comScore reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 56 days of the November – December 2010 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $30.81 billion has been spent online, marking a 13-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. The most recent week (week ending Dec. 26) witnessed $2.45 billion in spending, an increase [...]

What Are the 10 Heaviest Online Spending Days on Record? In a recent report by comScore, holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 40 days of the November – December 2010 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, more than $21.95 billion has been spent online, marking a 12-percent increase versus the corresponding days last [...]

Social Commerce is a very hot topic right now with numerous blog posts, articles and even a few events focused on ecommerce and social media.

More than two-thirds (69%) of consumers plan on buying at least one gift card for the holidays this year, according to survey by Javelin Strategy & Research conducted on behalf of eBillme.com

Facebook Founder and Chief Executive Office Mark Zuckerberg describes Facebook as a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, families and coworkers.  Indeed, Facebook is so much more than a social network. As a social utility, it changes the dynamics of relationships, how we communicate with one another, and how we [...]

The holiday season is almost upon us, and if you haven’t started planning for it, now is the time to get busy. There’s no point waiting until it the rush as started, as often it takes time to make the necessary improvements – which will mean you’ll be too late to capitalise on the increased [...]

Retailers can now offer Facebook Credits as an incentive to online shoppers as a result of Ifeelgoods integrating with Facebook Credits.

Here’s an interesting post from Dr. Patsi Krakoff, 10 Conversion Tips from Brain Science.  Check out this and her other posts on “How To Use Content Marketing to Get Found, Get Known, Get Clients.”

A couple of months ago, we supplied a list of the organizations topseos.com characterized as the best ecommerce SEO companies.  Now, as we head towards Black Friday and the holiday shopping season, the list has changed, and it seems time to revisit it.

Companies that don’t take mobile shoppers into account are ignoring a significant segment of the population, according to a new report.  Sterling Commerce and Demandware determined that around 15 percent of consumers use mobile devices to make purchases online.