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Winter Holidays

  • Verizon: Retailers should adjust to ‘Cyber Season’

    Overall retailers had a good 2015 holiday from a digital commerce standpoint, but some patterns changed.

    According to the Verizon Retail Index, days that previously had unusual spikes in e-commerce activity, such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, now show more normal levels of online traffic and purchase activity. Part of this shift is attributed to the widespread availability of high-speed online connections from consumer mobile devices.

  • Holiday scorecard: Winners, losers and those in between

    In what was arguably one of the strangest holiday season in recent memory – for a variety of reasons – retailers have reported a variety of results ranging from impressive to outright awful.

  • Santa was good to Toys'R'Us this holiday season

    Toys “R” Us produced surprisingly strong results, especially online, in what is proving to be a holiday season characterized by mixed results from retailers who have disclosed results.

  • A good Christmas for Five Below

    Five Below says its same-store sales rose 4.1% during the holiday season, prompting the company to boost its guidance for the fourth quarter.

    The company announced that net sales for the nine-week period ended Jan. 2 increased by 24% to $286.1 million from $230.7 million in the comparable nine-week period of fiscal 2014, while same-store sales for this period increased by 4.1% over the comparable period in fiscal 2014.

  • comScore: Mobile shoppers keep holidays happy for retail

    The final tally is in, and it was a happy holiday for retailers engaging in digital commerce, with help from strong mobile performance.

    According to data from comScore, total digital spend for the holiday season (including preliminary mobile commerce estimates) reached $69.1 billion in 2015. This represents about a 13% annual gain from $61.3 billion spent in the 2014 season.

  • Santa brings Toys “R” Us best holiday in years

    Toys “R” Us produced surprisingly strong results, especially online, in what is proving to be a holiday season characterized by mixed results from retailers who have disclosed results.

  • Here's what drove online holiday sales growth

    The numbers are in and one specific device clearly served as a major catalyst for increased e-commerce sales during the 2015 holiday season.

    According to the MarketLive 2015 Holiday Flash Report, smartphone revenue during the just-completed holiday season (Nov. 23, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016) increased 50%. Overall e-commerce revenue grew 8% during that period.

  • Study: What drove online holiday sales growth?

    The numbers are in and one specific device clearly served as a major catalyst for increased e-commerce sales during the 2015 holiday season.

    According to the MarketLive 2015 Holiday Flash Report, smartphone revenue during the just-completed holiday season (Nov. 23, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016) increased 50%. Overall e-commerce revenue grew 8% during that period.

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