holidays

Target Doubles Holiday Digital Sales; In-Store Comps Up 4.2 Percent
Target Doubles Holiday Digital Sales; In-Store Comps Up 4.2 Percent
January 13, 2021  |  Retail

Target reported Wednesday (Jan. 13) that comparable digital sales more than doubled during the holiday period, while in-store sales also surprisingly grew despite the pandemic....

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Swap.com Uses Data Analytics to Fight Post-Holiday Fraud Surge
Swap.com Uses Data Analytics to Fight Post-Holiday Fraud Surge
January 13, 2021  |  Fraud Prevention

The 2020 holiday season was one for the history books, drastically different due to the pandemic limiting consumers’ in-person shopping experiences. Experts predicted that up...

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Adobe: Holiday Online Shopping Topped $188.2 Billion
Adobe: Holiday Online Shopping Topped $188.2 Billion
January 12, 2021  |  eCommerce

The 2020 holiday season was rife with online shopping, which hit a record $188.2 billion, or two years’ worth of growth, according to an analysis...

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Restaurant Holiday Gift Card Sales Disappoint
Restaurant Holiday Gift Card Sales Disappoint
January 12, 2021  |  Retail

Customer experience management platform provider Paytronix released its holiday gift card report on Tuesday (Jan. 12) and found a mixed bag for restaurant sales of...

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Trying To Reason With Returns Season: 51 Percent Of Consumers Would Keep Goods For Discounts
Trying To Reason With Returns Season: 51 Percent Of Consumers Would Keep Goods For Discounts
January 11, 2021  |  Retail

While early to mid-January is always the return season, this year has long been forecast to be a spot more active than its predecessors given the volume...

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Key Checkout Features Separate Best From The Rest In eCommerce
Key Checkout Features Separate Best From The Rest In eCommerce
January 07, 2021  |  Checkout Conversion

eCommerce was the name of the game for consumers and retailers in 2020, with merchants’ success hinging on the power of rapid innovations and intuitive...

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Apple App Store Users Spent Record $1.8 Billion Over Holiday Season
Apple App Store Users Spent Record $1.8 Billion Over Holiday Season
January 06, 2021  |  Apple

The Apple App Store rang up some $1.8 billion in sales over the holiday season in the week between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve,...

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COVID-19 Plays Grinch To UK Post-Christmas Retail Sales
COVID-19 Plays Grinch To UK Post-Christmas Retail Sales
January 05, 2021  |  Retail

U.K. brick-and-mortar retailers already suffering from COVID-19 restrictions in the run-up to Christmas saw foot traffic plummet during the key Boxing Day/post-Christmas period as well....

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Risky Business: Malls See Late Holiday Surge Despite Pandemic
Risky Business: Malls See Late Holiday Surge Despite Pandemic
January 04, 2021  |  Retail

With the holidays all over except for the returns, it’s time for the troubled mall sector to face the existential crisis that it avoided thanks...

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