Below are some 2009 digital retail ideas for consideration.

Continue investing, albeit conservatively, in digital retail.  Online is not immune from the problems of the economy, but with nearly two-thirds of retailers experiencing YOY online holiday sales growth including 40% experiencing growth of 10% or higher, it is still the bright spot for retail and can provide a comparatively strong [...]

As we head out of 2008, we head into a year full of challenges and opportunities for e-commerce. Around the web we’ve seen various experts and consultancies compiling their own projections, such as Peter Kim’s Social Media Predictions Roundup, Jeremy Liew’s Consumer Internet Predictions and eMarketer’s Digital Marketing and Media Predictions. While these touch on [...]

There has been much discussion of late about some rather stark monthly results and the implications for retail sales this holiday season. Last week we released to Shop.org Members the pre-holiday results of our annual Shop.org eHoliday Study (conducted in partnership with Shopzilla), which focuses primarily on the online side of the retail holiday season.  [...]

Shop.org recognizes that this holiday season, more than ever before, its retail members are facing an uncertain Q4 and are busier than ever searching for every possible angle to boost sales. I thought I would take a moment to outline some of the initiatives Shop.org has underway to help its members during these challenging times.

First, we have [...]

This morning Dieter Junghans, president of EMOTA opened the first Global eCommerce Summit in Amsterdam. In his opening speech he pointed out to the growth of the European market, reaching 110 billion euro’s in 2007.
 
Scott Silverman, executive director of co-organiser Shop.org and chairman of the first day, also showed staggering figures and predictions for [...]