“Retail needs to be fun and entertaining, not a chore. And mobile phones can allow you to do that,” … [+] says Bhrugu Pange, managing director of technology services at AArete.
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Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan famously said, “The medium is the message,” in his seminal book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man published in 1964. Back then the medium were television, movies, books, newspapers and magazines. He couldn’t have imagined the explosion of mediums that carry the message in the digital age.
Today the ultimate “extension of man” is the mobile device. If mobile is the medium, then mobile…
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November 26, Black Friday
Black Friday, traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year, is set to begin on Friday, Nov. 26 of this year. Experts are expecting the rise in online shopping to make an impact on in-store purchases. Instead of setting the alarm to brave crowds for deeply discounted items, dedicated shoppers may look for deals online, similar to last year.
According to the National Retail Federation, holiday shopping this year has the potential to shatter previous records, with holiday sales during November and December predicted between $843 – $859 billion, an 8.5 – 10.5…
‘Location, location, location.’ How where you live influences how you shop online.
In the digital era, there’s no doubt consumers are more connected to each other and to global retail brands than ever before.
But despite this connectivity, researcher David R. Bell makes the case in his new book, “Location is (Still) Everything,” that the neighborhoods we live in — and the acquaintances we encounter there — still have deep influence on how we shop.
That may have seemed intuitive in an era in which shopping was done at the corner store. But Bell, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School who specializes in digital marketing and e-commerce, says those…
How COVID-19 Is Transforming E-Commerce
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Just over 306 million Americans are affected by stay-at-home orders, nearly 95% of the US population. COVID-19 will forever change retailing, and its initial impact on e-Commerce is creating challenges to online selling & service no one imagined in January. The following graphic from COVID-19 Commerce Insight, an Emarsys initiative in collaboration with GoodData shows how year-over-year revenue growth comparing the last seven days to the same period last year:
Mobile devices are the most popular devices for online shopping by a wide margin. 72% of consumers are using mobile devices to shop in stores according to the latest…
Islanders cautioned against using online shop ‘n’ swap sites during COVID-19
PEI’s chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison is warning Islanders against using online buy, sell and swap sites — for their own safety and to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
She made the comments in her daily public health briefing in Charlottetown Monday.
“I’ve been asked to comment about shop and swap. There continue to be individuals purchasing and swapping a number of items online, and I would caution against this,” Morrison said.
“But if you need to purchase something you feel is essential, you should ensure payments are made online and there is no contact at the drop…
UK consumers are more likely to shop online than French and Germans
Commissioned by delivery specialist Hermes, the 2014 Parcel Deliveries Usage and Attitude Survey polled 2,000 UK consumers and 1,000 each in France and Germany aged 18 and above who had shopped online three or more times in the past three months.
Around 27% of British consumers said they had shopped online in that time, compared with 14% of the French and 10% of the Germans.
Conducted by market research firm BDRC Continental between May and June, the survey also found 42% of British shoppers are planning to increase their online shopping over the next year, compared with 30% in France…
How teenagers shop: Survey reveals online shopping patterns in lockdown | Parenting News
The teenagers of India are technologically adept, and in the period of lockdown this year, they may have become more dependent on the digital world. A recent survey has found that despite being digitally savvy, teenagers are using cash to pay for things, because they are not a part of the “online financial ecosystem”.
The survey, conducted by FamPay — India’s first Neobank for teenagers — revealed that while 84 per cent of Indian teenagers love shopping online, 67 per cent of them continue to pay in cash and 52 per cent pay using their parents’ debit/credit card. Additionally, it…
[Official] Online “MOOMIN SHOP” is grand opening!Moomin items that can only be ordered here one after another!
Japan’s first online “MOOMIN SHOP” in collaboration with Moomin Characters of Finland, the copyright holder of Moomin, will finally open at 3:1 on March 12st (Tuesday).This online shop has a wide range of products from Japan and overseas, including products that were very popular during the limited-time pre-opening in December last year.Moomin’s stuffed animals “Angry Face” and “Nervous Face”, which were sold out on the same day at the pre-opening, and “Hattifattener Glass Object” will be resold at the same time as the grand opening.In addition, we have a wide variety of items that can only be purchased here, such…