Nearly 70 percent of consumers under age 30 consider social issues before buying

Study also finds increasing demand for conflict-free gifts.

Pricing tips from the Oracle of Omaha

by Dale Furtwengler — President, Furtwengler & Associates, P.C.

The following quote appeared in an Andrew Frye and Dakin Campbell, February 17, 2011 Bloomberg article "Buffett Says Pricing Power More Important Than Good…

Early store openings jumpstart retail holiday spending

December 6, 2013

First Data Corporation, a provider of payments-processing and electronic-commerce solutions, has released its First Data SpendTrend analysis for…

New report reveals frustrations of older shoppers

December 5, 2013

The latest report from Shoppercentric, an independent agency specializing in shopper research, has been launched today. The research entitled: "WindowOn…The…

Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday both died on Nov 28, 2013

by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS

Black Friday was notoriously the biggest shopping day of the year in the United States. It was a cultural phenomenon that coerced otherwise sane Americans to…

MasterCard says electronics retailers were smart to open on Thanksgiving

December 4, 2013

In a blog post today, MasterCard announced that electronics retailers enjoyed a triple-digit increase in sale on Thanksgiving Day over last year. The post…

US holiday e-commerce projected to rise 15% this year

December 4, 2013

Retail consultancy eMarketer has released its forecasts for this holiday season for both the U.S. and the U.K.

Survey: 77% of shoppers likely to purchase at least 1 digital gift card this holiday season

December 4, 2013

InComm, a prepaid product and transaction services company, has released research highlighting consumer shopping trends for purchasing digital and physical…

Visa releases holiday online spend data, infographic

December 3, 2013

Visa has today released its e-commerce sales data from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. According to the company, e-commerce sales from all U.S. devices…

Former Sears CEO gives holiday predictions

December 3, 2013

Former Sears Canada chairman and CEO Mark Cohen, currently a professor at Columbia Business School, has released a set of predictions for the retail industry…

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…

Cyber 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…

Survey 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…

Hispanics 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…

ShopperTrak: 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…

NRF: 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…

Retail Roundtable: Amazon and USPS Sunday shipping

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Our experts weigh in on possible ramifications of this very big retail partnership.

Deloitte: 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…

For beloved brands like Ikea and Amazon, simplicity is in the details

by Bryan Pearson — President, LoyaltyOne

You might not think umlauts, Big Macs and best sellers have a lot in common, but when it comes to brand perception they do. The commonality is simplicity, and…

E-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…