Holidays: Page 25
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Dior lights up holiday collection with first Instagram makeup filter
Unlike other virtual try-ons that demonstrate cosmetics to mobile consumers, Dior Makeup's face filter adds a fireworks effect to selfies.
By Robert Williams • Dec. 17, 2019 -
Mastercard introduces mobile wallet gift card in the UK
The move, which comes in time for the holiday season, enables recipients to easily access and spend funds across dozens of retailers.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 17, 2019 -
Trendline
A look at the 2024 holiday season
Technology will play a key role in holiday sales this year, Adobe revealed in its latest holiday report.
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Amazon bans third-party sellers from using FedEx Ground to ship Prime orders
The e-commerce giant cited a "decline in performance" across FedEx Ground and Home services, blaming the carrier for delivery delays this peak season, according to the Wall Street Journal.
By Morgan Forde • Dec. 17, 2019 -
Package deal: What holiday delivery can tell us about the future of retail
Cyber Monday was the biggest shopping day on record in the United States. But someone has to deliver all those products.
By Kaarin Vembar • Dec. 16, 2019 -
Gen Z shoppers to give more secondhand gifts
About a quarter of holiday shoppers will give resale items as presents this year, according to a Deloitte report.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 13, 2019 -
Big cities, rural areas could experience high holiday package delays
About 9% of deliveries nationwide are projected to be late, according to a LateShipment.com report, with that figure spiking to 16.5% in some areas.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 11, 2019 -
Rohit Tandon via Unsplash
Mobile accounts for 67% of traffic to fashion sites this holiday
Conversion rates also jumped 53%, suggesting that shoppers are becoming accustomed to buying apparel on their smartphones, per a new report.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 10, 2019 -
Instagram taps Celine Dion for shoppable video of retro fashion
Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Adidas and Oscar de la Renta are among the 18 brands offering products to buy directly through Instagram.
By Robert Williams • Dec. 10, 2019 -
Amazon turns to Refinery29, celebs for holiday attention
Its sales will no doubt be robust, but when it comes to marketing during the season, the e-commerce giant is at something of a disadvantage.
By Daphne Howland • Dec. 9, 2019 -
Deep Dive
What the holidays could do to department stores
It might be a make-or-break season for a segment already under siege — and it's more dire for some than for others.
By Daphne Howland • Dec. 9, 2019 -
Macy's launches SoGifted shop to highlight female entrepreneurs
The offering can be found at seven locations during the holidays, and comes in the midst of leadership changes at the department store.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 6, 2019 -
Consumers aren't fully embracing virtual shopping tools this holiday season
Only about half of shoppers will use voice assistants, chatbots and other emerging technology, according to a new survey.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 5, 2019 -
Deep Dive
What's gained and lost when retailers drop firearms sales
Two of the nation's largest hunting retailers exited the category ahead of an important selling season.
By Lara Ewen • Dec. 5, 2019 -
Carly Kewley via Unsplash
Mobile accounted for two-thirds of Black Friday traffic
However, 60% of purchases are still made via desktop, a recent Bloomreach report found.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 5, 2019 -
Banks eye a bigger helping of holiday retail point-of-sale pie
Citi, JPMorgan Chase and Mastercard have expanded their loan options this year to fend off upstarts and entice interest-averse buyers.
By Hillary Richard • Dec. 4, 2019 -
A record 189.6M shopped over Black Friday weekend: NRF
With six fewer days, shoppers may have been eager to take advantage of their time off to get things done, and they did so on and offline.
By Daphne Howland • Dec. 4, 2019 -
Cyber Monday was Amazon's biggest shopping day ever
Marketplace sellers sold more items that day than during any other 24-hour period, the e-commerce giant said, though it didn't get very specific.
By Daphne Howland • Dec. 3, 2019 -
Retailers boosted social commerce ads for Cyber Weekend
Retailers funneled 45% of their online media budgets into paid social ads, which accounted for 33% of total revenue from Thanksgiving to Sunday.
By Robert Williams • Dec. 3, 2019 -
Cyber Monday poised to net record $9.4B in the US
The holiday event already brought in $473 million in online sales by 9 a.m., according to Adobe Analytics research.
By Daphne Howland • Dec. 2, 2019 -
PayPal: Consumers plan to ramp up social shopping this holiday season
Nearly two-thirds of Canadian social media shoppers said they are more inspired by gift recommendations on the platforms than those in stores.
By Robert Williams • Dec. 2, 2019 -
Sponsored by Ceridian2019 wrap-up and looking ahead to 2020: How to best optimize the retail and hospitality associate
Learn to leverage the upcoming holiday season, how work will transform over the next decade, and get a sneak peak into NRF’s Big Show in 2020.
By John Orr, SVP of Retail Strategy, Ceridian • Dec. 2, 2019 -
Deep Dive
The winners and losers of Black Friday 2019
Mobile kicked in more than its fair share this year, and that was good news for some brick-and-mortar retailers.
By Daphne Howland • Dec. 1, 2019 -
Black Friday sales on track to $7.4B
Shoppers forked over $4.2 billion on Thanksgiving Day alone, much of it on their phones not far from the dinner table, according to Adobe Analytics.
By Daphne Howland • Nov. 29, 2019 -
Holiday sales won't prevent 2020 closures and bankruptcies
The shopping season will be decent, according to an analysis from FTI Consulting, but it won't be a "standout."
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Nov. 27, 2019 -
Rohit Tandon via Unsplash
Mobile shopping to drive in-store visits
A new survey from The NPD Group reports that one in five online purchases will be picked up in stores.
By Lisa Rowan • Nov. 27, 2019
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