Cyber Monday Revenues of $1.465 Billion Top Black Friday Sales

While we were impressed with Black Friday’s online sales, we were blown away by the revenues generated the following Monday. The biggest Cyber Monday on record saw exceptionally strong sales, with revenues topping $1.465 Billion – up 17 percent from last year and exceeding Black Friday sales. The weekend between the two big shopping days was […]

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Black Friday Roundup – eCommerce Sales Exceed $1 Billion

The numbers are in – and there were two major takeaways from this year’s Black Friday sales. First: eCommerce made a huge leap this year. Revenues for online sales exceeded one billion dollars for the first time on Friday alone. The second takeaway: mobile is red hot – 24 percent of all black Friday shoppers visited […]

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Bad Search is Everywhere

Unfortunately for online shoppers, bad search is more common than you might think. And if you routinely visit sites with great to fairly-good search, finding a bad search is all the more noticeable – and frustrating. When you search for an item that absolutely should be found, such as balloons on a party supply website […]

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‘Tis the Season for Online Pinboards and Mobile Holiday Shopping

This holiday season is looking good for online retailers, and interesting new trends are emerging in the eCommerce space for mobile and social media. Increasingly, shoppers are finding products and comparing them through social media and smartphones. As numbers from eMarketer suggest, smartphones are now being used by 61 percent of consumers to research products while […]

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Online Shopping Forecasts are Looking Merry and Bright

This holiday season, online retailers are expecting to see a much stronger surge in holiday sales – Forrester has predicted online revenues of $68.4 billion this holiday season, a 15 percent increase over last years’ holiday sales, and 3 percent higher than the overall annual online retail growth rate. With the effects of the economic recession finally starting to […]

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Surprise! Older Shoppers are More Likely to Purchase Online

A surprising fact was just reported: older consumers are most likely to make holidays purchases online this year. The study, conducted by Velaro, highlighted some interesting facts that online retailers should keep in mind this holiday season when running promotions and thinking about their target audiences. The study found that 20 percent of shoppers ages […]

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Shift Your Paid Campaigns into High Gear Using PPC Links

The holidays are an important time for almost all online retailers, and it’s in full swing with Halloween now come and gone. For almost everyone, this means ramping up on paid search engine advertising, email blasts, and for the fortunate few, television spots. Since most sites, including your competitors, are moving full steam ahead, making […]

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Built-in Redundancy to Prepare for Natural Disasters

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many areas of the North American East Coast were hit with massive storms and power outages. As record-breaking storm surges and heavy rains flooded cities, millions of homes and businesses have lost power and may be without electricity for days. When natural disasters strike like this, it reinforces why […]

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