Posted on November 28th, 2011
With a record $60 billion projected in online sales for the 2011 holiday, the time is now to ride the peak and give your customers a reason to buy online. IT’S NOT TOO LATE! However, with average time on site down by 30% and bounce rate up by 35% vs. just three years ago, you have less time
Author: Brian Beck | Posted in Uncategorized | No Responses »
Tags: e-commerce, ecommerce trends, holiday shopping, mobile shopping, online shopping, peak season, Social Commerce
Posted on October 26th, 2011
“Peak” season is right around the corner! There are quick and easy things you
can do right now to add social media to your website.
And why? Here are some useful (and even surprising) stats:
How do you keep your customers connected to you through social media on your website?
Author: Caroline Ernst | Posted in Social Commerce | No Responses »
Tags: e-commerce, ecommerce trends, facebook, Social Commerce
Posted on January 4th, 2011
When the gray lady came calling, looking for our view on mobile commerce this holiday season, our experts were, needless to say, happy to oblige. Three of us spent almost an hour with Verne Kopytoff, a New York Times business technology reporter, discussing mobile shoppers – who they are,
Author: Cynthia Kounaris | Posted in mobile commerce, online shopping | 1 Response »
Tags: e-commerce, ecommerce, holiday shopping, iphone, mcommerce, mobile commerce, New York Times, peak season
Posted on December 22nd, 2010
Happy Happy!
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
We at FitForCommerce want to share our happiness with you!
We’re happy you all made it through 2010 – whether relatively unscathed or really successful. Congratulations! We know it wasn’t easy. It’s a testimony
Author: Bernardine Wu | Posted in eCommerce Platforms, ecommerce consulting, mobile commerce, online shopping | No Responses »
Posted on December 1st, 2010
And we’re listening. We did a survey a few weeks ago to learn what ecommerce companies are thinking about mobile commerce, what they are doing about it, and why.
We were surprised by some of the responses, and others just confirmed what we suspected. To see the complete results of our
Author: Bernardine Wu | Posted in mobile commerce | No Responses »
Tags: ecommerce trends, mcommerce, mobile commerce, mobile shopping
Posted on October 29th, 2010
For a while now, we’ve all been hearing that ‘mobile is the next big thing.’ But as we’re bombarded with emails, articles, and banners touting this ‘new’ wave, how do we filter through all the noise?
Attendees at WBR’s Mobile Shopping Summit were treated to interesting and
Author: Josh Shanas | Posted in Tradeshows, mobile commerce, online shopping | No Responses »
Tags: amazon payments, android, blackberry, html5, iphone, kenneth cole, mcommerce, mobile com, mobile commerce, mobile optimized site, mobile shopping summit, pizza hut app, symbian
Posted on October 6th, 2010
In Dallas, FitForCommerce partnered with Shop.org to provide the most value to retailers and exhibitors, so they can maximize their time at the Summit. We had our goals and, dang it, we met them! We can always improve and we’ve already had a meeting to figure out how to do better next
Author: Cynthia Kounaris | Posted in Tradeshows, ecommerce consulting, mobile commerce, online shopping, user experience | No Responses »
Tags: e-commerce, ecommerce, ecommerce trends, mcommerce, mobile commerce, mobile shopping, online shopping, trade shows
Posted on September 15th, 2010
The Annual Goldman Sachs Retail Conference held in NYC each year is an event many retail execs and the investment community seem to hold on their calendars. The rooms were packed for all 3-4 concurrent tracks today and yesterday. CEOs, COOs and CEOs from the biggest retailers in the U.S. –
Author: Bernardine Wu | Posted in ecommerce consulting | No Responses »
Tags: Goldman Sachs, Home Depot, Saks, Walmart
Posted on August 31st, 2010
The “dog days of summer” is the time that retailers start preparing for the peak holiday shopping season. Analyzing last year’s metrics is a reliable and specific method to help you reach this year’s goals.
Your metrics cover all disciplines you use to run your ecommerce business.
Author: Danielle Savin | Posted in Web Analytics, ecommerce consulting, mobile commerce, online shopping | No Responses »
Tags: Christmas, e-commerce, holiday shopping, mcommerce, mobile commerce, mobile shopping, online shopping, peak season
Posted on August 30th, 2010
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As margins tighten for online retailers, getting consumers to re-engage with abandoned shopping carts could be the difference between profits and losses.
According to a 2010 Experian CheetahMail benchmark study, online shopping carts are abandoned at a rate of 56.2
Author: Bernardine Wu | Posted in checkout, ecommerce consulting, online shopping | No Responses »
Tags: e-commerce, online shopping