Heather Dougherty
Heather Dougherty
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Now that the 2005 holiday shopping season is underway, traffic to retail sites will climb as shoppers head back to work on Monday ready to make headway on their holiday shopping lists, ... Cyber Monday will bring additional growth in traffic for online retailers by luring shoppers to their sites through sales promotions and free shipping incentives.
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Luxury retailers spend a lot of money advertising in the off-line world, in print, because they are comfortable with that, they have more control over that situation. Those brands want to keep up a specific image, so they've been cautious about advertising online.
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Luxury is coming of age. The luxury retailers have been successful in selling online, where before it was thought to be more of an in-store experience.
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Traffic to tax Web sites experienced substantial growth during the first week in February, suggesting that people who use online tax resources don't wait until the last minute to tackle their taxes.
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Create a nice, simple interface. It has to be a clear task that the kiosk is completing. You don't want the customer to find that the kiosk isn't doing what they expected it to do.
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Consumers have spent the weekend with their family and they've been in the stores. They now have a holiday list going. And today is the first day that people are back at work in front of their computers,
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Then, once someone dangled it, others had to ante up.
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It's something that consumers expect. You can easily compare prices and find the best prices online and make the holiday budget stretch a little bit further.
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E-commerce is gaining ground amongst consumers during the holiday season due to its convenience, product selection and lower prices.
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It's a good time for online retailers to send some e-mail messaging to entice customers to both visit the site as well as potentially pull the trigger.
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It's a good marketing opportunity for retailers -- it's a good excuse to reach out.
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While many shoppers headed out to the stores over the weekend, the majority first turned to the Internet to check prices and product availability.
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We remain enthusiastic about the start of this holiday season, as several categories saw substantial revenue increases. The growth in 2004 holiday revenue suggests that consumers are shifting more dollars to the Internet this season.
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The fact that apparel was one of the more dominant product categories shows that consumers have a high comfort level with buying online.