Category Archives: Holidays

Mar29

Easter shoppers will hop to their smartphones, tablets in 2012

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: March 29, 2012
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As I mentioned recently, Easter announces that the annual spring gift giving season is truly upon us. This year, BIGinsight found in its latest consumer survey for NRF that 82.3% of online consumers plan to celebrate Easter – a number that has continued to inch up since 2007 (79.5%). Consumers intend to shop across channels, with [...]

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Jan24

What retailers will do differently for Holiday 2012

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: January 24, 2012
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It was a rush of a holiday season: close to half of the retailers we surveyed earlier this month reported year over year online sales growth of 30% or more. Per the 2011 eHoliday Post-Holiday Study, conducted with partner BIGinsight, consumers started shopping online in earnest in November and hardly slowed down thereafter, with more [...]

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Dec22

Maximize post-holiday sales with search and social media

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: December 22, 2011
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Online consumers have been shopping up a storm this holiday season, which is certainly cause for online retailers to rejoice. As the Google Retail Blog pointed out this week, however, retailers need to make sure they’re not “turning off the lights” next week for customers who are ready to spend their gift cards, return and exchange those [...]

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Dec16

Procrastination abounds: Six tips for enticing the last minute holiday shopper

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: December 16, 2011
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With the $6 billion Cyber Week and the $5.9 billion week that followed now behind us, it’s becoming clear that standard shipping deadlines will be hitting imminently. Of course, we also know that many consumers are procrastinators (yours truly included): according to the most recent NRF Consumer Intentions & Actions survey, online shoppers tell us that they’ve completed not [...]

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Dec13

As shipping window closes rapidly, retailers must step up messaging clarity

By Fiona Swerdlow, Head of Research, Shop.org | Published: December 13, 2011
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Both UPS and FedEx are forecasting a strong season for holiday shipments, building on their record-setting volumes last year. Still, midway through December, standard shipping deadlines will be closing within a matter of days. With Christmas this year falling on a Sunday and Hanukkah starting on the comparatively late date of December 20, the online [...]

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