November 24 was a pretty good day for US Small Business Saturday, racking up a record $17.8 billion in sales at independent retailers and restaurants, according to the latest National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) data. The strong sales were up 27.5%, rebounding from $12.9 ...
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E-commerce
E-commerce
Walmart keeps finding new ways to challenge Amazon’s dominance of online shopping. The company announced a new in-store app that gives Walmart store associates and in-store customers access to the entire Walmart.com inventory. Order, Pay, Pickup or Delivery Is your nearby Walmart store sold out ...
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It’s not often a new e-commerce platform launches but with its impressive features and cost savings for e-commerce, marketing, and other online sellers, we felt it was worth taking an inside look at GrooveKart. There’s a wide range of e-commerce platforms for everyone from small ...
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New research from the University of Phoenix shows consumers have heightened concern for their online security during the busy holiday shopping season. The recent data breach of 500 million Marriott Hotel customer accounts adds to the anxiety level of consumers about their online identity and ...
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We’ve got our popular Friday fast roundup of the global payments news you should know about. There’s a report on mobile shopping and mobile payments, Cyber Monday sales records, Jet.com’s sales slide, Marriott’s 500 million accounts data breach, a coffee cup with contactless payments, and ...
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In the midst of the busiest shopping days of the year, fraudulent returns by consumers continue to cause problems and cost retailers in-store and online. Overall, product returns decreased slightly from 11.3% in 2017 to 10.8% this year, according to recent National Retail Federation (NRF) ...
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Cyber Monday sales numbers are in and it’s a $7.9 billion online sales record. According to Adobe Analytics, Cyber Monday sales grew 19.3% from last year. Black Friday recorded a record $6.2 billion in sales and Thanksgiving Day sales reached $3.7 billion. Consumers are confident ...
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Just in time for holiday and Christmas shopping, Walmart has launched The Walmart Toy Lab where kids can play with the top 20-rated toys on their computer or tablet. The online children’s marketing product feature was developed with interactive video entertainment producer Eko and is part of ...
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Total in-store and online Thanksgiving sales through the holiday weekend showed positive results led by a sharp increase in e-commerce. According to the majority of retail industry analysts, strong Thanksgiving weekend results are leading into the traditionally strong Cyber Monday finale. KeyBanc analysts Edward Yruma, ...
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US Black Friday sales set a record $6.22 billion according to Adobe Analytics. For the first time, more than $2 billion or 33.5% of online sales were made on smartphones making mobile a big factor in sales. The record sales represented 23.6% growth over last ...
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