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Internet Retailer
February 27, 2012
U.S. consumers will spend $327 billion online in 2016, up from $202 billion last year, Forrester Research says in a new projection. Driving that growth will be more consumers spending more online each year, the spread of mobile technology, flash sales, and loyalty and free shipping programs.
Internet Retailer
November 18, 2011
Total sales and comparable-store sales fell, but the web grew 21.1%
Internet Retailer
November 18, 2011
The web grew 15% while total revenue was up 6.3%.
Wall Street Journal
November 15, 2011
What's the hottest thing on retailers' Christmas lists this year? Heads of e-commerce.
Internet Retailer
November 9, 2011
Online shoppers in the United States spent $36.3 billion in Q3, comScore says.
Supermarket News
October 31, 2011
An ecommerce site that began in diapers is growing up.
Soap.com, one of the channels in a group of websites operated by Quidsi here and owned by ecommerce giant Amazon.com, last week began offering 10,000 nonperishable grocery products.
Internet Retailer
October 24, 2011
The Amazon-owned household goods retailer adds non-perishable foods to its lineup.
Internet Retailer
October 13, 2011
E-commerce revenue is on track to hit $1.5 billion in 2011.
The day isn’t far off that annual web sales at Gap Inc. will hit $2 billion, the company says. But to hit that goal, which Gap expects to achieve as soon as 2014, the specialty apparel chain retailer will need to keep diversifying.
The Boston Globe
September 12, 2011
The Boston area, home to a number of online retail businesses, will host the nation’s e-commerce industry this week at a convention that is being held here for the first time in at least 10 years.
Reuters
September 6, 2011
Quiet Logistics, exclusive provider of robotic, white glove ecommerce fulfillment services, today announced they have signed an agreement with Inditex to provide logistics services to Zara online sales in the U.S. beginning September 7, 2011.
Bloomberg
August 15, 2011
U.S. retailers are shoring up their e-commerce operations, playing catch-up as budget-conscious shoppers defect to such online merchants as Amazon.com.
Internet Retailer
July 7, 2011
June is the eighth straight month e-commerce posts double-digit gains, MasterCard says
TechCrunch
July 6, 2011
Everything comes around. A decade after the Pets.com sock puppet became the symbol of overreaching Internet startups, Amazon-owned Quidsi is launching an online pets supply store today called Wag.com.
Internet Retailer
June 16, 2011
Walgreen gets 25% of online prescription orders from mobile devices, IRCE speaker says.
Internet Retailer
June 2, 2011
Online spending increased 16% in May, MasterCard says, with apparel sales strong.
Fast Company
May 20, 2011
These amazing bro-bots work in pairs and in three dimensions to vastly improve efficiency and organization--without incessant high-fiving!
NECN
May 20, 2011
Have you ever wondered: What happens between the time I click to buy something from an online retailer, and when it arrives in a package at your home or office?
Internet Retailer
May 19, 2011
E-commerce grew 18%, while total sales declined 1%.
Internet Retailer
May 17, 2011
E-retailers are upgrading their fulfillment operations as customer expectations grow.
Internet Retailer
May 10, 2011
TechCrunch
May 9, 2011
As we heard in the company’s most recent earnings call, e-commerce giant Amazon is planning to open at least nine fulfillment centers to meet growing demand in sales across the globe.
Internet Retailer
May 4, 2011
Online spending increased 19% last month, says MasterCard in a new report.
Internet Retailer
May 4, 2011
A healing economy and a slowly improving jobs market gave consumers confidence to spend more in 2010. And when consumers were in the mood to shop, they spent more of their time and money online.
Internet Retailer
April 7, 2011
The web grew faster than stores for nearly two-thirds of Top 500 retail chains.
Multichannel Merchant
April 7, 2011
The sharp rise in gas prices may put a hold on overall economic growth, and that's bad news for spending on entertainment, home improvement and travel, according to Discover Financial Service's U.S. Spending Monitor. But based on historical results, ecommerce should see a lift.
March 17, 2011
Companies that sell stuff online may have a rather profitable stretch of years ahead of them if a new forecast from eMarketer is to be believed. eMarketer thinks U.S. retail ecommerce sales will climb at healthy rates through at least 2015.
Ignify
February 14, 2011
While Retail has generally been lagging with the exception of a few specialty retailers who have carved out a niche, eCommerce continues to buck the trend and 2010 was one of the most successful holiday seasons ever for online retailers.
Internet Retailer
February 4, 2011
That marked the third consecutive month of double-digit growth.
Capture Commerce
January 20, 2011
Although the US and Canada lead the world in ecommerce spending, other countries are increasingly shopping online. By 2014, global ecommerce spending is projected to increase more than 90 percent. A sizable portion of that growth is expected to come from Latin America, where the amount spent online is projected to more than double.
Bazaar blog
June 28, 2010
Forrester predicts that online retail within the EU’s largest markets in Western Europe – the UK, Germany, and France – will grow at an 11% compound annual growth rate over the next five years, reaching €114 billion by 2014.