Statistics: Online Shopping
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Study: Mobile “Showroomers” Generally Buy In Stores, 18–34-Year-Olds Most Active
We learned over the weekend how prominent mobile devices were in the Black Friday shopping melee. And while a growing number of purchases are...
Black Friday Weekend: E-Commerce Thinned Crowds, Mobile Devices Drove Traffic
Black Friday ain’t what it used to be. The cultural ritual (if I can call it that) appears to have lost some of its mojo, as many...
E-Commerce Conversion Rate Rose To 71% Higher Than October Average Last Week
According to aggregated e-commerce data, online shoppers are jumping right in and placing their orders....
Surveys: On Black Friday, Millennials Will Be In Stores And On Their Smartphones
‘Tis the season for holiday shopping surveys. Two new ones from Wanderful Media and Retale offer insights into the mind of the coveted but...
Adobe Predicts Online Holiday Sales To Hit Record $83B, Cyber Monday To Generate $3B
According to Adobe's forecasts, this holiday season will see an 11% year-over-year increase in online...
Google’s New Shopping Insights Tool Shows Retailers Product Search Intent At The Local Level
The data visualization tool shows search data on more than 5,000 products in US...
Study: Mobile Apps For Engagement, Mobile Web For Research & Comparisons
The mobile web and apps are complementary. However they’ve been treated as though they’re mutually exclusive in the press and in...
Online Sales Expected To Increase 6 To 8 Percent This Holiday Season, NRF Says
The National Retail Federation estimates solid retail sales growth this holiday. E-commerce is expected to outpace overall retail sales growth...
Amazon Is the Starting Point For 44 Percent Of Consumers Searching For Products. Is Google Losing, Then?
A new survey compares Amazon and search engine performance to an earlier study. A look at what the comparison might actually signal about...
Survey: Personalization & Relevance Increasingly Overlap In Consumers’ Minds
Another day, another survey about the gap between consumers’ stated desire for personalization and the ability of retailers to meet that...
E-Commerce Conversion Rates Improve In Q2 After Several Declining Quarters [Report]
Performance improvements occurred across all devices....
Survey: Teens Spend 2X More Time With Mobile Than PCs Or TVs
American teens, (so-called “Millennial teens”) spend more than twice as much time per day with mobile devices than they do with conventional...
US E-Commerce Sales Jump 14 Percent, Account For 7.2 Percent Of All Retail
Overall retail sales ticked up just one percent year-over-year, according to latest US Commerce Department...
Not Just A Boon For Amazon: Prime Day Effect Felt Across The Web
Retail activity lifts seen on other marketplaces and retailer-owned sites during Wednesday's deal...
Report: Conversion & Add-To-Cart Rates Have Been Declining For A Year
Conversion rates have fallen on smartphones and desktop in the U.S., but tablets are a surprising bright spot....
U.S. E-commerce Retail Sales Hit $261B In 2013, Annual Census Data Shows
Sales topped $261 billion in 2013 and accounted for larger percentage of total sales than in...
E-Commerce: Smartphone Traffic Grows 269 Pct, 90 Pct Of Carts Abandoned
Since Black Friday 2014 e-retailers have come to recognize that smartphones are now a major force in online shopping. However conversions remain...
Connected Experiences: Digital & Content Transformation
With the advance of the Internet of Things, marketers' opportunities to connect with consumers becomes much more varied -- and complicated....
Online Shoppers 1.6X More Likely To Make Purchase After Viewing Video [Report]
According to Invodo's data, online retail video views were up 54 percent in 2014, with 43 percent of views happening in Q4....
Report: Each Share Is Worth $2.56 In Revenue & Average Social Orders Are 8.2% Larger
According to a new study from AddShoppers, social sharing sends an audience that spends significantly more...