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E-retail spending to increase 62% by 2016

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.

E-commerce was the only bright spot for Gap in Q3

Internet Retailer

November 18, 2011

Total sales and comparable-store sales fell, but the web grew 21.1%

Web sales in the latest quarter continue on a nice upswing for Williams-Sonoma Inc.

Internet Retailer

November 18, 2011

The web grew 15% while total revenue was up 6.3%.

Wanted: Chief, E-Commerce

Wall Street Journal

November 15, 2011

What's the hottest thing on retailers' Christmas lists this year? Heads of e-commerce.

E-retail sales rise 13% in Q3

Internet Retailer

November 9, 2011

Online shoppers in the United States spent $36.3 billion in Q3, comScore says.

Amazon's Soap.com Adds Food

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.

Soap.com moves into the food business

Internet Retailer

October 24, 2011

The Amazon-owned household goods retailer adds non-perishable foods to its lineup.

Gap eyes $2 billion in annual web sales by 2014

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.

E-commerce convention is right at home in Boston

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.

Quiet Logistics to Support the Launching of Zara.com in U.S.

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.

Retailers Deploy Robots to Catch Amazon

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.

Another month, another gain for e-com

Internet Retailer

July 7, 2011

June is the eighth straight month e-commerce posts double-digit gains, MasterCard says

From Diapers To Pets, Amazon’s Quidsi Introduces Wag.com

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.

IRCE 2011 Report: Walgreens wins over multichannel shoppers

Internet Retailer

June 16, 2011

Walgreen gets 25% of online prescription orders from mobile devices, IRCE speaker says.

E-commerce keeps growing

Internet Retailer

June 2, 2011

Online spending increased 16% in May, MasterCard says, with apparel sales strong.

Kiva Powers Up Web Commerce With New Bot-On-Bot Action

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!

Robots revolutionizing online shopping - video

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?

The only channel that grew for Gap in Q1 was online

Internet Retailer

May 19, 2011

E-commerce grew 18%, while total sales declined 1%.

Faster fulfillment

Internet Retailer

May 17, 2011

E-retailers are upgrading their fulfillment operations as customer expectations grow.

E-retail sales jump 12% in Q1

Internet Retailer

May 10, 2011

Amazon Ramps Up Fulfillment Center Expansion In Arizona And Indiana

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.

A vigorous April for e-commerce

Internet Retailer

May 4, 2011

Online spending increased 19% last month, says MasterCard in a new report.

The new Top 500

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.

The web continues to trump store sales at the big chains

Internet Retailer

April 7, 2011

The web grew faster than stores for nearly two-thirds of Top 500 retail chains.

High Gas Prices May Boost Ecommerce Growth

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.

Big Growth in U.S. Retail Ecommerce Sales Predicted

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.

eCommerce Trends for 2011

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.

January e-commerce spending rose 12%, MasterCard says

Internet Retailer

February 4, 2011

That marked the third consecutive month of double-digit growth.

Forecast For Global Ecommerce: 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.

Prepare for international ecommerce growth now

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.