Mercari made changes to its shipping process last month and is now backtracking on some of the requirements. In a November 20th blog post, it had explained that to take the guesswork out of shipping, it would for most items Read more
Amazon is out with its annual announcement heralding the success of its Cyber-5 weekend holiday-shopping performance in typically vague terms. “Amazon customers worldwide order hundreds of millions of items between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday,” it proclaimed. When it came to Read more
Small Business Saturday took place over the weekend, and spending grew about 10% over last year’s event. Americans who shopped at independent retailers and restaurants reported spending $19.6 billion that day, according to the 2019 Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Read more
UPS decreased rates for sellers who purchase and pay for UPS shipping labels on Amazon’s Buy Shipping platform. “Avail reduced UPS 2nd Day Air rates to increase your Prime shipping coverage and utilize UPS Ground rates for regional Prime and Read more
The Black Friday online shopping results are in. But first, if you didn’t head to the mall on Black Friday and are wondering what you missed, advertising consultant Chris Matyszczyk’s latest Technically Incorrect column on ZDnet is both informative and Read more
How big a problem is package theft? One company has been studying the issue since 2017 and is out with its 2019 Package Theft Report. In its 2019 survey of 1,052 online shoppers, Shorr Packaging found that 24% had personally Read more
A.C. Moore announced Monday it would be closing all of its brick-and-mortar craft stores, but as we reported, it made no mention of its online marketplace, Marketplace.ACMoore.com, which is powered by Australian company Zibbet. On Friday, Zibbet reached out to Read more
Adobe Analytics saw 14.5% growth in online shopping by 10 am on Thanksgiving Day and forecast sales of $4.2 billion for the day, up from $3.7 billion in 2018. It’s been tracking holiday shopping and noted some interesting data points Read more
Almost a quarter (24%) of British businesses allow customers to make transactions through their social media channels, according to PayPal, which says that number will double over the next 6 months. That means shoppers will soon be able to use Read more
FedEx surveyed 1,500 Canadians to probe their holiday shopping habits and fears. Forty percent of Canadians said they were more likely to shop online for holiday gifts this year compared to last year. But 7 in 10 said they worried Read more
