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U.S. Pre-Christmas Online Spending Up 15% This Year

by | Ecommerce News & Trends |

U.S. Pre-Christmas spending has jumped up 15% this year compared to 2014, according stats released yesterday by comScore. From Nov 21 to Dec 21, $48.3 billion has been spent online and the last full week (Dec 15-21) really took things up a notch, with an 18% growth in online purchases. It really was a whopper of a week for sales, opening with $1.07billion on the Monday and ‘winding down’ with $926 million spent on Free Shipping Day (Thursday, Dec 18). Gian Fulgoni, comScore Chairman … [Read more...]

Top Relaxation Tips To Wind Down After The Christmas Rush Winds You Up

by | Ecommerce Inspiration |

Right, you have TWO days between now and the end of the New Year Sales which are yours and yours alone. Those two days are Christmas Day and New Years. So you’d better make the most of them, because you’ll be busy making money the rest of the time! Whether you celebrate Christmas is irrelevant, as the majority of the world does – and that means that YOU get a break, which is enough cause for celebration if you ask me. The problem is, that you probably don’t know how to actually take that break … [Read more...]

Loyalty Breeds Loyalty – Don’t Forget To Say Thank You This Year

by | Ecommerce Inspiration |

I’m going to break a cardinal rule here and ‘assume’ (to assume makes an ass out of you and me) that you have a marketing budget; following that, I’m going to assume you have some extra spend left in your pocket. Still with me? I guess you do then! Great! So here’s what you should do with it... Bond with your sales people. Treat them (and not ‘mean to keep them keen’). There’s often a bit of friction between sales and marketing in businesses and although the gap is closing more and … [Read more...]