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Site Outages Plague Walmart, J.Crew, Lowe’s, Best Buy, Office Depot During Black Friday Weekend
Despite retailers having all year to prepare for the deluge of online shoppers on Thanksgiving weekend, some of the industry’s biggest players experienced web site outages throughout the weekend. Shoppers…
News November 27Forrester Acquires SiriusDecisions For $245 Million
Forrester Research has acquired SiriusDecisions, a B2B research advisory firm, for $245 million in cash. While Forrester works with business and technology leaders in retail, financial services, health care, energy…
News November 27
Smartphones Generate 49% Of Thanksgiving Weekend Traffic
Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Small-Business Saturday and Cyber Monday were powerhouse days for retail this year, racking up online sales of more than $20.8 billion, according to Adobe Analytics. Individual days’…
News November 27
What ‘Black Friday In July’ Taught Retailers This Holiday Season
Amazon Prime Day — or “Black Friday in July” — offered several lessons for retailers to not only help them plan for this crucial shopping season, but also set themselves…
Executive Viewpoints November 27Rancourt, Gravity Blanket Add Installment Payment Option
Rancourt & Co., apremium leather shoe crafter, and Gravity Blanket, an online seller of weighted blanket and sleep products, are the latest brands to introduce an installment payment option through…
News November 267-Eleven Adds Alipay And WeChat Pay In 35 Canadian Stores
7-Eleven will provide Alipay and WeChat Pay mobile payment services to Chinese customers traveling in Canada, making it the first convenience store to accept these platforms in the market. Alipay…
News November 26GameStop Will Sell Spring Mobile Division For $700 Million
GameStop is taking its biggest step toward exiting mobile phone and services sales, selling its Spring Mobile division to Prime Communications L.P. for approximately $700 million. Spring Mobile owns and…
News November 263 Things That Ultimately Make Marketplaces Succeed And Fail
By Ryan Elich, Jazva Building a successful online marketplace forces you to think carefully about the products and services that today’s consumers want. With hundreds of competitors out there, you…
Executive Viewpoints November 26Can Your Store’s Cell Signal Handle The Shopping Rush?
By Broc Jenkins, Wilson Electronics LLC Despite what you may have heard, in-store shopping is far from dead. In fact, a recent study predicts that the number of people shopping…
Executive Viewpoints November 26
