Mobile Commerce Response Times Slower Than Cyber Weekend 2012
While many merchants optimized their ecommerce sites for growing Cyber Weekend demand, Compuware APM questions whether they have been prepared for the mobile commerce onslaught.
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Adobe: Thanksgiving Day Ecommerce Sales Break $1 Billion Barrier
Thanksgiving Day became a $1 billion ecommerce sales day. Actual sales came in at $1.062 billion, according to the Adobe analysis based on 180 million visits to more than 1,000 U.S. retail websites.
How Do Social Login & Sharing Affect Ecommerce?
Social commerce is much more than a Facebook store or attributing a sale to an inbound channel like Twitter, Google+, or Pinterest. According to this infographic from Monetate, you should consider social login and social sharing to increase conversion, engagement and other metrics.
Login and Pay with Amazon Offers Convenience and Security Threats
Following the launch of Login and Pay with Amazon, consumers must remember to take caution when it comes to using login credentials across accounts. While such services may be convenient, they pose a severe cybecrime risk.
Merchants Miss Opportunities to Use Site Search
Six out of 10 merchants don’t use the site search in order to enhance their marketing programs, according to this infographic from SLI Systems.
Avoiding IT Outages During the Holiday Season
For online retailers, the holiday selling season is critical to their financial strength and even survival. That’s why it’s imperative to keep your IT operations up and running and to recognize and repel cyber-attackers. While it’s probably too late to take major actions this holiday season, retailers can still take some steps to minimize such disruptions.
7 Ways to Support Your Holiday Sales with Mobile Strategies
To successfully integrate mobile strategies into your holiday plan of attack, you must first understand how your customers shop and then strive to make that process quicker, easier, and more efficient. And while retailers have been prepping for months for the upcoming shopping season, there are still steps that can be taken now to ensure success on Black Friday and beyond.
8 Tips for Creating a Better Online Shopping Experience This Holiday
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are quickly approaching and how you handle your website this season could make or break your holiday sales. Here are eight tips that will help you make smart marketing decisions such as real-time web personalization that will help create a better online experience for your customers through this joyful yet stressful time of year.
Cyber Monday Attacks Cost Merchants up to $3.4 Million per Hour
While 64% of merchants see significant increases in cyber attack activity, only 23% of attacks can be detected quickly and remediated, and nearly 70% of merchants do not take additional precautions in anticipation of increased attacks.
What Login and Pay with Amazon Means for the Payment Industry
Amazon’s positive brand perception as a trusted and reliable ecommerce platform is sure to prompt users to select Login and Pay with Amazon as their login vehicle of choice, given the option.