Amazon.com unwrapped its 2016 Holiday Toy List, a hand-selected list of more than a thousand of the season’s most sought-after products for kids featuring the hottest toys, games for the entire family, electronics, popular books, learning toys and more. In Read more
If you’re in retail, you can’t avoid hearing about the holiday shopping season. Etsy, always a good source of tips and suggestions, has begun advising sellers to prepare. PayPal has said September 30th kicks off the shopping season. And a recent report Read more
Amazon Prime helped the marketplace set records for its 21st holiday shopping season. More than three million members worldwide joined Prime during the third week of December alone, and over 200 million more items shipped for free with Prime this Read more
eBay users will be taking to the site on Friday to sell unwanted Christmas presents while Amazon users will be busy shopping and downloading digital content on Christmas Day. Both companies issued press releases in the UK on Monday with Read more
People aren’t finished with their holiday shopping, but as Christmas and Kwanzaa grow ever closer, they may have qualms about shopping online over concerns that they won’t get their gifts in time. eBay and Etsy are both attempting to extend Read more
The problem of late holiday orders is getting worse, according to Bizrate Insights. EcommerceBytes reported on Monday that on-time delivery fell 2% over the course of the first 10 days of December. Since then, it has gotten worse, Bizrate told us Read more
eBay announced on Thursday that it would be setting up nine locations around the country to help people sell their unwanted gifts through eBay Valet. eBay will be setting up three regifting stations and six drop box locations where it Read more
A new survey of 1,000 shoppers says best prices are the deciding factor whether shopping in-store or online – although selection and positive past experience also play a large role. The Market Track survey also found that the majority of respondents planned Read more
While it is unlikely retailers can cure the procrastinator, eBay says when it comes to holiday shopping, people are starting earlier in the season than in previous years. Its basis for the claim: a new study it commissioned from market Read more
Ecommerce vendor 360pi is tracking the best-selling toys throughout the holiday shopping season. You can sign up to receive the information – there’s no charge, but you must sign up to receive marketing emails along with the free reports. The Read more
