- Early data from Thanksgiving and Black Friday reiterates the rise of mobile commerce As if this needed reiteration but mobile payments are definitely on the rise, with early data reports from Thanksgiving and Black Friday confirming what we all predicted - an increase in online commerce, and specifically, an increase in mobile commerce.
- Here’s 2012’s key online holiday shopping dates – with one surprise While Cyber Monday has cemented itself as the single most important online holiday shopping date since 2010, a surprising trend has seen Thanksgiving Day emerge as a day used increasingly for shopping activity.
- After record week in online spending, Cyber Monday sentiment "positive" As holiday shopping season official kicked-off this week, dramatic increases in online spending have been recorded on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, up 39.3% and 24.3% respectively.
- Shoppers are no longer impulsive, study finds Shoppers are no longer impulsive. A recent study from Deloitte has found that nine out of 10 shoppers know what they're purchasing before entering a physical store - all thanks to research first conducted online.