Monthly Archives: November 2010

Nov28

Black Friday booms, Cyber Monday beckons

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: November 28, 2010
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Black Friday weekend 2010 brought out shoppers who were ready to spend, as hot-off-the-presses NRF survey data shows: fully 212 million shoppers visited stores and websites over the long weekend (that’s up from 195 million last year). On top of the sheer number of customers, consumers also reached deeper into their pockets this year, spending an [...]

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Nov24

Cyber Monday: Where we’ve come…and where we’re going

By Joan Broughton | shop.org | Published: November 24, 2010
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Cyber Monday. Six or seven years ago, nobody used the term. Fast-forward to 2010 and Cyber Monday has become a part of the holiday landscape for retailers in the U.S. and abroad. We all probably know the story by now… Right around the turn of the 21st century, people in ecommerce started to notice that [...]

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Nov19

How to maximize your holiday gift card sales

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: November 19, 2010
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As you probably saw in our eHoliday pre-holiday results, gift cards are the number one gift item that consumers say they would most like to receive for themselves. In case you didn’t see the NRF consumer data on gift cards earlier this week, I encourage you to check out the wealth of insights on this [...]

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Nov19

The obstacles, enablers and best practices for mobile commerce

By Artemis Berry, Senior Director of Content and Community, Shop.org | Published: November 19, 2010
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Put two retail industry veteran executives from Forrester Research and Steve Madden on a webinar and you will have so much content that you may need to watch it three times to pull together a recap. Yes, really. Shop.org members can register (it’s free) to watch this webinar replay anytime for the next year. I [...]

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Nov18

Segment customers for Thanksgiving weekend shopping

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: November 18, 2010
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I am finally packing away the last of our Halloween decorations this week (yep, we really like this holiday in my family…), and not a minute too soon: Thanksgiving is a mere week away. Bravo to the hotel properties near malls who appear to be taking bookings for Thanksgiving night from shoppers who want to [...]

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