2020 Holiday Sales Wrap-up
Challenged by a pandemic and an unstable economy, online and brick-and-mortar retailers scrambled to salvage the 2020 holiday shopping season.
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Sales
Charts: Shopify’s Share of Global Websites, Ecommerce Sales
Shopify launched in 2004 in Ottawa, Canada, when its founders were dissatisfied with existing platforms to sell their snowboarding gear.
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Sales Report: 2020 Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday
The challenges of this unique holiday shopping season have made omnichannel commerce a necessity. With several states closing non-essential brick-and-mortar
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Automobile Sales Are Moving Online
For many consumers, a car or truck is the second largest purchase they will make after buying a house. In
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‘Gated’ Product Launch Leads to $250,000 in 1-day Sales
Jordan West launched Little & Lively, a direct-to-consumer children’s apparel company, with his wife, Carmen, six years ago in Canada.
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A Passion for Cosmetics Leads to $1 Million in First-year Sales
The YouTube-to-ecommerce business model may be the best way to build an audience of customers. It worked for my company,
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A ‘Love for Making’ Propels Schmidt’s Naturals to Worldwide Sales
The progression for most direct-to-consumer entrepreneurs is to conceive a product idea and then locate a manufacturer to produce it.
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Will the Pandemic Impact Christmas 2020 Ecommerce Sales?
The coronavirus pandemic that shuttered much of the worldwide economy in the first half of this year may yet impact
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2019 Holiday Sales Wrap-up
The 2019 holiday shopping season exhibited mixed results, with online revenues growing substantially but brick-and-mortar sales showing meager or negative
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Sales Report: 2019 Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Adverse weather conditions in many regions and the ease of ordering via mobile devices contributed to record-setting U.S. digital sales
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