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The influx of mobile on Cyber Monday
The rise of mobile retailing isn’t news. But the impact of mobile shopping on Cyber Monday is. Nearly 25 million Americans are expected to shop on a smartphone or tablet today, up 22 percent from 2012...
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How retailers are gearing up for Green Monday
Since the term was coined in 2007, Green Monday has become one of the busiest days of the holiday season. It’s been adopted by others as a key measurement of online sales, and some retailers are using...
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HSN CEO talks “mobile-first” this holiday season
As part of a retail-focused CNBC Squawk Box special this morning, HSN CEO Mindy Grossman joined guest host and NRF Board Chairman Steve Sadove to talk about major themes around consumer shopping habits...
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Back to the future with holiday retail stats part III: Online and mobile
If you’ve been following along, this holiday season I have been taking regular “trips in time” using NRF’s Retail Insight Center. In my first two travels on Retail’s BIG Blog I’ve looked at ways...
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Retailers that rocked Pinterest, Instagram, Vine and Snapchat in 2013
Social media has made the world more connected, and retailers have leveraged these platforms to brand themselves and attract consumers across the globe. While many retailers already have a presence on...
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Best of 2013: Top 10 posts on Shop.org blog
Omnichannel and mobile were two of the biggest buzzwords in digital retail. But this is a small sample of the content covered on the Shop.org blog this year. Let’s unwrap the 2013 blog roll to review...
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Digital Digs: 10 can’t-miss Retail’s BIG Show sessions for digital retailers
The wide world of retail will come together in less than a week for Retail’s BIG Show in New York City. With so many educational and networking opportunities, it can be a blur for BIG Show veterans and...
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Forrester’s Mulpuru: 2013 great year for e-commerce; 2014 even better
With average web growth of 29 percent, 2013 was a great year for e-commerce, and “2014 promises to be even better,” according to Forrester Research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru. Forrester Research’s...
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2013 eHoliday results: Four lessons to take to the drawing board in 2014
Despite a shorter shopping season and consumers still concerned about the economy, U.S. holiday sales for 2013 ultimately came in at $601.8 billion, representing 3.8 percent year-over-year growth and...
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SORO 2014: Key web metrics continue to stay strong
Shop.org’s new State of Retailing Online 2014: Key Metrics and Initiatives study reveals that digital retail businesses grew an average of 29 percent in 2013, the result of key investments they made in...
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Five ways to prepare for Valentine’s Day 2014
Retailers are moving into Valentine’s Day shopping mode, with themed emails likely to increase sharply now that the Super Bowl is over. Good news for retailers: Online Valentine’s Day shoppers plan to...
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Unlocking mobile conversions: Tips from Gilt, Crate & Barrel and Kiehl’s
Gilt iPhone app (image via App Store on iTunes) By now, we’re familiar with research that suggests consumers are frequently using mobile devices to research products and find store information. But...
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How e-commerce sparked a POS evolution
From same-day fulfillment to sites that are optimized for mobile shopping, the influence of e-commerce and m-commerce is undeniable. But what many consumers don’t see is how different point-of-sale...
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Getting a jump on spring holidays: A guide for retailers
Spring holidays such as Easter, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are important shopping periods for many retailers. In 2013, NRF surveys conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics found that U.S....
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The Web at 25: Looking at retailers’ websites then and now
If you’re celebrating the birthday of the World Wide Web today – the anniversary of the day in 1989 that Sir Tim Berners-Lee wrote a paper proposing the system that transformed the Internet – then...
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Five top trends from PSFK’s Future of Retail 2014
PSFK Founder and President Piers Fawkes It doesn’t matter if you’re a small e-commerce startup or an established omnichannel giant: Success in 2014 requires an obsession with creating unique shopping...
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The state of mobile shopping
We’ve heard all kinds of metaphors to refer to “mobile” – everything from “glue” and “electricity” to “connective tissue.” Whichever works for you, the point is that in just a few years, mobile devices...
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Online shopping expectations for Easter 2014
With a tough winter loosening its grip, spring has never felt so good – and Easter shoppers are ready to celebrate. According to NRF’s Easter consumer survey conducted by Prosper Insights &...
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True life: I’m a software engineer in retail
It’s not common knowledge, but the retail industry employs more engineers than Silicon Valley. While this stat might shock those outside of the industry, key e-commerce players like Gilt, Zappos and...
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Survey: Three in 10 shoppers to buy Mother’s Day gifts online
Mother’s Day is only a few weeks away, which means it’s time for the release the annual Mother’s Day spending survey conducted by Prosper Insights and Analytics for NRF and Shop.org. Online shoppers...
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