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Motorola offers apology, do-over on Cyber Monday promotion
December 3, 2013
Motorola's plan to offer a $150 discount on its Moto X smartphone turned out to be more popular than the company expected. Less than an hour after the sale…
read nowMobile Email Scorecard names the best retail email campaigns
December 3, 2013
LightningBuy, a single-click mobile checkout platform that lets merchants sell directly from email and social media posts, has announced the retailers with the…
read nowCyber Monday online sales up 20.6 percent over 2012
December 3, 2013
U.S. shoppers made Cyber Monday the biggest online shopping day in history with a 20.6 percent increase in online sales, according to the latest cloud-based…
read nowSurvey says shoppers were disappointed with Black Friday this year
December 2, 2013
According to the Christmas & Holiday Shopping Forecast released today by America's Research Group and Inmar, of those who shopped Black Friday weekend…
read nowHispanics shop more online than average Web user, shop earlier in holiday season
December 2, 2013
Experian Marketing Services, a provider of integrated consumer insights, targeting and cross-channel marketing, has released a new Hispanic shopping analysis…
read nowShopperTrak: Store traffic, sales up on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday
December 2, 2013
With the allure of deep discounts, "door-buster" promotions and extended store hours, shoppers visited more stores and spent more money across the days of…
read nowNRF: Number of Thanksgiving shoppers rose by 2M
December 2, 2013
More than 141 million unique shoppers have already or will have shopped by the end of the big Thanksgiving weekend, up from 139 million over the same time…
read nowDeloitte: Fewer consumers say they will shop on either Thanksgiving or Black Friday
November 27, 2013
According to a new Deloitte survey of consumers' Thanksgiving week shopping plans, 53 percent of consumers plan to head online or to the stores this…
read nowE-commerce holiday revenue up 18 percent over 2012
November 27, 2013
Custora, a provider of e-commerce marketing analytics software, has released its Custora E-Commerce Pulse, a real-time dashboard providing U.S. e-commerce key…
read nowRetail digital ad spending to reach record levels in 2013
November 27, 2013
Bolstered by growing e-commerce sales and time spent across digital channels, the U.S. retail industry will grow its digital ad spending more rapidly this year…
read nowTwo-thirds of holiday shoppers say rewards points will influence where they buy
November 26, 2013
One-third of holiday shoppers will be buying gifts for themselves this year, while spending the rest of the budget on friends and family. This is one of the…
read nowHoliday creep: One-fourth of Black Friday shoppers plan to start on Thanksgiving evening
November 26, 2013
Online shopping site PriceGrabber has released results of its 2013 Black Friday and Cyber Monday Survey, revealing trends for one of the most competitive…
read nowBBC report: Working at Amazon could cause 'physical and mental illness'
November 25, 2013
BBC reporter Adam Littler recently went undercover as a warehouse "picker" at online retailer Amazon. He brought with him a hidden camera, and set about…
read nowGiftLogic POS software adds layaway module
November 25, 2013
GiftLogic has announced a new layaway feature available to users of its GiftLogic POS software. According to a spokesperson from GiftLogic, the tool "makes it…
read now1 in 4 consumers will spend at least half of the workday shopping online on Cyber Monday
November 25, 2013
Are you planning to get some holiday shopping done at work on Cyber Monday? If so, you are not alone. According to recent surveys by digital coupon destination…
read nowApple advertises for payments software engineer
November 25, 2013
The payments world has long wondered if, when and how Apple will jump into the space in a definitive way. Now there's one more tidbit to fuel speculation.
read nowSoldier Send gift registry lets soldiers make wish lists, receive care packages
November 25, 2013
Soldier Send announced that it has created a military gift registry on its new website, www.soldiersend.com, that makes sending care packages to soldiers…
read nowSeven of the top 10 activities customers perform on their cell phones are shopping-related
November 25, 2013
Shopping is one of the top uses of mobile technology, and seven of the top 10 activities customers perform on their cell phones are shopping related. At the…
read nowWalmart worker and OUR Walmart member responds to CEO resignation
November 25, 2013
Walmart CEO Mike Duke announced today that he would be stepping down on January 31. The company immediately announced that Doug McMillon, currently the head of…
read nowCabela's to continue first-in-line Black Friday promo
November 25, 2013
Cabela's Incorporated announced it will present gifts to the first 600 shoppers in line at each of its U.S. retail locations Friday, Nov. 29.
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