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Nintendo 3DS Price Cut to $169 Amid Disappointing Sales
In: web resources
28 Jul 2011Nintendo says it will cut the price of its Nintendo 3DS gaming console to $169 from $249 in the U.S., after reporting a large drop in sales and drastically cutting its profit outlook for 2011. The Japanese video gaming giant reported a net loss of $328 million for Q1 2011 (April-June) due to a 50% [...]
Free shipping is here to stay, but challenges exist
In: IT news
25 May 2011There may be no free lunches in life, but don’t tell that to consumers who love their free shipping. Thanks in large part to consumers’ desire to get something for nothing, free shipping has become a common part of the online shopping experience. How common? According to comScore, nearly half of online orders in Q1 [...]
Online Holiday Spending Hits Record $32 Billion
In: web resources
6 Jan 2011Online retail spending for the 2010 holiday season reached $32.6 billion, representing an increase of 12 percent compared to last year and an all-time record, according to the latest report from comScore. “The 2010 online holiday shopping season was a memorable one in which we saw spending rebound strongly from the recession of 2008 and [...]
As we wrap up 2010, there’s still more evidence online retailers came out of the holiday shopping season in good shape. Experian Hitwise shared data indicating that retail traffic has been up on a year-over-year basis for the better part of two months. The differences haven’t always been huge; on both Christmas and the day [...]
eBay Mobile Holiday Sales Up 166 Percent
In: web resources
29 Dec 2010Earlier this month, eBay released two separate statements saying that mobile sales rose over a very short period. Now, the company’s opened up a third time on the subject, and it turns out mobile sales for the complete holiday shopping season (defined by eBay as November 25th through December 25th) grew by an impressive 166 [...]
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