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Thanksgiving Day Retail Traffic, Sales Increases
Shoppers appeared to get a head-start on the Black Friday shopping scramble by resorting to online retail on Thanksgiving Day to commence the holiday shopping season. Among the top 500 retail websites,...
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Black Friday, Cyber Monday & The Math-Science Shortage
Today’s infographic round-up explores Black Friday spending, Cyber Monday, and “why America is failing to produce enough STEM graduates”. View more daily infographic round-ups here. Black Friday...
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Kindle Fire Is Amazon’s Best-Selling Product
Amazon is sending around emails marketing its recently launched Kindle Fire tablet. According to the subject line of that email, the Kindle Fire is already the company’s bestselling item on Amazon.com....
View ArticleMobile Device Shopping Increases During Thanksgiving Sales
Now that we’ve entered the holiday shopping season, having just finished with the Thanksgiving rushes of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the early results are starting to trickle in, and the reports are...
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Groupon Ready To Start Talking Again
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason posted a statement to the company blog today talking about the company’s quiet period being over, and sharing a few holiday Groupon stats, including 650,000 “Grouponicus” deals...
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Xbox 360 Posts Record Black Friday Sales
This year’s Black Friday pleasantly surprised retailers when sales grew far more than expected. The biggest areas of growth were electronics and video games. One of the biggest winners this year...
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Online Spending Had 3 Record Days Last Week
It’s been a record year for online holiday shopping in the U.S., and it’s still early December. We’ve looked at a lot of the stuff that was going on Cyber Monday and Black Friday already, but comScore...
View ArticleTech-Savvy Shoppers Turn to Apps to Save on Holiday Shopping
PriceGrabber published the results of a holiday shopping survey today. The company surveyed 3,574 online shoppers in late October about their holiday shopping plans. Of those who responded, 35% did not...
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Google Talks Holiday Shopping Trends Businesses Need To Be Aware Of
Consumers intend to spend more on holiday shopping this year than they did last year, according to new research from Google. Do you expect to see better holiday sales than last year? Let us know in the...
View ArticleAmazon Black Friday Deals Store Will Offer Discounts Every Day Leading Up To...
Amazon launched its Black Friday Deals Store today. It will feature a “Deal of the Day” as well as various other “doorbuster-style Lightning Deals”. Amazon previewed some of the items that it will be...
View ArticleBlack Friday 2012 Is Coming: Be Kind
For a lot of people, Black Friday is a day to bond with family members on a harrowing-but-sweet shopping trip, snatching deals on incredible items for Christmas. For others, it’s simply the best way to...
View ArticleWal-Mart Walkout May Affect Black Friday For Many
Wal-Mart is no stranger to controversy; as with any major company, they’ve garnered ire from customers and employees alike over the years for various reasons. However, the most recent event to place...
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Online Retail Is Ridiculously Strong This Year
Online spending in the U.S. reached an incredible new high on Cyber Monday, hitting $1.46 Billion for the day, according to comScore. This is the heaviest day of online spending in U.S. history, and...
View ArticleForget Black Friday, Cyber Monday Is the Real Holiday Shopping Blitz
As online shopping becomes a bigger part of consumers’ holiday buying strategy, retailers are forced to offer new types of deals that go beyond the traditional Black Friday earlybird specials. Take a...
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More Consumers Will Avoid Black Friday By Shopping Online During Cyber Monday
Are you planning on heading out for some Black Friday shopping this year? If so, you might to reconsider those plans. Cyber Monday is right around the corner, and it promises the same deals without the...
View ArticleApple Debuts Two New iPhone 5 Ads Before Black Friday
Apple has just dropped two new iPhone 5 ads in time for the holiday shopping season. The first, “Turkey,” touts the iPhone’s Photo Stream feature – the ability to share sets of photos with a select...
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Black Friday Breaks Record: E-commerce Spending Surpasses $1 Billion For...
Today may be Cyber Monday, but U.S. consumers were not waiting to start their online holiday shopping. Black Friday, which is known as the biggest shopping day of the year for brick and mortars, saw...
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Black Friday Saw Online Retail Traffic Jump 60% Year-Over-Year
As previously reported, this year’s Black Friday was a record one for e-commerce, having surpassed a billion dollars in spending, according to comScore. Experian Hitwise has also released some data,...
View ArticleKindle Did Pretty Well For Itself Over The Weekend
Amazon has an advantage as an online retail giant – the company can participate in both Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Sure, other companies do as well, but Amazon had great deals going up all the time...
View ArticleEtsy Sellers Had Their Biggest Day Ever on Cyber Monday
By all reports, Black Friday and Cyber Monday produced record sales figures in the ecommerce world. Companies like Amazon are already touting a blockbuster weekend, as they claim the best few days of...
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