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
Amazon unveiled a preview of its deals for Cyber Monday and said it would kick off a full weekend of deals on November 30th. “This year, shoppers will find deeper discounts than ever before and more Deals of the Day Read more
Amazon announced the US winners of the Small Business Spotlight Awards, including: Small Business of the Year, Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year, and Small Business Owner Under 30 of the Year. Interestingly one winner was an artisan who sells Read more
eBay unveiled Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals today as it also kicked off thousands of Cyber Week deals and doorbusters featuring brands including adidas, Apple, LG, Xbox, Ninja, and RayBan. “Beginning today through Cyber Monday, shoppers can score thousands Read more
A majority of sellers thought eBay should sell its ticket marketplace when we surveyed them in January, so this week’s news that eBay found a buyer for StubHub at a price tag of $4.05 billion isn’t likely to come as Read more
