Retail sales for the holiday season just behind us rose about 4.8%, compared with sales during the 2011 holiday shopping season. Online sales rose by more than 14%, and that ... Read Full Story »
The top 500 U.S. Internet retail sites received 208.6 million total visits on Cyber Monday according to research firm Experian. That’s a jump of 11% over last year’s online shopping ... Read Full Story »
Shopping online at Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) stores is quite similar to the shopping experience at the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) website. The first thing on the homepage is ... Read Full Story »
The most popular shopping site on the web belongs to Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and one look at today’s homepage indicates what the retailer has learned over the years. The ... Read Full Story »
The convenience of shopping online attracts a lot of customers, and it seems reasonable that an online retailer would take advantage of the Cyber Monday traffic to promote certain items. ... Read Full Story »
After a busy weekend of pounding the pavement in search of bargains, shoppers are expected to be pounding their keyboards today in search of online bargains. Here’s what Wal-Mart Stores ... Read Full Story »