E-commerce News & Media
How To: Crafting a retail customer experience to lure millennial consumers
by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com
Rodney Mason, Blackhawk group vice president of marketing, offers tips and insight on how retailers should approach developing and implementing a strategy…
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Mobile device shoppers made Cyber Week a lucrative retail week
December 8, 2015
Mobile devices accounted for more than 50 percent of shopping traffic on Black Friday and 40 percent of Cyber Monday traffic.
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Sears refreshes mobile app, debuts mobile device incentive strategy
December 8, 2015
Sears is banking big on mobile shopping this holiday season and has upgraded its app with new features and offering mobile in-store consumers free shipping.
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Don't miss: Webinar focuses on how millennials are disrupting shopping
December 7, 2015
Grabbing the millennial shopper's attention requires a strategy, a commitment and the right technology.
read nowMobile spurs seasonal shopping as Cyber Monday undergoes a transition
December 7, 2015
Cyber Monday not as super as expected but shopping still spiked over last year's figures.
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Retailers beware: Mobile drives holiday shopping season
by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group
Mobile shopping already was ahead of expectations in the weeks leading up to the official start of the holiday season in the U.S.
read nowU.K, U.S. consumers not thrilled with online holiday shopping experience
December 3, 2015
British and American consumers may be spending big this holiday season, but they’re not very satisfied with the retail customer experience taking place…
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Retailers are bringing a rusty knife to a cyber wars shootout
by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS
Today's omnichannel shoppers have grown accustomed to services and experiences at a whole different level. To borrow a western movie metaphor, most retailers…
read nowThanksgiving holiday shopping activity higher than expected reveals survey
December 1, 2015
Retailers had a robust holiday weekend shopping experience as a survey reveals more than 151 million consumers hit stores online and offline during the…
read nowAmazon most intimate brand, reveals new research
November 25, 2015
When it comes to brand intimacy Amazon is leading the pack.
read nowLive webinar targets location-based marketing for retail segment
November 24, 2015
As consumer usage continues to shift to mobile, location-based advertising is becoming one of the fastest growing strategies for retailers when it comes to…
read nowSame-day delivery matters more to young shoppers than older consumers
November 24, 2015
The younger shopping set is much more interested in same-day delivery than the senior set and such a retail strategy could pay off given the focus on serving…
read nowEx-Walgreens leader steps into new chief role at Kohl’s
November 23, 2015
Kohl’s has a new chief operating officer, having hired on former Walgreens e-commerce chief Sona Chawla.
read nowWalmart revamps Cyber Monday into Cyber Sunday
November 23, 2015
The world's biggest retailer jump starts the online shopping day of the year one day earlier and is offering quadruple the number of sales items.
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Start-up targets Amazon with pricing service benefitting retailers, consumers
November 19, 2015
Price service aims to connect local retailers with Amazon Prime members who want the cheapest price while supporting nearby stores.
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3 cases illustrating how Amazon outclasses its competitors
by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS
Amazon continues to soar by innovating in ways other can't imagine.
read nowWalmart going full steam on Black Friday discounts starting on Thanksgiving
November 12, 2015
Walmart adjusts holiday sales strategy in light of changing consumer shopping behavior.
read nowChina’s big online shopping day a big revenue success
November 11, 2015
The annual online Chinese shopping day beats out any other global holiday shopping season.
read nowAmazon nemesis strives for funding to avoid being broke as 2016 dawns
November 10, 2015
Jet.com hopes to pull in $550 million investment to keep the lights on.
read nowMacy's, Target opening late Thanksgiving Day
November 10, 2015
Retailers are taking various stances in regards to opening stores, online and offline, on Thanksgiving.
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