Leveraging Back-to-School Consumer Trends this Holiday Season
With the holiday shopping season coming up soon, this infographic by Clarabridge highlights key takeaways from the back-to-school shopping season that retailers can leverage.
Holiday 2014
Deloitte Forecast: DTC Holiday Sales to Increase 13.5% to 14%
How huge is Holiday 2014 going to be? Deloitte says overall holiday sales are expected to rise 4% to 4.5%, and digital interactions expected to influence 50% of retail store sales.
4 Key Findings from ChannelAdvisor’s Holiday Ecommerce Study
ChannelAdvisor has released the holiday results of its “Multichannel E-Commerce Study,” which surveyed more than 200 online retailers in the U.S. and U.K. that averaged $3 million to $5 million in revenue in 2013. Here are four key findings that should help you adjust your planning in time for the holidays.
How Retailers Can Ensure Winning Customer Care This Holiday Season
This year, customers will be more likely to send an email than place a phone call. Unfortunately, email has the lowest rate of issue resolution of all channels. Here’s a few key learnings from StellaService to ensure retailers are ready for this year’s holiday season.
FedEx Beats Quarterly Expectations
FedEx reported Q1 revenue and earnings that beat analyst expectations, and announced plans for 50,000+ seasonal hires to deal with holiday shipping volumes.
FedEx to Hire 50,000 Seasonal Workers
FedEx expects to hire more than 50,000 seasonal workers for the peak holiday season, Mike Glenn, President and CEO of FedEx Services, said during the company’s first-quarter earnings call.
5 Things the Catalog Ninja is Doing Right Now
No matter that seasonal orders are coming in later and later every year, Labor Day still represents the unofficial start of the fall/holiday season for most catalogers. here’s a look at five things any catalog ninja should be working on as the biggest season of the year gets going.
What’s in your Holiday Toolkit?
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Green Monday, you know they’re literally right around the corner, but do you have your toolkit full of the strategies and tactics it takes to build a great email marketing program to optimize them?
Pre-Holiday Power-Up: Building Better Subscriber Profiles
Most marketers focus early holiday planning on campaign and promotional details because they influence almost every detail in marketing efforts and are essential for driving sales. However, there are other factors that can be easily overlooked that can also help shape the success of the busiest time of the year.
Small and Medium Retailers Should See 9% Holiday Ecommerce Growth
As retailers look ahead to the holiday selling season, ecommerce platform provider Volusion predicts that online sales during the holiday season will grow 9% compared to last year for small- to medium-size businesses. Here’s why Volusion believes this ecommerce growth will happen.