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Tag: Holiday shopping 2017

UK Holiday Retail Sales Underwhelm

January 15, 2018 Ina Steiner
British Retail Consortium

UK retail sales increased by only 1.4% in December year-over-year, or 0.6% on a same-store sales basis, according to retail trade group BRC (British Retail Consortium). Those numbers are anemic compared to US growth rates […]

News, Trends and Shopping DataBritish Retail Consortium, Holiday shopping 2017

Strong Holiday Sales with Online Shoppers Buying More Everyday Items

January 14, 2018January 14, 2018 Ina Steiner
Holiday shopping

First Data said the recent holiday shopping season was the strongest in four years. Ecommerce represented 29% of total transactions, up from 26% in 2016, it reported. First Data also observed a dip in the […]

News, Trends and Shopping DataFirst Data, Glenn Fodor, Holiday shopping 2017

Holiday Sales Exceed Expectations Says Retail Trade Group

January 12, 2018 Ina Steiner
Holiday shopping

Holiday sales during November and December increased 5.5 percent over the same period in 2016, according to retail trade association NRF (National Retail Federation). The results exceeded NRF’s forecast and marked the largest increase since […]

News, Trends and Shopping DataHoliday Shopping, Holiday shopping 2017, NRF

FedEx Expects Holiday Shopping to Continue – Here’s Why

December 28, 2017 Ina Steiner
FedEx

FedEx expects holiday shopping to continue into January thanks in part to gift cards. FedEx Express Canada commissioned a survey that revealed three quarters of Canadians who planned to shop after the holidays were doing […]

News, Shipping, Trends and Shopping DataFedex, Gift cards, Holiday shopping 2017

Online Holiday Sales Grow 18 Percent with Late Season Rally

December 26, 2017December 26, 2017 Ina Steiner
Holiday shopping

Mastercard published SpendingPulse holiday data today showing that retail sales grew 4.9 percent, the largest year-over-year increase since 2011. Online sales grew 18.1 percent compared to last year, boosted by a late season rally. Interesting […]

News, Trends and Shopping DataHoliday shopping 2017, Mastercard SpendingPulse

Amazon Merchants Sell One Billion Items Worldwide this Holiday

December 26, 2017December 26, 2017 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon issued an after-Christmas press release – as always, it talked a lot about its services but was shy on details. Regarding third-party merchants and small businesses, Amazon revealed the following: “Customers shopped from hundreds […]

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon, Holiday shopping 2017

Amazon Tempts Procrastinators by Extending Christmas Shipping Deadline

December 15, 2017 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon extended its free-shipping deadline to Saturday, December 16, 2017. While members of its Prime program continue to have fast and free shipping options through December 24, non-Prime members now have until Saturday to order […]

1 CommentMarketplaces, News, ShippingAmazon shipping, Free shipping, Holiday shopping 2017

Amazon Tells Christmas Shoppers There Is Plenty of Time to Order Presents

December 13, 2017December 13, 2017 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Christmas Eve is only 11 days away and falls on a Sunday this year, but that’s no problem for Amazon shoppers, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. It urged shoppers to “try […]

Marketplaces, NewsAmazon Prime, Holiday shopping 2017

Small Businesses Sell 140 Million Items on Amazon on Holiday Weekend

November 29, 2017 Ina Steiner
Amazon

Amazon said customers ordered 140 million items from small businesses on its marketplaces worldwide over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. It also announced that Cyber Monday was the single biggest shopping day worldwide in the company’s […]

1 CommentMarketplaces, NewsAmazon, Holiday shopping 2017

What’s Helping BigCommerce Merchants Grow Holiday Sales

November 28, 2017 Ina Steiner
BigCommerce

Merchants using ecommerce platform BigCommerce grew same-store sales 21 percent over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend compared to last year – thanks in great part to its mobile-friendly features. BigCommerce said mobile accounted for 49 percent […]

News, Trends and Shopping DataBigCommerce, Holiday shopping 2017, Mobile Shopping

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