Online sales on Thanksgiving Day were a record $3.7 billion, according to Adobe Analytics, up 28% from 2017, making it the fastest growing retail day in ecommerce history. It was also a very mobile-friendly holiday, with orders from smartphones representing 36.7% of all sales and driving 54.4% of site traffic, Adobe reported.
Retail fraud attempts are projected to increase 14% during Cyber Weekend compared to last year, according to benchmark data from online payment provider ACI Worldwide based on hundreds of millions of merchant transactions. The fraud activity is likely to peak on Thanksgiving Day, according to ACI.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are bonanzas for online sellers. But there could be a downside this year thanks to the Supreme Court’s South Dakota vs. Wayfair decision, which says states can charge online retailers’ sales tax, regardless of the company’s physical location. Here are 4 things to keep on top of heading into the holidays.
The 2017 holiday season saw $108.2 billion in online sales, according to research from Adobe Analytics, up 14.7% from 2016. This figure paced slightly ahead of 2016’s 14.4% growth. Here is what the study also revealed about the holiday season.
As happened with UPS but on a smaller scale, Canada Post customers have experienced issues with late deliveries this week as the national carrier has been impacted by residual effect of Cyber Week volume.
Cyber Monday hit a new record as the largest U.S. online sales day in history, with $6.59 billion in sales, up 16.8% from $5.6 billion in 2016. Here is an overview of how the rest of the weekend went for retailers.