Sales from Paid Search Rises on Thanksgiving
Sales that originated from paid search grew on Thanksgiving Day, despite trending down in November, according to statistics compiled by ChannelAdvisor.
Ecommerce
Horrid Holiday Website Crashes Hold Lessons for Retailers
No one wants to get caught with their site down at precisely the moment when the money is rolling in, considering that shoppers can easily take their credit cards elsewhere with the click of a mouse. How can you be sure your website won
How to Combat Showrooming in Your Store
Like it or not, showrooming is happening and it is here to stay but that doesn
Circuit City to Become Part of TigerDirect.com
The Circuit City name is slowly fading away. Parent company Systemax announced that Circuit City will merge with TigerDirect.com by Dec. 31 and become part of the latter’s ecommerce website.
How to Excel in the Holiday Season Ecommerce Frenzy
The best laid plans at times fall short without timely feedback loops using real-time data paired with rapid decision-making. Even top Internet Retailers struggle to map adequate bandwidth, resources and skillsets at critical holiday season. Many ecommerce companies have found an answer, they partner with knowledge processing outsourcing companies (KPOs).
Direct Sales, Ecommerce Key Big 3Q for Williams-Sonoma
Kitchen/home goods merchant Williams-Sonoma posted impressive numbers for its third quarter ended Oct. 28, punctuated by a 14.7% rise in direct-to-customer sales and a 16.7% increase in ecommerce revenue. Direct-to-customer sales accounted for 47% of the company’s total third-quarter revenue.
Making Google PLAs Work for You
Not only is the Google PLA now the default format for Google Shopping; it has also become a standard ad format on the main Google search results pages for product related searches. Here’s how Google, in an effort to increase ad relevance for product related searches, now identifies what it thinks are searches for products using PLAs to deliver ads that contain pictures and prices.
3 Triggers to Boost Your Email Marketing
One way to get more mileage out of your email outreach is to improve event-based email marketing. As with personalization and segmentation, even if your resources are limited you can start with a these three types of triggers.
Amazon.com Launches Amazon Wine
Online giant Amazon.com launched Amazon Wine on Thursday