eCommerce
Retail Cross-Channel Activities Worldwide, 2011 & 2012 [CHART]
About half of retailers worldwide enabled shoppers to buy online then pick up in store.
Read MorePost-Store Acts Of US Showroomers Vs. Mobile Phone Owners, August 2012 [CHART]
About three in 10 showrooming customers later made a purchase from the website of the store they had visited, while one-quarter bought the item they sought from a competitor.
Read MoreReasons For Using Pinterest & Facebook [CHART]
69% of consumers who visit Pinterest have found an item they’ve purchased or wanted to purchase as compared to only 40% of online consumers who visit Facebook.
Read MoreReal-Time eTail?
Wal-Mart’s move is a concession to the inevitability of the ascendance of eCommerce.
Read MoreChinese mCommerce, Q2 2011-Q2 2012 [CHART]
The gross merchandise value for mcommerce in China was RMB11.64 billion ($1.8 billion) in Q2 2012, a staggering 488% year-over-year increase.
Read MoreOnline Shopping [INFOGRAPHIC]
Baynote created this infographic to illustrate the joy of clicking for commerce.
Read MoreRussian Online Travel Sales, 2010-2016 [CHART]
Online travel in Russia expanded at a rate of 43% in 2011 and is projected to grow another 21.5% in 2012, to over $2.5 billion.
Read MoreUS Mobile Commerce Sales, 2011 Vs 2012 [CHART]
US mobile commerce (m-commerce) sales will grow 98.6% this year over 2011 to reach $20.85 billion.
Read MoreMobile Websites vs. Apps For Shopping, September 2012 [CHART]
Asked whether they would prefer to use a mobile website or application when shopping on a mobile device, 61% of survey respondents from the US chose a mobile website, while an even larger share (68%) of UK respondents expressed the same preference.
Read MoreWal-Mart Launching Same Day Delivery [VIDEO]
I contributed some insight to this Good Question report by Jason DeRusha about Wal-Mart’s introduction of a same-day delivery service.
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