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Cyber Monday deals will be rampant, according to survey

87.1% of online retailers plan to offer special promotions for the Monday after Thanksgiving, often referred to as Cyber Monday. That’s a jump of 3.4 percentage points from a year ago.

Posted 11/24/2009Zak StamborPost a comment

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For holiday planning, think multi-channel, shipping and new practices—now

Aligning efforts between store and online channels, ensuring shipping requirements are clear, and using successful new strategies should be considered today to prepare for the holiday shopping season, one expert says.

Posted 07/10/2008Paul DemeryPost a comment

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As the holidays approach, online retailers still scrambling to prepare

Some e-retailers are set with new site features for the holidays, while the tweaking continues at others. A retrospective look from 37Signals at what retailers have done to prepare sites for the holidays shows some ideas are better than others.

Posted 09/21/2004Kurt PetersPost a comment

Online orders 70% of Mother’s Day web and phone sales at 1-800-Flowers.com

Total orders for the Mother’s Day holiday period from April 26 to May 9 exceeded 1 million, with orders on the peak day totaling 175,000. The company delivered more than 850,000 floral arrangements, live plants and other gift items.

Posted 05/17/2004Paul DemeryPost a comment

Happy New Year to all

The staff of InternetRetailer.com wishes all our readers a safe and happy New Year`s holiday. The next news will appear on this site on Jan. 2.

Posted 12/31/2003Paul DemeryPost a comment

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Shoebuy.com, Altrec.com say holiday sales running at twice last year’s pace

Several online retailers say holiday season sales are running far more than expected, up to double the holiday sales pace of last year. Shoebuy says December sales are up 100%; at sporting goods retailer Altrec, seasonal revenue is up 94%.

Posted 12/17/2003Paul DemeryPost a comment

UncommonGoods’ holiday sales nearly doubled from year before

Holiday sales at UncommonGoods.com increased 85% from the year earlier, while January sales were up 94% year to year.

Posted 02/04/2002Kurt PetersPost a comment

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Mother’s Day spikes record order rate at 1-800-Flowers.com

The flower site shipped more than 500,000 floral arrangements for Mothers Day.

Posted 05/21/2001Kurt PetersPost a comment