Bluefly Has Record Breaking Cyber Weekend
Bluefly said it had its best cyber weekend ever. Sales for Bluefly increased 36% year-over-year, and Bluefly’s Marketplace had its highest selling days in its history.
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Thanksgiving Fire Destroys Fannie May and Harry London Distribution Center
1-800-Flowers.com Inc.,reported a fire at its Maple Heights, OH warehouse which provided supplies for Fanny May Fine Chocolates and Harry London Chocolates. See what this will mean for both brands for the holiday season.
eBay Outpaces Amazon on Black Friday
ChannelAdvisor says its clients Black Friday same store sales grew 26.9% year-over-year on eBay, and that’s at a faster pace than Amazon’s same store sales. Here’s a look at why eBay had such a solid Black Friday.
Rue La La Reports 68% Of Thanksgiving Sales From Mobile Devices
On Thursday evening, Rue La La shoppers pushed back from the Thanksgiving table and turned to their devices. The members-only flash-sales site reported record-breaking sales via mobile devices Thanksgiving, with 68% of sales coming from mobile.
Mobile Momentum Moves Through Black Friday
Mobile is the new Black Friday sales tool: smartphones drove 34.7% of all Black Friday online traffic, more than double that of tablets, which accounted for 14.6% of all traffic, based on consumer transactions analyzed in real-time by the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark.
Mobile Commerce Sales Surge on Thanksgiving Day
Pass the turkey and leave me alone while I find a deal: Mobile commerce sales accounted for 32.3% of all online sales, an increase of 25.4% year-over-year, on Thanksgiving Day, according to the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark.
And We Start Our Cyber Weekend 2014 Coverage With…
Cyber Weekend 2014 is here… and Walmart throws out all the cliches and comparisons in the book. Now if Walmart’s early Black Friday results only included how much Fluff was sold…
Holiday Season Ecommerce Spending Already Up 11%
It appears the ecommerce holiday shopping season is in full swing, as comScore says $17.5 billion has been spent online using desktop computers. That’s an 11% increase vs. the corresponding days last year.
Speed Commerce Acquires Fifth Gear
The transaction provides Speed Commerce with a diverse list of marquee clients on long-term contracts, adds substantial fulfillment services assets, and solidifies the company’s position as one of the fastest growing providers of end-to-end ecommerce services.
Is Amazon Still the King of Online Customer Satisfaction?
Based on the preliminary consumer shopping data from the Answers Experience Index: 2014 U.S. Retail Report, Amazon is once again leading in online customer satisfaction. But its leadership is eroding. Here’s a look at who’s gaining on Amazon, and other key findings on holiday season behavior.