Gifting Ideas

By Team TCP

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Unique Gift Ideas You May Not Have Thought of This Year

· A Meal Delivery Kit

· New Cookware

· A Wine Subscription/Membership

· Streaming Service (A gift card does it!)

· Coffee Monthly Delivery

Give Back!

· Send Cards to a Nursing Home

· Buy Gifts for Another Family

· Make Care Kits for People Who are Homeless

· Spend your time helping a local charity

Some Best Gift Guides Options HERE

National Retail Federation (NRF) How retailers are preparing for an early holiday shopping season – and last-minute shoppers: READ HERE

Shopping Season is Here

3 reasons to start holiday shopping today even though it’s November

The holidays will look a bit different this year and it’s best to get started shopping sooner than later.

by Brett Holzhauer, (https://www.cnbc.com/brett-holzhauer/)

The holiday shopping season seems to start earlier and earlier each year. There’s a laundry list of problems plaguing the retail sector right now, including labor shortages, lack of inventory and eager consumers ready to spend, and this holiday shopping season is shaping up to be a mad dash.

If you’re the type of person who waits until the last minute, it may be best to start now before your stuck paying higher prices or scrambling to find that special gift.

Here’s what to keep in mind for the 2021 holiday shopping season, and why getting started sooner will be beneficial.

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HOLIDAY INFORMATION

Supply chain and inventory issues

Your holiday shopping experience is likely to look different than years past. Between issues with supply chains, rising cost of goods, staffing shortages and problems filling shelves with merchandise, retailers are gearing up for difficult months ahead.

There might be fewer sales (and they’ll start earlier)

Demand for holiday-related gifts and items is looking to be as high as ever…Experts are predicting fewer big sales from retailers, even on marquee shopping days like Black Friday, because of high demand and a lack of inventory…For retailers that do offer sales, Kristen Gall, retail and shopping expert at Rakuten Rewards, says they’ll start relatively soon. “Retailers know that if they don’t sell their inventory before or during Black Friday, they will have significantly less time to move inventory. This means that stores are more incentivized to create deals earlier to beat their competition. We’re now seeing holiday sales launch as early as October to capitalize on sales sooner.”

FULL READ HERE

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