A Tale of Two Types of Retailers . . . and Who’s More Profitable

Our world has certainly changed in the past 10 years  . . . I remember when Amazon first came into the marketplace and there was all of this hub-bub about how you couldn’t trust online shopping sites because your credit card info wasn’t protected and there were a lot of “pirates” in cyberspace, etc.  That [...]

Holiday Shopping with Your Mobile Device

This holiday season more shoppers than ever are using their mobile devices.  They are using them not only to research products, but to also make purchases — many while standing in the store!  Even more interesting, many shoppers are using their tablets — as opposed to smartphones — even though they are too large to [...]

Mobile and Online Leading Holiday Sales

Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been phenomenal from an economic standpoint.  I subscribed to some shopping alerts from IBM Marketing Solutions and as I got each report from last Wednesday forward, I was astounded at the retail figures coming out for this holiday season. Here are the highlights: Consumers are clearly ready to spend online, [...]