Adobe released data on Thursday evening showing online sales figures and retail trends for Thanksgiving Day (between midnight and 5 pm Eastern). So far (as of 5 pm on November 24, 2016), Thanksgiving Day has brought in $1.15 Billion in Read more
Etsy Product Manager for buyer experience Bowen Slate-Greene posted the following announcement on the Etsy Announcement board on November 22, 2016 about improvements to the search experience: Today, we’re beginning to roll out an update that provides buyers with corrected Read more
Amazon announced that UK-based businesses selling on Amazon Marketplace are expected to achieve export sales of more than 1.8 billion pounds in 2016, up 29% year-on-year. The announcement is being made at the first Amazon Academy in the UK, an Read more
Adobe continued this year’s Holiday Shopping analysis with a report on Wednesday showing a 3.5% increase in spending over last year – the data from Adobe shows that $25.59 billion has been spent during the holiday season thus far. The Read more
Amazon.com, Inc. announced plans to open its third Nevada fulfillment center in North Las Vegas. Amazon currently employs more than 1,500 full-time hourly associates at its two existing Nevada fulfillment centers in Reno and North Las Vegas, and plans to Read more
NRF expects 137.4M Americans to shop online or hit stores this Black Friday weekend. With assortment playing a major role in retailers’ strategies this holiday, 360pi, the leader in product and price intelligence, today released a special edition holiday infographic, Read more
Visa says more consumers than ever will turn to online shopping, with 47% of consumers planning to complete their holiday shopping online. The following post was published on the Visa blog on Monday. According to a recent Visa study, online Read more
With the middle of the holiday season approaching and shoppers eager to take advantage of early promotions from retailers, more than half of consumers have already started making dents in their holiday gift lists, according to the annual mid-season survey Read more
Heading into Black Friday next week, Walmart and Amazon have the best prices online for the season’s hottest toys, according to research from global ecommerce analytics firm Profitero. On average, Walmart’s toy prices are seven percent lower than other retailers Read more
Major League sports have been trying to limit sales of licensed goods online and on marketplaces like Amazon since the spring, and a crackdown on marketplace sellers escalated in early November. Some merchants and manufacturers who are being negatively impacted Read more
