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Shoppers have plenty of gift buying left to do this season according to a survey released by the NRF which found that the average shopper had completed 46.7 percent of their holiday shopping by the second week of December, down... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 03:43 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Coupons | Holiday | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds | Thanksgiving
Holiday shopping is in full swing now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us… sort of. Overall, visits to the Retail 500 were down on Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday as compared to last year. Visits declined... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 11:33 AM
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In Categories Black Friday | Cyber Monday | Holiday | Retail | Thanksgiving
Last week, our custom category of 155 Social Networking websites received just over 10% of all US Internet visits. With such a large audience, marketers have flocked to websites like Facebook and Twitter to reach out to consumers during the... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 11:22 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Cyber Monday | Facebook | Holiday | Social Media | Social Networking | Thanksgiving | Twitter | US
When you start hearing about doorbuster sales and stores opening at 5 am, it can mean only one thing – Thanksgiving and Black Friday are almost upon us again! Retailers started to promote pre-Black Friday sales as early as late... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 05:36 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Cyber Monday | Email | Holiday | Retail | Search Engines | Shopping and Classifieds | Thanksgiving
Holiday projections are out and many are predicting a gloomy holiday season for retailers. The NRF forecasts a 1% decline growth in total retail sales for the 2009 holiday season, totaling $437.6 billion. The online channel is poised to fare... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 06:11 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Email | Holiday | Retail | Search Strategies | Shopping and Classifieds | Thanksgiving
On Friday, Circuit City announced that the company is closing 567 stores and will be laying off more than 30,000 workers. During the holiday season, despite being one the top visited websites among the Retail 500 on Thanksgiving (#5), Black... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 02:56 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Holiday | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds
We all knew heading into the holiday season that consumers were going to be highly sensitive to price due to the economic conditions, paving the way for an increase in online deal seeking. Coupon websites experienced growth in visits throughout... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 07:40 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Economy | Holiday | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds
The holiday shopping season is officially upon us and for some online retailers, prospects may be rosier than expected thanks to heavy promotional activity to encourage spending (and unfortunately also erode profit margins). On Thanksgiving, which has been the heaviest... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 07:51 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds
Thanksgiving is almost here, time for turkey, pumpkin pie – and online shopping. Each year Thanksgiving is the peak traffic day to the Retail 500, particularly among many of the brick & mortar players, who use the online channel to... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 06:34 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Economy | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds
With one week left to go, Black Friday (aka the day after Thanksgiving) is almost upon us. Historically, Black Friday sales were typically called After-Thanksgiving sales, but thanks to a growing number of websites leaking retailer promotions, Black Friday has... Continue reading...
Posted by Heather Dougherty at 06:55 PM
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In Categories Black Friday | Retail | Shopping and Classifieds