How can people be spending more if they are cutting back on holiday gifts, including for Valentine’s Day? A survey by marketing firm Omnisend found that 23% of consumers said they had cut back on online holiday gifting, yet almost Read more
Anthropic ran ads during Sunday’s Super Bowl football game that mocked its rival OpenAI for its decision to run ads on its AI chatbox, though it didn’t mention it by name. The ads showed how disconcerting it could be for Read more
Adobe said consumers spent a record $257.8 billion online during the holiday season ( from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025), up 6.8% year-over-year (YoY) and setting a new record for ecommerce. It based its data on transactions covering over Read more
Adobe is crunching the numbers on holiday-shopping returns and found shoppers are returning fewer products this year compared to last year. Between November 1 and December 12, returns were down 2.5% versus the comparable period last year. But in the Read more
Adobe expects US online sales to reach $253.4 billion this holiday season (Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025), which represents 5.3% growth, year-over-year. The company analyzes direct transactions online, covering over 1 trillion visits to US retail sites, 100 million Read more
More than thirty years after bringing the Internet to regular people, AOL (aka, “America Online”) is discontinuing its dial-up service on September 30 – and it will likely hit people in rural areas the hardest. News media picked up the Read more
People are spreading the word on social media and online forums about a nationwide boycott planned for Friday (February 28), an “economic blackout” that promises the following: “For one day we show them who really holds the power” – as Read more
A new report says the growth rate of ecommerce is slowing as it matures, while consumer expectations for seamless delivery and returns are higher than ever. ShipStation’s parent company Auctane and research firm Retail Economics surveyed 8,000 consumers and 400 Read more
Adobe said consumers spent $7.2 billion on July 16 (Tues.), the first day of the Prime Day event. That’s nearly 12% higher than last year and the biggest ecommerce day (and mobile shopping day) so far in 2024. Online sales Read more
People are shopping more in July than they used to thanks to deals days, which Amazon made popular through its annual Prime Day sale. A survey of 1,017 people conducted by Ipsos for Google (May 31 – June 2, 2024) Read more
