Whew!  Yesterday was another crazy Cyber Monday for the online retail industry.  E-commerce servers lighting up, continuous news coverage and deals, deals and more deals. I have a few observations and comments. First, congratulations to the many retailers who experienced a strong kick off to their online holiday season.  Based on the reports I’m seeing, many [...]

You read that right – according to a BIGresearch survey conducted for Shop.org between November 28 and 28, 2009, close to 100 million Americans plan to shop on Cyber Monday (November 30, 2009) this year, up from 85 million last year. Happily, as we saw in research released last week, almost nine out of ten online [...]

Retailers have been planning for the holiday season for most of 2009. At Shop.org, we have been too. As the group widely credited for coining the phrase “Cyber Monday,” we’re always looking for ways to raise the profile of this important kick-off to the online holiday shopping season, trying to think outside the box for [...]

Swipe File of retail competitor sites for Holiday 2008.

Following stark October results offline, online retailers have been wondering how everyone else fared in November.  Last week, Shop.org teamed up with Forrester Research to conduct a quick survey of online retailers** — the results are now in, and posted on the message boards. While 2008 is certainly very different from recent years, all is [...]