SCORE launched the fourth annual American Small Business Championship – a national competition to celebrate small business owners and entrepreneurs from across the nation, made possible with a grant from Sam’s Club. The open call for applications begins today, and Read more
Holiday retail sales during November and December increased 4 percent over 2015 to $658.3 billion, as a strengthening economy encouraged consumers to spend even more freely than expected, the National Retail Federation said today. The number includes $122.9 billion in Read more
Got a compliment or a gripe about an online marketplace you use? Let them know exactly how you feel! Sellers Choice Awards are back for the 8th year – it’s time to give the marketplaces on which you sell feedback Read more
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) released its Post-Holiday Shopping Survey, finding that consumers spent an average of $711 on gifts and other holiday-related items this holiday season. This represents a 16 percent increase over 2015’s post-holiday survey results Read more
Voxware, a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for distribution operations, released research highlighting why consumers return items purchased online or by phone and how their experiences with the returns process affects their future intentions to shop with retailers. The results Read more
Shopgate, Inc., the leading SaaS shopping app platform, today released findings from its 2016 Mobile Shopping Benchmark Report, which reveals that many omnichannel retailers adopted mobile technologies in 2016, but many others have yet to adopt advanced techniques such as Read more
Amazon announced the publication of its 2016 Amazon.co.uk Trends Report: Welcome to The 2016 Amazon.co.uk Trends Report. This report features updates from across Amazon.co.uk, including a look at the bestsellers of Christmas, overall retail trends of 2016, what the nation Read more
eBay’s Kari Ramirez published the following post on the eBay corporate blog: We pour (sic) through eBay data to highlight a collection of some of the most expensive items sold in 2016. With more than a billion listings, eBay helps Read more
This 2016 holiday was the best-ever season for Amazon with devices including Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick, Fire tablet and Amazon Echo topping the best-sellers list. Customers purchased and gifted a record-setting number of devices from the Amazon Echo family Read more
As last-minute shoppers rush home with their treasures, many don’t take into consideration how long it will take them on-the-job to pay for those thoughtful gifts. The Hay Group division of Korn Ferry has broken down how many days people Read more
