David Kanter, President and CEO of AccuList, is a list brokerage and direct marketing expert. For more than 30 years, he has helped companies and nonprofit organizations achieve their marketing goals. With David's Direct Marketing Forum, he shares, and invites others to share, helpful direct-marketing industry news, trends, analyses, resources, and tips for success. Please read our Comment Policy.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
E-Commerce Hits New High in Holiday Retail Sales
E-commerce sales climbed to $35.3 billion for the November-December holiday season through Dec. 25, up 15% compared with the same time period last year, according to the latest comScore report. Not only did Cyber Monday e-tail sales increase 22% year-over-year, online sales even rose Christmas Day as consumers loaded up new devices with digital content purchases. Overall, the National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates holiday retail sales will be up 3.8%, above the 10-year average but behind the 5.2% of last year. E-commerce was a key driver, with the NRF finding that the average consumer planned to do 38% of holiday shopping online. Also, price-shopping via mobile devices played a greater role this year, agreed comScore and the NRF. For more details, see http://www.dmnews.com/report-e-commerce-sales-up-this-holiday-season/article/221020/
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Experts See Mobile 'Revolution' in B2B Marketing
Looking for a b-to-b New Year's resolution? Put more money into mobile marketing! According to a new forecast by Berg Insight, the global mobile ad market will expand six-fold between 2010 and 2016, taking mobile advertising from 3.8% of worldwide ad spending to 15.2%. For more see, http://b2bnewsportal.com/ That backs up recent opinions at "The BtoB Forum: Mobile Marketing," where experts cited current b-to-b mobile success stories, from small shops to aircraft giant Boeing Co., and urged companies to invest now for the coming "revolution." Per keynote speaker Karsten Weide, VP-research, digital media and entertainment at IDC: "Even today, our research indicates that more than 50% (of users) access the Internet through a mobile device. And by 2015, it will grow to 90%, when more people go online via their mobile device than on a computer. It's nothing less than a revolution. It's going to be a total seismic change in how we use the Internet." For details, see http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111116/EVENT02/311169990
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