ComScore reported U.S. desktop retail ecommerce spending for the first 25 days of the November-December 2016 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $24.52 billion has been spent online, marking a 12-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. Thanksgiving Day Read more
Thanksgiving and Black Friday 2016 saw more shoppers than ever before make purchases on major retail sites according to insights from HookLogic – the pioneer of performance marketing for brands. Shoppers on Thanksgiving were up 16.1% and purchasers were up Read more
Adobe released data on Thursday evening showing online sales figures and retail trends for Thanksgiving Day (between midnight and 5 pm Eastern). So far (as of 5 pm on November 24, 2016), Thanksgiving Day has brought in $1.15 Billion in Read more
Etsy Product Manager for buyer experience Bowen Slate-Greene posted the following announcement on the Etsy Announcement board on November 22, 2016 about improvements to the search experience: Today, we’re beginning to roll out an update that provides buyers with corrected Read more
Amazon announced that UK-based businesses selling on Amazon Marketplace are expected to achieve export sales of more than 1.8 billion pounds in 2016, up 29% year-on-year. The announcement is being made at the first Amazon Academy in the UK, an Read more
Adobe continued this year’s Holiday Shopping analysis with a report on Wednesday showing a 3.5% increase in spending over last year – the data from Adobe shows that $25.59 billion has been spent during the holiday season thus far. The Read more
Amazon.com, Inc. announced plans to open its third Nevada fulfillment center in North Las Vegas. Amazon currently employs more than 1,500 full-time hourly associates at its two existing Nevada fulfillment centers in Reno and North Las Vegas, and plans to Read more
NRF expects 137.4M Americans to shop online or hit stores this Black Friday weekend. With assortment playing a major role in retailers’ strategies this holiday, 360pi, the leader in product and price intelligence, today released a special edition holiday infographic, Read more
Visa says more consumers than ever will turn to online shopping, with 47% of consumers planning to complete their holiday shopping online. The following post was published on the Visa blog on Monday. According to a recent Visa study, online Read more
With the middle of the holiday season approaching and shoppers eager to take advantage of early promotions from retailers, more than half of consumers have already started making dents in their holiday gift lists, according to the annual mid-season survey Read more
