It’s easy to have missed some interesting innovations in retail with the past few weeks focused on Black Friday sales. Today, we’ve got a roundup of retail innovators ...
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Amazon accounted for 30.9% of all sales from Black Friday to Cyber Monday according to a report from Slice Intelligence. Amazon, Walmart and Best Buy were Black Friday weekend sales winners said Moody's analyst Charlie O'Shea. ...
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Cyber Monday set a new US sales record reaching $3.45 billion, up 12.1% compared to 2015. Most popular items sold on Monday? Sony PlayStation and Apple iPad, while ...
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Preliminary results are in for Black Friday sales and online hit a record $3.34 billion in sales, according to Adobe Digital Insights. Black Friday sales soared by 21.6% but some ...
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Today, we’re looking at the impact of mobile commerce on e-commerce and holiday retail sales. Neosperience reports smartphone users spend nearly three hours daily looking at mobile devices. Deloitte Digital ...
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Amazon's US deals launched Wednesday featuring a long list of planned discounts and will end just prior to Christmas in the US. A CNN news video highlighted several interesting facts: each Amazon fulfillment center holds 15 million items; orders travel eight miles of conveyor belts; packages get less than one minute of human contact. ...
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One Hour Translation research suggests 27% of UK shoppers will buy on Black Friday. An LCP Consulting study found 61% of UK retailers believe Black Friday is unprofitable and unsustainable compared with 32% in 2015. Amazon plans to run its sale for 12 days compared with five days last year and figures to ship more than 9.5 million orders. ...
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B2C e-commerce sales in Latin America will grow from $71 billion in 2015 to more than $87 billion by 2018 according to Statista. Their report also notes 38% of consumers use mobile for search and 27% purchased via mobile. Business Insider expects online shopping to grow 17% annually in Latin America with Brazil making up 42% of the total and Mexico 12.3%. ...
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Alibaba has already racked up more than $1 billion in sales and more than $5.2 billion in the first hour with more than 84% of sales on mobile devices. 2015 Singles Day sales were $14.3 billion in China for one day alone. compared with a $5.8 billion in US Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. ...
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TechinAsia compares China's Singles Day 2015 sales of $14.3 billion with US Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales of $5.8 billion. Alibaba announced the promotion will run for 24 days instead of one day. Last year's Singles Day sales for Alibaba alone totaled $13.5 billion, up 54% from the previous year, and this year they expect 40,000 global companies to participate. ...
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