Nearly 62% of online merchants will start their holiday promotions by Halloween, up from nearly 53% last year, according to Shop.org’s eHoliday survey conducted by BIGinsight. Many of those promotions will center on free shipping and online offers. This article also looks at holiday surveys conducted by Bronto and Litle & Co.
Litle & Co., a payment processing company for consumer-direct brands, today released the results of an independent consumer survey to determine payments trends this holiday shopping season. The research found that while 60% of respondents owned a tablet or smartphone, only one in four have shopped via their mobile devices. Of those who do, the bullseye price point is $20-$100 which accounted for 63% of those purchases.
The notion of multichannel retail no longer exists, according to Brian Walker, vice president and principal analyst for Forrester Research. The era of agile commerce is here. Learn what this is all about.
By honoring your customers
Did you know that 20% of all SKUs lose money? Because supply chain costs are factored on average instead of by item
Fully loaded in-store mobile POS technology might be the wave of the future, but for Urban Outfitters, the future is now. The traditional cash register is a thing of the past.
In March 2011, L.L. Bean created buzz among consumers and the retail industry by rolling out its Free Shipping campaign. Last month, L. L. Bean creative director and managing editor Jenna Klein Jonsson (center) discussed the promotion during the National Etailing and Mailing Organization of America directXchange Conference. Seated L-R: Ellen Shannon (Multichannel Merchant), David Kravetz (Fairytale Brownies), Jonsson, Brad Wolansky (Yankee Candle) and Tim Parry (Multichannel Merchant).
Despite political and fiscal uncertainties, the National Retail Federation predicts holiday sales this year will rise 4.1%, to $586.1 billion.
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Filson vice president-marketing Harry Egler sat down with Multichannel Merchant senior content manager Tim Parry at the NEMOA directXchange conference Sept. 19, 2012 to talk about crosschannel merchandise marketing and the MCM Awards.