Retail

Christmas e-commerce, fraud

It’s beginning to feel a lot like e-commerce, fraudsters & returns

By Jeff Domansky, Dec 15, 2020 It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas and that means last-minute online shopping, higher incidence of fraud, potential delivery delays, and ...
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US small business closures increase due to pandemic

85% of US small businesses need support to survive next six months

By Jeff Domansky, Dec 12, 2020 As new COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations threaten to overwhelm the US health system, 85% of US small businesses say they need government ...
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110,000 US restaurants closed during pandemic

Fragile restaurant recovery slides back to 50% of pre-pandemic level

By Jeff Domansky, Dec 9, 2020 Like many other businesses, the restaurant industry is struggling for its life, and new research shows the fragile, slow recovery through October ...
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insurancequote.com Porch Piracy report

Avast: Beware porch pirates during the holiday delivery season

By Jeff Domansky, Dec 2, 2020 Apparently, porch pirates are alive and well, preying on online shoppers and stealing as many as 17 million packages from consumer porches ...
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Cyber Monday sales +15.1%

Just another $10.8 billion sales record for Cyber Monday

By Jeff Domansky, Dec 1, 2020 As predicted by most industry analysts, Cyber Monday was another roaring e-commerce success with sales reaching an estimated $10.8 billion by Adobe ...
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2020 US Black Friday sales results

US online shoppers spent record $9 billion+ on Black Friday

By Jeff Domansky, Nov 30, 2020 Black Friday looked very different this year from previous years. Initial results show US consumers shopped from their couches with a vengeance, ...
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2020 Black Friday sales prpjections

This year, Black Friday sales matter

By Jeff Domansky, Nov 25, 2020 Retailers and other online sellers have their fingers crossed for a mega Black Friday sales launch leading into the all-important holiday shopping ...
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US e-commerce strategies

Retailers must deliver these top 2 areas to survive this holiday season

By James Brear, CEO, Zycada This has been a rough year for retailers, with the pandemic taking a steep toll across most of the industry. An eMarketer study ...
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Disney's Darth Vader

Amazon Prime Day: All over but the deliveries and returns

It’s all over except for deliveries and returns for Amazon Prime Day 2020 as sales by the estimated 2.3 million third-party small and midsized sized sellers exceeded a ...
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2020 pandemic e-commerce sales

Who’s winning in Q3 pandemic e-commerce?

After a big spike in global e-commerce growth through the pandemic which sectors are consistently winning and which are softening as we near the end of Q3 and ...
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