December 2009 - 38 posts found << < 1 2 > >>
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Fewer Than 170 Offices Remain Candidates for Consolidation U.S. Postal Service Updates Station and Branch Consolidations |
| 12/15/2009 2:01:37 PM |
WASHINGTON - Fewer than 170 offices remain under review for possible consolidation under the U.S. Postal Service station and branch consolidation initiative.
Today's announcement updates a review process begun earlier this summer that initially examined about 3,300 stations and branches in urban and suburban areas across the country, focusing on facilities in relatively... Read More |
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Most Recent Week of Online Holiday Shopping Season Achieves Above Average Growth as Three Individual Days Surpass $800 Million in Spending |
| 12/14/2009 1:19:56 PM |
Larger Online Retailers Usurping Market Share from Mid and Long Tail Retailers Amidst Current Economic Environment
RESTON, VA, December, 2009 – comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 34 days of the November – December 2009 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $15.3... Read More |
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Mintel Predicts Global Consumer Trends for 2010 |
| 12/14/2009 10:17:34 AM |
| CHICAGO--Following this year’s global economic recession, consumers are ready to reset and start fresh for 2010. Mintel predicts seven key consumer behavior trends for the year ahead, looking at how this year’s adversity created a new set of values. In 2010, resilience will define consumer behavior, as people’s strengthened resolve and changed behaviors shape new... Read More |
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Mintel Comperemedia Forecasts Increase in Medicare Direct Mail |
| 12/14/2009 10:13:49 AM |
CHICAGO--The recession hasn’t pulled the plug on marketing direct mail for Medicare. On the contrary, Mintel Comperemedia, a service that provides direct marketing competitive intelligence, predicts insurance companies will actually increase Medicare direct mail during this year’s Annual Election Period (November 15-December 31, 2009).
Observing a 13% rise in Medicare... Read More |
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CORRECTING and REPLACING Holiday Shoppers Plan to Spend Nearly 15% less This Year, according to Discover(R) Card Holiday Shopping Survey |
| 12/14/2009 10:10:42 AM |
Almost Two-Thirds Express Concern about Finances, But Nearly 80 Percent Say Spending Less Won’t Put a Damper on Their Holiday Spirit
RIVERWOODS, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.
The corrected release reads:
HOLIDAY SHOPPERS PLAN TO SPEND NEARLY 15% LESS THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO DISCOVER(R) CARD... Read More |
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Bazaarvoice and CMO Club Survey: CMOs Look For Higher Social Media Measurability in 2010 |
| 12/14/2009 10:03:50 AM |
CMOs Plan to Invest More in Social Media and Expect These Activities to Have a Direct Impact on Global Revenues
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bazaarvoice, the market and technology leader in hosted social commerce applications that drive sales, today previewed the results of a new survey conducted with The CMO Club that illuminates the biggest challenges, plans, and... Read More |
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Cyber Monday was much worse for sites than Black Friday |
| 12/3/2009 4:40:08 PM |
“Interestingly Cyber Monday was much worse for sites than Black Friday, staying true to its name. More users, shopping online, brought sites that were relatively stable on Black Friday to their knees on Cyber Monday. In every vertical Keynote measures (Apparel, Books & Music and Electronics) at least one site had what would be classified as a ‘meltdown.’ In total,... Read More |
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Adblade Reveals 5 Deadly Sins Committed by Online Advertisers |
| 12/3/2009 4:24:41 PM |
Real Life Lessons in Maximizing Advertising ROI Online
SOMERVILLE, N.J.--Adblade, the web’s largest premium only advertising platform, serving ads on over 1000 premium portals, today released a list of 5 common but deadly mistakes committed by online advertisers. The results were compiled over the last 12 months by speaking with advertisers and by reviewing hundreds of... Read More |
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Email and Social Media Marketing Are Top Areas of Investment in 2010 |
| 12/3/2009 3:00:45 PM |
Survey of More Than 1,000 Business Executives Reveals Positive Economic Outlook and Significant Increase in Marketing Budgets in Coming Year
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--The majority of businesses plan to increase marketing spend in email marketing and social media in 2010, making them the top two areas of investment according to the November "2010 Marketing Trends... Read More |
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Walmart, Best Buy & Target Delivered Best Black Friday Deals |
| 12/3/2009 2:45:28 PM |
CheapToday’s ‘Just Wondering’ Survey details which retailers lived up to the Black Friday hype
BOSTON--CheapToday, Inc., the online shopping network specializing in publishing quality deals from high profile brands, today announced the latest results from its ‘Just Wondering’ survey of buying trends and attitudes of Power Moms.
CheapToday regularly surveys its Power Mom... Read More |
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Cyber Monday Trumps Black Friday as Holiday Shoppers Turn to eBay for Deals |
| 12/3/2009 2:43:19 PM |
eBay Heat Map Animates 2.4 Million Black Friday and Cyber Monday Transactions Across the Country SAN JOSE, Calif.----From Zhu Zhu Pets to a rare recording by The Dead Weather, eBay delivered great deals to holiday shoppers on Cyber Monday, outpacing Black Friday in total transactions by 35 percent. On both Cyber Monday and Black Friday, shoppers did... Read More |
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Netconcepts Reports 34% Year-over-Year Increase in Retail Natural Search Sales for Black Friday through Cyber Monday |
| 12/3/2009 2:37:09 PM |
Trending Significantly Higher Than Online Sales Growth
MADISON, Wis.--When consumers went looking for their holiday bargains this year, more than ever before turned to online search engines rather than standing in lines.
Netconcepts, a leader in natural search marketing conducted a study across a sampling of its online retail clients. These retailers averaged an increase of... Read More |
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Cyber Monday Spending Shifts to Early Mornings and Evenings as More Americans Shop from Home |
| 12/3/2009 2:35:19 PM |
--CyberMonday.com Traffic Rose 8% Overall; 19% from 5 p.m. – Midnight--
WASHINGTON--Retailers who were expecting strong Cyber Monday sales over shoppers’ lunch hour may have been disappointed when those sales were softer-than-expected, but quickly forgot about the workday crowd when early morning and evening sales beat projections. This year, many retailers saw Cyber Monday... Read More |
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On Black Friday Leading Retail Web Sites Slow Way Down, Reports Keynote Systems |
| 12/3/2009 2:33:41 PM |
* Almost All Sites on Keynote’s Market-Leading Retail Web Transaction Performance Index Performed Slower Than Normal; Some Crumble Under Black Friday Pressure
* However, Overall Performance Quality Improved This Year Over Last; Fewer Sites Had Major Outages
* Best Site Performance Overall Was Delivered By Wal-Mart, Sears and Barnes & Noble
* Of Pure Online Sites Newegg... Read More |
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Constant Contact Annual Holiday Survey Reveals Rise in Small Business Optimism about Upcoming Season |
| 12/3/2009 2:31:10 PM |
Annual survey also finds significant increase in use of Internet-based marketing tools
WALTHAM, Mass.--Fifty-two percent of small businesses participating in the fifth annual Small Business Holiday Outlook Survey expect holiday sales to increase over last year. This statistic marks a large increase over last year, when less than a third of respondents were similarly... Read More |
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Holiday Retailers Misdirecting Consumer Web Traffic |
| 12/3/2009 2:27:13 PM |
CrownPeak Study Reveals Holiday Retail Online Marketing Strategies and Results
LOS ANGELES--Holiday retailers are not making the most strategic use of online search marketing dollars, a new study by CrownPeak, the market leader in Web content management for online marketing, today reveals. CrownPeak’s “Holiday PPC Ad Strategies” study, analyzing key holiday advertising... Read More |
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Sixty-Three Percent of U.S. Shoppers Will Spend Less this Holiday Season |
| 12/3/2009 2:25:25 PM |
Yankee Group Predicts Mobile Retailing will Transform Consumer Behavior as Shoppers Seek Deals
BOSTON--Yankee Group surveys indicate that 63 percent of U.S. shoppers intend to spend less this holiday season, but a new trend offers retailers the chance to capture the attention of thrifty shoppers: mobile retailing.
Mobile retailing combines two concepts: consumer-initiated... Read More |
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Credit Card Mailings Rise to Highest Level since December 2008 |
| 12/3/2009 2:19:25 PM |
Card issuers showing confidence, says Mintel Comperemedia’s Andrew Davidson
CHICAGO--The latest tentative sign of economic recovery? Credit card direct mail volume is back on the rise. Mintel Comperemedia, a service that provides direct marketing competitive intelligence, says issuers sent 180 million credit card offers to US consumers last month. This is the highest... Read More |
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December 2009 - 38 posts found << < 1 2 > >>
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