Walmart Changing Image With 5 Days of Black Friday

| Tim Parry

Will Walmart’s 5-day-long omnichannel shopping event be the end of Cyber Monday, Black Friday, and Thanksgiving Day store openings? Probably not, but Walmart is the first major retailer to tell the general shopping public that America’s biggest shopping period is not a fragmented 5 day event.

Small Businesses Face Big Challenges this Holiday Season

| Matt Winn

With more and more holiday purchases shifting from in-store to online, smaller retailers are looking forward to making the most of this highly profitable selling period, undergoing preparations to handle the rush. See what they are doing to prepare.

MCM Thursday 11-13-14

| Chris Intili

Chief Direct Marketer View Web Version MCM THURSDAY News and Intelligence for the Multichannel Merchant November 13 , 2014 Toys Are the Most Popular Gift this Holiday Season Alibaba Reports … Continue Reading →

Online Prices to Hit Rock Bottom Thanksgiving Day

| Tim Parry

Online prices will hit rock bottom on Thanksgiving Day, lower than any other day during the holiday season, according to the 2014 Digital Index Online Shopping Forecast. Here’s a look at some of the other trends ecommerce merchants need to watch this holiday season.

Retailers Get a Jump Start on the Holiday Season

| Daniela Forte

Last weekend as I was shopping at HomeGoods, I came across a few people at the checkout who were all saying the same thing: It seems like the holiday shopping season is starting earlier and earlier each year.

2014 Holiday Hirings Shift to Permanent, Omnichannel Positions

| Tim Parry

The most significant shifts for retailers in the 2014 holiday season can be found in omnichannel, which is changing the landscape for companies and impacting their holiday staffing strategies. See what this shift means for the 2014 holiday season.

How to Transform Omnichannel Retail from Myth to Reality

| Oren Levy

Most retailers are at a loss as to how to implement an omnichannel strategy in their physical and online stores. However, there are a number of solutions available to help retailers of all sizes cater to the consumer expectation for a personalized cross-channel shopping experience.

Retailers Preparing for Surge in Omnichannel Holiday Shopping

| MCM Staff

With expectations higher than ever for a merry omnichannel holiday season, retailers are assertively preparing their shipping operations to avoid delivery and service hiccups. According to Shop.org’s eHoliday survey, more merchants are not going to push guaranteed deliveries to the brink this holiday season.