Caution—and seeking online deals—are the vogue this year, says a new survey
Nov. 6, 2009 Comparison shopping has become an important part of consumers’ buying decisions with 46% of shoppers planning to conduct more online comparison re...

Home Depot builds a new interactive gift card strategy
Nov. 5, 2009 By letting shoppers personalize gift cards online, including with their own uploaded photos, Home Depot expects to increase the rate of card ...

E-commerce sales fell 2% in the third quarter, comScore says
Nov. 5, 2009 U.S. online retail spending fell 2% year over year in the third quarter to $29.6 billion, marking the first time on record that shopping at retail web...

Consumers will spend 18% less online in Q4 than a year ago, study predicts
Nov. 5, 2009 Shoppers will spend an average of $281 the fourth quarter this year, a 18% decrease compared to the same period last year and a 24% increase compared ...

The consumer spending deep freeze begins to thaw
Nov. 5, 2009 A bit of light glimmers through the October same-store sales that retailers are reporting this week, according to analysis by consultan...

Forrester predicts online retail sales will grow 8% this holiday season
Nov. 2, 2009 Online holiday retail sales will grow 8% this year to $44.7 billion, predicts Forrester Research Inc. That would represent a continued shift of shoppi...
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Retail is on the road to recovery but faces bumps and detours, experts say
Nov. 1, 2009 With the crucial holiday shopping season only weeks away, retailers have some cause to celebrate: the retail recovery has arrived, two industry groups...

Online consumers are chatty about Amazon, Target and Wal-Mart
Oct. 30, 2009 Amazon.com Inc., Target Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. were the most talked-about retailers on the web in September, and the talk was quite positive, ...

Amazon.com launches PayPhrase as a new online payments option
Oct. 29, 2009 Amazon Payments Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., today launched Amazon PayPhrase as a new option for speeding up online checkout, i...

Holiday shoppers will do more of their buying online this year, study says
Oct. 23, 2009 55% of frequent web shoppers plan to shop online this holiday season, up from 49% last year, and e-commerce will account for a 26% share of ho...
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