December
31, 2004
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"In-Store
Pickup Sparks Online Holiday Shopping"
Online
retail sales rise 53% for the week ended December 26, from the comparable
week last year...
http://www.internetretailer.com
December
29, 2004
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Retail
Sites Claim 25% Hike in Share of Holiday Traffic"
2004
holiday season daily traffic patterns achieved a near-perfect correlation
with last year's daily patterns...
http://www.internetretailer.com
December
27, 2004
From
the New York Times:
"A
Good Season for Online Sales"
Online
customers using the in-store pick-up option more than they did before the
holiday season...
http://www.nytimes.com
December
24, 2004
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Online
Retail Sales Blast Off"
For
the week ending December 19, e-sales reached $2.45 billion, up 57% for the
corresponding week last year. Year-to-date online sales have reached
$64.2 billion, up 26% from $49.4 billion last year...
http://www.internetretailer.com
December
23, 2004
From
MarketingProfs.com:
"Searching
for Behavioral Clues"
What
people search for; what they find; what they don't find...
http://www.marketingprofs.com
December
22, 2004
From
clickZ.com:
"Snapshot
of the 2004 Online Holiday Shopper"
Online
shoppers are influenced by an array of factors, including retailer
reliability, delivery time, and brand names...
http://www.clickz.com
December
21, 2004
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Online
Sales Continue Strong Growth Through Mid December"
Online
sales during the week of December 13 - 17 increased 49% over the same
period last year...
http://www.internetretailer.com
December
21, 2004
From
E-Commerce Times:
"Best
Practices Can Improve E-Commerce Experience"
The
most prevalent and significant obstacles to online purchases are search
and navigation issues -- if you can't find the items you want, you can't
buy the items you want...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
December
17, 2004
From
clickZ.com:
"Map
Trails That Lead to Better Conversion"
Users
expect to find trigger words in links. When the trigger words match
the user's goals, they find those words right away and the links make them
more confident that they are going to find their content...
http://www.clickz.com
December
16, 2004
From
E-Commerce Times:
"Online
Shopping Up 21 Percent over Last Year"
The
average sale amount was $140...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
December
16, 2004
From
clickZ.com:
"Holiday
Visits to Retail Sites Up 24 Percent Over 2003"
Leading
search engines vary in their strength to refer traffic to certain
categories versus others...
http://www.clickz.com
December
15, 2004
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Men
Outspend Women on the Web"
Men
use the Internet to research or browse products 31 times a month...
http://www.internetretailer.com
December
14, 2004
From
eMarketer:
"Small
Businesses Expecting E-Sales"
Methods
used by small and medium-size businesses to measure online success...
http://www.emarketer.com
December
13, 2004
From
BusinessWeek Online:
"E-Tailing
Finally Hits Its Stride"
Search-based,
targeted advertising helped make e-tailing a much less capital-intensive,
risky business. Perfect for the small guy...
http://businessweek.com
December
13, 2004
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Retail
Chains Shining Online This Holiday Season"
Site
redesigns, more consistent multi-channel promotion, improved use of search
marketing, and order-online-pick-up-in-the-store have been a big part of
multi-channel retailer growth...
http://www.internetretailer.com
December
8, 2004
From
E-Commerce Times:
"Good
News for Smaller E-Tailers"
More
than three-fourths of consumers say company size is not a factor in their
online shopping...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com
December
7, 2004
From
clickZ.com:
"Search
for Some Perspective"
Think
about search in the context of the entire online shopping
experience. It's the beginning of the journey for many users, so
have a clear, cogent search strategy and revisit it often...
http://www.clickz.com
December
7, 2004
From the
New York Times:
"In
High-Speed Households, She Surfs, He Snores"
Legions
of people are in thrall to the Internet's open-all-night shopping
opportunities...
http://www.nytimes.com
December
6, 2004
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Conversion
Rates Rise"
Online
shoppers this year 20% more likely than last year to place a product in a
shopping cart. Conversion rates for items placed in carts rose 13%
year-over-year...
http://www.internetretailer.com
December
3, 2004
From
InternetRetailer.com:
"Retailers
Want Faster Sites"
Customer
patience is waning as more shoppers become accustomed to quicker broadband
connections... http://www.internetretailer.com
December
2, 2004
From The Globe and
Mail:
"Canadians
Embrace On-Line Retailers"
In
October, 15.6 million Canadians either shopped or browsed Canadian
retailers... http://www.globetechnology.com
December
2, 2004
From
E-Commerce Times:
"E-Commerce
Bucks Bad Holiday Shopping Reports"
In
the online world, the two busiest shopping are Mondays and Tuesdays... http://www.ecommercetimes.com
December
1, 2004
From
MarketingProfs.com:
"Do
You Manage a Web Site, or a Data Warehouse?"
If
you're running a Web site, you are an accidental publisher. Content
is your asset...
http://www.marketingprofs.com