Tim Parry
The viewing of videos on ecommerce product pages is growing at an extremely rapid pace, according to reports that surfaced this past holiday season. But despite the rise in popularity and conversions, merchants are still struggling to determine how to best use video on their product pages.
The fourth-annual Free Shipping Day was a billion-dollar day for ecommerce, though it wasn’t a big deal for email marketers.
The lessons preached in 2010 about using Facebook as a tool to listen and learn about customers came to fruition in 2011. In a way, merchants learned to use social media to bridge the multichannel gap.
The U.S. Postal Service, which is not necessarily known for being cutting-edge, deserves credit for raising QR code awareness to direct mailers. The USPS offered mailers a 3% discount if it used the 2D barcodes in its mailings over the summer.
Consumers spent $35.3 billion at consumer ecommerce sites between Nov. 1 and Dec. 26, marking a 15% increase versus the corresponding days last year, online measurement firm ComScore reported today.
Harry & David, Orchard Brands and Borders were among the big-name retailers that filed for Chapter 11 in 2011. But while the financial crisis of 2008 forced several merchants to file for bankruptcy
Sears Holdings did not have a happy holiday, according to guidance it released this morning. The department store and discount store retailer said it will close between 100 and 120 Kmart and Sears full-line stores.
Almost 2,600 merchants are offering Free Shipping Day promotions today. Here’s a quick sampling of how merchants are spreading their Free Shipping Day messages on Facebook and Twitter.
GaelSong had a successful November. The multichannel Celtic gifts and apparel seller finished the month with its sales up 14.2%, with just a 3% lift in catalog circulation. And that sales boost came on top of a 15.1% sales lift in November 2010.
As society learns to appreciate retro Christmas sweaters, search engine marketers are also taking advantage.