MCM staff
Want a peek into an Amazon fulfillment center in Arizona? NBC News sent a team on an all-access tour with Amazon manager of global fulfillment Dave Clark for this segment, which appeared Nov. 29 on “Rock Center with Brian Williams.”
Shopatron reported an astounding 59% increase in orders for its clients between Black Friday and Cyber Monday compared to the same days last year. But those may not be the most impressive numbers for the popular online shopping weekend. More impressive was the growth of mobile sales on Shopatron’s retail-integrated order management platform, generating 161% more orders on Black Friday and Cyber Monday than in 2011 and accounting for about 15% of total client sales.
Across Adlicent’s client base, year-over-year revenue skyrocketed 72% on Black Friday with an 18% increase in spend. On Cyber Monday, year-over-year revenue surged 41% while spend increased by 19%.
The “2012 Harris Poll Shopper Satisfaction Study of Online Retailers: A Look at The Online Shopping Landscape,” a study of online shopper satisfaction, found that a majority of online U.S. adults are satisfied with the overall online shopping experience. Here’s why Amazon topped the list of 14 retailers.
Cyber Monday reached $1.465 billion in online spending, up 17% versus year ago, representing the heaviest online spending day in history and the second day this season to surpass $1 billion in sales. Here
The partnership allows online retailers to integrate DYMO Endicia’s powerful USPS shipping capabilities into Ordoro’s larger ecommerce back office platform.
Stitch Labs, provider of an integrated inventory and order management application for the SMB market, has announced the release of their latest integration partner, Amazon. With this new integration, Amazon sellers will not only be able to connect their Amazon sales with their other online shops, but also manage offline sales.
Despite the challenging economy, Coast to Coast’s sales have jumped 39% since 2010, necessitating more warehouse and order-handling space. In March this year, Coast to Coast purchased 14.5 undeveloped acres adjacent to its facility at 773 Victory Highway in West Greenwich, RI to make a total of a 20-acre compound.
Wayfair.com reported record Cyber Monday sales at $6.4 million, a 60% increase in year over year growth. The company exceeded $16 million in sales over the long holiday weekend from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, with a 75% increase in percentage of revenue from mobile. Branded search was up by 117% on Monday, a direct result of the company’s television advertising campaign that kicked off in September.
Holiday shoppers turned Cyber Monday into the biggest spending day ever with online sales growing 30.3 percent over the same period last year, according to cloud-based analytics findings by IBM.