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U.S. Consumer Confidence Gets Post-Election Boost
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U.S. post-election optimism boosted consumer confidence inDecember as expectations hit a 13-year high, according to the ConferenceBoard.The monthly consumer confidence index increased to 113.7 inDecember from 109.4 in November, the board said. A spike in the ‘expectations’index...
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Retail
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Dec 28, 2016
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Amazon Diamond Sales Shine this Holiday
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Amazon sold 10,451 carats of diamonds this holidayseason, reporting that overall sales hit record levels during the period.The online retailer said its diamond sales were equivalent in volume termsto six and a half...
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Retail
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Dec 28, 2016
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Rapaport News
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In-Store Holiday Sales Decline as Online Grows
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Sales and foot traffic at physical stores in the U.S. fellover the Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend as more retail business movedonline, according to the latest figures.U.S. store sales declined 4.2 percent and traffic...
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Retail
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Dec 01, 2016
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Black Friday Sales Gain from Thanksgiving Closures
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Consumer foot traffic was flat on Black Friday halting the downtrend seen in previous years as more retailersstayed shut on Thanksgiving.While U.S. stores have opened in the past on theThanksgiving holiday, doing so took business away from...
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Retail
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Nov 28, 2016
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Diamond Retailers Cutting Prices for Cyber Week
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Retailers in the U.S. and Asia are offering deepdiscounts on jewelry for Cyber Week to lure early-bird holiday shoppers viatheir ecommerce sites.Cyber Week, together with Black Friday, is theall-important curtain raiser to the U.S. holiday...
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Retail
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Nov 28, 2016
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Cyber Growth Pushes Cyber Monday to Cyber Week
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Retailers are promoting the days immediately afterThanksgiving as ‘Cyber Week’ as the key online shopping day has ballooned intoan extended retail bonanza.While in previous years Black Friday and Cyber Monday each lasted24 hours,...
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Retail
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Nov 24, 2016
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Mobile Sales Up 50%-60% This Holiday Season: comScore
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Mobile sales this holiday season have surged 50 to 60percent over last year’s season, according to data analytics group comScore.Amazon has had the strongest season for mobile sales,according to Gian Fulgoni, executive chairman and...
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Retail
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Dec 23, 2015
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Rapaport News
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Retail
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Dec 03, 2015
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U.S. Online Christmas Retail Sales +15% to $53B
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U.S. online retail sales for the Christmas season, from November 1 to December 31, rose 15 percent year on year to $53.3 billion, according to comScore Inc. Cyber Monday, December 1, ranked as the heaviest online spending day...
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Research
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Jan 07, 2015
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Online Christmas Season Retail Sales +15% to $48B
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U.S. Christmas-season ecommerce spending rose 15 percent to $48.3 billion from November 1 through December 21, according to comScore Inc. The most recent week (December 15 to 21) posted a strong 18 percent rate of growth, representing $5.8 billion...
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Retail
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Dec 23, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Online Christmas Retail Sales +15% to $42B
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U.S. online retail sales rose 15 percent year on year to $42.451 billion for the first 44 days of the Christmas season, through December 15, according to digital metrics firm comScore Inc. The most recent workweek,...
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Marketing
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Dec 17, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Online Christmas Season Sales +15% to $36B
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Online U.S. consumer spending rose 15 percent year on year to $35.499 billion for the November 1 to December 8 time period, according to comScore Inc. Green Monday, which fell on December 8 -- one week after Cyber Monday -- recorded...
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Research
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Dec 10, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Online Spending +17% to $2B on Cyber Monday
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Cyber Monday, the online equivalent of Black Friday, experienced retail sales growth of 17 percent year on year to $2.038 billion, according to digital metrics firm comScore Inc. The total represented the heaviest online spending day...
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Research
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Dec 03, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Online Retail Sales +15%
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U.S. sales at brick-and-mortar retailers disappointed analysts over the Thanksgiving weekend with preliminary estimates falling by 11.3 percent year on year to $50.9 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. However, ecommerce sales continued to show...
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Retail
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Dec 01, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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Research
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Nov 18, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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Consumers Seek More Flexibility From Online Retailers
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U.S. retailers must develop ecommerce platforms that make the purchasing process simple and one that is seamlessly integrated with physical store, while offering free shipping and returns, according to the third annual...
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Research
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Jun 13, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Online Retail Sales +12% in 1Q14
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U.S. online retail sales as measured through desktops rose 12 percent year on year to $56.1 billion in the first quarter that ended on March 31, according to comScore Inc. Sales that were conducted through a mobile device...
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Research
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May 13, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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U.S. Online Seasonal Retail Sales +10% to $47B
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Online U.S. retail sales for the whole Christmas season, which comScore Inc. defined as ranging from November 1 through December 31, rose 10 percent year on year to $46.55 billion. The industry leader in ecommerce tracking...
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Research
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Jan 08, 2014
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Jeff Miller
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Retail
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Dec 26, 2013
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Jeff Miller
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Jewelry Category Website Traffic +23%
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Retail categories, including jewelry, secured six of the top seven strongest website traffic generators in November compared with October, according to comScore Inc. While the number of unique visitors during November in the U.S. was...
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Dec 24, 2013
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Jeff Miller
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