Shoppers Change Their Strategies This Back to School Season
Los Angeles—Back to School may be an even more integral part of 2013 retail sales than ever before, especially as retailers look to their third quarters to revive lagging sales so far this year....
View ArticleEconomy Improving? “Hemline Index” Confirms It
Bloomfield Hills, MI—Leading economic indicators, such as the S&P 500 and the Consumer Price Index, are widely viewed as authoritative means to gauge the health and growth of the U.S. economy. Now...
View ArticleHoliday Sales to Rise at Least 4%, Deloitte Says
New York—A second, bit-more-optimistic forecast for holiday sales was released Monday by Deloitte. Citing the slowly improving U.S. economy and rising home prices, Deloitte said it expects holiday...
View ArticleReport: Consumers Turning to Smartphones, Tablets for Specific Retail Activities
Chicago–All you have to do is walk down any street USA to notice passers by looking down at their cell phones while making their way down the street. The fact that mobile phones are pervasive in our...
View ArticleItem of the Day: BirkSun
Item of the Day: BirkSun Backpacks are indeed back, but we found one that functions double duty. Not only does the Atlas cotton/poly backpack from BirkSun (a division of Dorfman Pacific) easily hold a...
View ArticleReport: M-Commerce Expanding 4X as Fast as E-Commerce
Chicago—The proliferation of smartphones and tablets is spurring mobile commerce to grow at four times the rate of e-commerce overall in the United States. Moreover, so-called m-commerce is growing...
View ArticleNRF Survey: Congressional Gridlock to Stymie Holiday Shoppers?
Washington–It appears that the proposed bipartisan settlement the U.S. Congress is considering today to avoid default will be welcome relief to the nation’s retailers—not to mention U.S. citizens,...
View ArticleRetailers’ Holiday Hit: Free-Shipping Offers
Washington–From Neiman Marcus to Walmart, free-shipping offers will not be hard to find this holiday season. According to Shop.org’s eHoliday survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, 16.3%...
View ArticleSurvey: Retailers Should Prepare Now for Cyber Monday
Mountain View, CA—Cyber Monday (Dec. 2) is well on its way to being a major shopping day to rival—at in some instances—exceed Black Friday in importance, several consumer surveys have found. The latest...
View ArticleLatest Holiday Shopping Phenomenon: “Mobile Eve”
New York—Thanks to the rise of mobile commerce, another landmark date is being added to retail holiday calendars: Mobile Eve. In a research report released today xAd, the global mobile-location ad...
View ArticleReport: Retailers Who Get Mobile, Social Right Are Winning
Petaluma, CA—In the latest figures for third quarter, an e-commerce report finds that cultural shifts in shopping habits are revealing change in traditional metrics. For example: Mobile is creating a...
View Article‘Tis the Season to be Mobile: US Holiday Online Shopping Behavior Insights
New York—A shorter Christmas shopping season, only 20 days, makes the race to pursue consumers critical in the final weeks. Criteo, the performance marketing technology company, today unveiled key data...
View ArticleState of Mobile Commerce Report Reveals The Purchasing Power Unleashed by Mobile
New York—Mobile now accounts for more than 30% of e-commerce transactions globally and more than 27% of e-commerce transactions in the United States. The report, thQ4 State of Mobile Commerce, by...
View ArticleMarketLive Index Results Show 125% Increase in Retailer Revenues Coming from...
Petaluma, CA—Would we really be that smart without our smartphones? As mobile devices become even more inextricably linked to our daily activities, retailers are seeing a dramatic increase in...
View ArticleNew Nordstrom Service Lets Customers Shop by Text
Having launched TextStyle today in all its 116 Nordstrom stores, Nordstrom Inc. is now the only retail company in the U.S. offering customers the ability to shop and buy via text message. TextStyle...
View ArticleStudy: “Real-Time Retail” a Top Priority for Retailers
Retailers are increasingly creating “real-time retail” experiences, serving consumer demand and expectation for a seamless experience across store, web and mobile. To achieve this, by 2020 nearly...
View ArticleSurvey: 90% of Shoppers Use Smartphones in Stores
You’ve seen it time and time again. Consumers walk through the aisles in a retail store, then pull out their phone to do some comparison shopping, read reviews, and sometimes even purchase the item on...
View ArticleDigital Marketing Missing Out on Baby Boomers?
New York—As marketing becomes more digital brands are hungry to acquire the Millennials as customers. But in the march toward these goals, another huge consumer segment may be missed. According to...
View ArticleRetail Opportunity in 2016: M-Commerce Projected to Grow by 68%
Los Angeles—What’s top of mind for retailers in 2016? It better be mobile commerce, according to a new study from Bizrate Insights. Bizrate Insight’s latest projections show website purchase on mobile...
View ArticleRetailers’ Mobile Capabilities Way Lags Customer Demands, Research Finds
New York—Consumers this year are shopping more on their smartphones and mobile devices, but retailers are falling behind in granting their shopping wishes. In new research from Accenture Adaptive...
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