Category Archives: Online Retailing

Bricks-and click retailing and online-only retailing are covered here. There are lots of posts on multi-channel retailing.

E-Commerce Activity for Select U.S. Apparel Retailers

Online U.S. consumer purchases of apparel and accessories have certainly picked up in recent years. And this is expected to continue. From $45 billion in sales for 2013, online apparel and accessories revenues are expected to grow to more than … Continue reading

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In-Store Price Comparisons by Ethnicity/Race

Here are the results of some recent research on U.S. shoppers’ in-store price comparisons, as reported by eMarketer. Comparisons differ significantly be ethnicity and race: “Hispanic millennials are big spenders when it comes time to grocery shop. March 2015 polling … Continue reading

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Amazon Creates Its Own “Prime” Holiday

To stimulate its Prime Membership business, Amazon has created a new “Prime Day” holiday on July 15, 2015. As Tim Parry recently reported for Multichannel Merchant: “While not unheard of globally, Prime Day appears to be the first self-created selling … Continue reading

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