Merchants using ecommerce platform BigCommerce grew same-store sales 21 percent over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend compared to last year – thanks in great part to its mobile-friendly features. BigCommerce said mobile accounted for 49 percent of sales, though it noted Read more
Shopify said 500,000 merchants around the world sold over $1 billion in goods on its ecommerce platform over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The top three product categories by sales volume were apparel (1.4 million), accessories (917,000), and housewares (531,000). Press Read more
Over 174 million Americans shopped in stores and online over the 5-day holiday weekend, according to the National Retail Federation, which had expected the number to be closer to 164 million. Cyber Monday was the top day for online shopping, Read more
Even with its Kindles, Echos, and Fire Sticks, one doesn’t think of Amazon as a hardware company. But over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend extending into Cyber Monday, its Echo Dot and Amazon Fire TV Stick were the best-selling products from Read more
eBay collaborated with Google to enable voice-activated shopping on the Google Assistant, which is Google’s version of Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa, and now offers the ability to switch from the Google voice platform to a smartphone. eBay said it Read more
