Ecommerce spending in the U.S. for November and December posted a new record at $142.5 billion, up 13.1%, according to data from Adobe, while Salesforce pegged worldwide ecommerce spend at $723 billion, an 8% increase. Smartphones accounted for 84% of the 2019 holiday ecommerce growth in the U.S., Adobe said.
As you scramble to finalize your plans and offers for the 2019 holiday season, there’s no better time to take a closer look at your mobile app and mobile commerce strategy. Here are ways to help you boost app performance, deliver the CX shoppers expect and increase app downloads prior to Cyber Weekend.
Prime Day saw 175 million items purchased by Prime members over the two days, according to Amazon, eclipsing its 2018 Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales combined, while analysts pegged total GMV at $6 billion to $6.2 billion. See what other interesting statistics we found to paint a picture of the concocted “Christmas in July.”
Even before Thanksgiving, ecommerce sales are already off to the races this holiday season. From Nov. 1 to Nov. 20, U.S. consumers spent $31.9 billion online, according to Adobe Analytics, up 16.7% from 2017. More than $1 billion in sales were generated all of those 20 days, Adobe said, a new record, surpassing $2 billion on Nov. 20.
Cyber Monday sets a new online record with $3.45 billion in sales despite reported decline in consumer interest — but how? Here are four strategies major retailers used to win Cyber Monday and what it means for holiday 2017.
Making the customer experience on mobile for the customer easier contributed to the success on Cyber Weekend for eBags. See what efforts eBags put into the mobile experience and what results it gained during Cyber Weekend.
Black Friday 2016 blew out the former year’s ecommerce numbers, passing the $3 billion dollar mark for the first time to reach $3.34 billion in online sales. See what else transpired over Cyber Weekend 2016.
With a big Cyber Weekend expected, we wanted to take a look around the retail and ecommerce landscape to see what holiday deals were on tap for shoppers.
As retailers and shoppers congregate online for the biggest shopping weekend of the year, so are cyber criminals. Cyber criminals use this time to their advantage. Are you prepared should a cyber criminal strike? Here are four tips to keep the cyber criminals out of your way this cyber weekend.
Wayfair announced last week that its fourth quarter direct sales grew 98% to $686 million in the fourth quarter compared to 2014, during its earnings call Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah explained how Wayfair has grown its direct business, which is 93% of total net revenue. On top of that, Wayfair announced the launch of its new catalog, which will marry its online and offline business together. See what else Wayfair has cooking in the months ahead.