After a disappointing Black Friday, retailers saw E-Commerce sales jump 15.6 percent on Monday (Dec. 1), aka Cyber Monday, compared with the same day last year. That stat comes from Channel Advisor, which tracked transaction data for more than 2,700 retailers selling online between midnight...
Competing in the e-Commerce space can be tough enough for big retailers, leaving it that much tougher for the small, local stores to get their voices heard and products seen online. High costs of technology investments and lack of employees have left many small businesses...
Amazon’s overseas expansion into Europe has already hit a snag. Amazon’s emergence into the market was putting pressure on Europe’s postal firms, but now it’s been announced that the e-Commerce giant is dropping same-day delivery in the U.K. Cyber Monday is what has been cited...
Some of Amazon’s strategic investments have been questioned, but it appears the Amazon Kindle and Fire tablet are paying off, The Street reported. Following Black Friday sales, Amazon said its Fire tablet sales increased three times from this time last year on the retail holiday....
Black Friday is often scoffed at across the globe, viewed as a frenzied shopping event for Americans still digesting their Thanksgiving turkey and foolishly fighting over children’s toys. And while some of the world’s largest retailers have tried to push Black Friday fever on international...
Users of Apple’s smartphones and tablets have traditionally made more and bigger ecommerce purchases than Android users, and on Thanksgiving day that was more true than ever, according to Cult of Mac. IBM reported that iPhones and iPads were used for 25 percent of mobile...
Rocket Internet’s Lazada has raised a whopping €200 million — almost $250 million — that it will use to nail down its position as a dominant force in ecommerce in Southeast Asia, according to VentureBeat. Lazada calls itself Southeast Asia’s “largest online shopping mall,” which...
Bloomberg’s Businessweek called Small Business Saturday “the loneliest shopping holiday,” but American Express is on a crusade to remind consumers that giving small businesses some attention this holiday season is what spurs job creation and a strong economy. He’s been chanting the same mantra for...
Retailers may be missing out on building a loyal customer base as they focus on prepping for the upcoming Cyber Monday (Dec. 1), research from Coherent Path Inc. shows. Results from the study suggest that new customers who are offered an initial purchase with a...
