Cyber Monday Sales Reach Record High
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.
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Many Merchants Support White House Retail Report
Many merchants and retail organizations have rallied together in support of a new White House report that documents the severe impact on the retail industry if tax cuts are not extended to middle-class families in 2013.
MLB.com Shop Experience is Easy Like Cyber Monday
Baseball is a big sport, but you need tiny little fingers to navigate the MLB.com Shop on an iPad. The left-hand nav and the dropdowns are tough to maneuver if you have fat fingers, or are just clumsy like me. But once I got to where I wanted to be
2012 Warehouse Management Systems Roundup
Here’s the most comprehensive guide to Warehouse Management Systems that serve direct-to-customer fulfillment locations. You’ll find not only a comprehensive list, but comprehensive data about theses systems and the companies that manufacture and support them. You’ll learn about staffing, customer demographics, functionality, systems integration, and more.
Harry & David Hangs on Cyber Monday
Placing an order with Harry & David was as simple as you could expect. Getting a reminder that I haven’t completed my order was not. I signed in and purposely abandoned my cart with hopes Harry & David would send me some sort of reminder to buy. But that has not happened.
Coupon Search Engine Sees 23% Traffic Jump on Black Friday
ShopAtHome.com, the largest coupon search engine that connects upwards of 12 million consumers each month to the best deals and cash back savings, today released its Black Friday 2012 Special Report. The report compares 2011 and 2012 user data and found a marked increase in online shopping and deal hunting this Black Friday.
Mobile Sparks 37% Rise in Wayfair.com’s Black Friday Weekend Sales
reported more than $3.5 million in Black Friday sales, and a 37% increase in holiday weekend sales compared to Thanksgiving weekend 2011. In addition, Wayfair.com more than doubled the percent of revenue from mobile as shoppers snapped up deals on everything from lamps to barstools to generate one sale every three seconds throughout the day.
Shop.org Says More Shoppers Ready for Cyber Monday
According to a survey conducted for Shop.org by BIGinsight, 129.2 million Americans plan to shop on Cyber Monday this year, up from the 122.8 million who shopped last year, and the 106.9 million who shopped on Cyber Monday in 2010.
NRF: Black Friday Weekend Spending Rises 12.7%
Total Black Friday weekend spending online and in store reached an estimated $59.1 billion, up 12.7% from $52.4 billion last Black Friday weekend, according to a National Retail Federation survey conducted by BIGinsight.
Rue La La Reports Record Breaking Thanksgiving Day Sales
Rue La La announced today that it recorded record-breaking Thanksgiving Day sales and traffic across online and mobile. The company reported a more than 75% increase in mobile sales over last year, with 50% of mobile sales coming through the iPad. The company projects an over 50% increase in overall sales this holiday weekend over last year.