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Annie Lang Hartman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
14 total appearances

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Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

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Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

This stacking stuffer trend is just, it gets wilder and wilder every year.

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

Business for Wild Letty right now is pretty fantastic.

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

Year to date, we're up 59% compared to last year.

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, we were up 71% compared to last year.

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

This stocking stuffer trend is just, it gets wilder and wilder every year.

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

I somehow managed to jump on that train without really knowing, and we stocked a lot of smaller items that would fit in stockings or that were under $20, $10.

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

So people come up to the counter with $20, $10 items, and that's still a $200 sale for us.

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

So that is definitely the trend that I'm seeing this holiday season.

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

The biggest challenge right now is knowing that we are heading into our busy ordering season, which is our slow season and getting us into next year.

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

So getting in that mindset and of course, having to kind of guess what our customers want.

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

I've been in business for 10 years and sometimes I'm still kind of flabbergasted about what

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

what I think does well versus what actually does well.

Marketplace All-in-One
Fed rate cut diverges from global central bank strategy

So that's always another challenge when you're planning out an entire year of retail in just a few months.