":"retailers-could-see-boost-from-holiday-decor-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/12\/03\/retailers-could-see-boost-from-holiday-decor-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Retailers could see boost from holiday decor sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many Americans go all out when it comes to the holidays through gift buying and decorating. Retailers that sell holiday decor items could see a boost in operations over the next few weeks, as a recent study has pointed out that many shoppers are stocking up on products to deck their halls this season.<\/p>\n<p>According to consumer market research firm NPD Group, a significant amount of Americans are planning on hosting holiday-themed parties in their homes this year, reports Retailing Today. Sixty-three percent of survey respondents stated they are going to have people over for get-togethers to celebrate these season. This means that retailers that offer decor items could see a boost in sales.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#039;s holiday time again, and consumers are ritualistically preparing their homes to entertain this holiday season,&quot; said Debra Mednick, NPD Group executive director. &quot;Products that furnish seasonal touches and sets that satisfy their need for value are on the menu this year.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Another study by Unity Marketing states that the &quot;prime season&quot; for decorations retailers is the holidays. These themed decor items are expected to account for more than 60 percent of the $19 billion that is generated from retail holiday decorations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Americans go all out when it comes to the holidays through gift buying and decorating. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/12\/03\/retailers-could-see-boost-from-holiday-decor-sales\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":267492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-specialty-retail-industry-trends"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}