Free shipping continues to be a major factor for online shopping, according to research firm comscore. It devoted a major part of a recent release about Thanksgiving-week shopping to the trend. In 2017, it had found that most desktop purchases Read more
Brick-and-mortar retailers don’t like it when shoppers engage in “showrooming” behavior (visiting their stores but buying online). But Amazon doesn’t always mind the opposite phenomenon, called “webrooming” – shopping online but buying in-store. That’s because Amazon can monetize the visits Read more
Thanksgiving and Black Friday online sales saw strong growth this year compared to last year, according to comScore. The research firm said Thanksgiving online sales (excluding mobile) grew 22%, while Black Friday saw growth of 20%. comScore also published figures Read more
ComScore reported holiday season U.S. retail ecommerce spending from desktop computers for the first 28 days of the November-December 2016 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $29.7 billion has been spent online, marking a 12-percent increase versus the corresponding days Read more
Ecommerce spending for the holiday period is up 15% from last year so far, according to comScore. The research firm examined ecommerce spending for the first 44 days of the November-December 2014 holiday season (ending December 15th) and found shoppers Read more
New data from comScore shows mobile shopping is helping boost total ecommerce spending numbers, despite the fact that mobile commerce as a percentage of total digital commerce is only about 11%. Referencing the second-quarter 2014 period, the research firm said, Read more
While eBay got people nervous last month when it announced a cautious outlook for the holiday season, research firm comScore came out with a healthy forecast for US online spending on Tuesday, reporting an expected 14% year-over-year growth, or 16% when factoring in mobile Read more
