Forget about Cyber Monday; December 6th easily topped the online sales of the Monday after Thanksgiving, as US consumers spent $803 million on the first Thursday in December.
Shoppers Should Read Online Privacy Policies
The New York Public Interest Research Group has released a report on online shopping privacy policies detailing how online retailers protect customer’s identity.
Online Shoppers Want Quality Recommendations
Online retailers that recommend products that consumers are not interested in perform worse than those that make no recommendations, according to the 2007 ChoiceStream Personalization Survey.
Half Have Shopped Online While At Work
One-fifth of people say that the workplace is the main location where they access the Internet according to a survey from Burst Media.
Online Tool for Reputation Rating
WOT, also known as Web of Trust, has launched the world’s first online tool for reputation rating.
Online Retailers Sending More Holiday Email
Promotional email from retailers on Cyber Monday increased this year with 55 percent more sending email this year than last year according to RetailEmail.Blogspot, a site that monitors email marketing campaigns of major retailers.
Online Shoppers Have Little Patience
Close to three-quarters of online shoppers (73%) will ditch an ecommerce site within one or two minutes of not finding the products they are looking for according to a survey sponsored by SLI Systems and conducted by Zoomerang.
Online Ads To Surpass Magazines
The Internet is on track to surpass magazines to become the globe’s third largest advertising medium by 2010, according to Steve King, chief executive of ZenithOptimedia.
Direct Mail Advertising’s Online Effects
According to a new study, eBusinesses that want to contact people through direct mail advertising might be best off trying to reach men between the ages of 55 and 64. Compared to 2003, though, their odds of reaching just about everybody are significantly better.
TV Growth To Increase More Than Online Video
Growth in television viewing will increase more than time spent watching online video through 2012 and attracting a large audience for Internet video could take even longer according Bain & Co.