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A Banner Black Friday for Some Disappoints Groupon and Other Daily Deal...
Groupon and the other daily deal providers saw sales tank during the week of Thanksgiving, unlike traditional retailers, which reported robust sales surrounding the holidays. Daily deal industry...
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10 of the Days Before Christmas Hit $1 Billion in Online Spending
For the second year in a row, Cyber Monday was the biggest online shopping day of the year, hitting $1.25 billion in the U.S. Although the season kicked off with a bang, there were fears that consumer...
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Xbox Accounted for 40 Percent of All Videogame Sales in 2011
Microsoft dominated the videogame industry last year, with the Xbox capturing nearly half of all consumer spending from physical sales in 2011. According to NPD data released today, about $6.7 billion,...
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Online Commerce Trend: More Spending, Smaller Purchases
The average checkout size is shrinking, even though more people spent more money online this holiday season. In November and December, the number of online transactions increased by 37 percent, and...
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Photobucket: Holidays Were All About Mobile Photos -- And Fido
This past holiday season, many consumers ditched their digital cameras in favor of smartphones, a new company-sponsored report from Photobucket says. Data from the popular photo-sharing service shows...
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Ahead of the Holidays, OpenSky Releases Its First TV Commercial
OpenSky is launching its first-ever TV commercial today as it prepares to enter the crazy holiday shopping season. The 30-second spot shows a day in the life of a woman who uses products she discovered...
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E-Commerce Will Grow Again This Holiday, but Don't Thank Mobile or Social
Online shopping should be a bright spot during the holidays this year, with sales expected to grow by 20 percent compared to 2011. But it’s not what you may think. Sales are forecast to increase...
View ArticleAmazon to Hire 50,000 Elves to Help Out Santa This Christmas
How many employees does it take for Amazon to fulfill holiday orders? About 70,000. Amazon said it will hire more than 50,000 seasonal employees on top of the current 20,000 working at its 40 U.S....
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Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Preparing for an Online Christmas
Retailers that have both online and offline stores are trying to find new ways to compete against Amazon this holiday season. “In the next 12 to 24 months, I think to survive and to compete against...
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The Latest Long Apple Line: Developers Waiting for App Approval
Complaints are coming from some developers that Apple’s App Store approval process has slowed recently, with wait times running up to three weeks. cdrin / Shutterstock.com The drawn-out process is...
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Groupon's Not Trying to Become Amazon, but Andrew Mason Says Products Are Key
Do you need a new wireless router? Or maybe you want a silk duvet or a faux leather jacket. Well, if you act fast enough, there’s a chance you can buy them for 50 percent off on Groupon. The Chicago...
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Yahoo CEO Mayer Cuts End-of-Year "Week of Rest" for Employees, While Prepping...
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is now starting to unveil the flip side of free lunches and smartphones, with two employee-focused moves that are a little more tough love in nature. According to several...
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Amazon's Bezos Knocking on Wood for a Record Holiday Season
Even though retailers are better prepared to go up against Amazon this holiday season than in years past, that isn’t stopping Amazon’s chief from being perpetually optimistic. In an interview with Matt...
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It's Not Just You -- Holiday E-Tailing Is Starting Earlier This Year
Today, multiple retailers unveiled their plans for Cyber Monday, many days earlier than last year. In the physical retail world, it’s the equivalent of putting up Christmas displays and piping in...
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Yup, Google Has Christmas Sales on Ads, Too
Google’s ad business generated some $11.5 billion last quarter. This quarter should be even better, because everyone spends tons of money selling stuff online during the holidays. So Google is the last...
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The Prime Reason Why Amazon's Sales May Be Falling Behind This Holiday
Amazon’s ability to get orders to your door in time for the holidays may be having an unexpected consequence: Consumers are procrastinating longer than usual to buy presents online. In a memo to...
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Surprise! Consumers Dreaming of an Apple Christmas.
Consumers are dreaming of a white Christmas this holiday season — one filled with shiny white Apple products. That’s according to new data from research firm Parks Associates, which recently surveyed...
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Online Shopping Season Peaked Last Week, but It's Not Over Yet
The holiday shopping season is rapidly coming to a close, although many e-commerce sites are still promising on-time deliveries if orders are made by later this week. Image by mbortolino Amazon, which...
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Some Last-Minute Online Shoppers Can Still Put Gifts Under the Tree
Still not done shopping, and don’t have time to go to the mall? If so, you’re in luck. There are a handful of options for getting packages delivered in time for Christmas, especially if you live in one...
View ArticleApple's Newest Ad: If Only Via FaceTime
A proto-Zooey Deschanel on an iPad mini, accompanying herself adorably on the ukulele, sings “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” to a grandfatherly dude (on a full-sized iPad) via FaceTime in Apple’s latest...
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