Black Friday UK stats: 12% increase on last year (but lower than forecast)
Total spend on online retail sites on Black Friday 2016 was £1.23bn, marking a +12.2% increase on the £1.1bn spent on the same day in 2015.
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Top tips: 3 unconventional holiday marketing tactics to help you stand out
With the Christmas frenzy now in full swing, Bart Mroz offers some last-minute digital marketing tactics to stand out from the competition this holiday season.
More browsing, less buying: Brits not impressed by Cyber Monday deals
More people were browsing on Cyber Monday 2016 than the year before, but there were fewer people actually making purchases, according to new research.
Black Friday: How did apps perform?
As holiday shopping results are tallied from the Black Friday to Cyber Monday time period, early results show it was a banner year for mobile., with many opting to use retailers apps to grab a bargain, according to new research.
Festive shopping trends: Mobile reigns supreme as the retail channel of choice
With the shopping phenomenon that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday over for another year, new research from ChannelAdvisor shows how mobile came out on top, reigning supreme, over desktop as consumers’ preferred method of shopping over the sales period.
Could virtual reality replace high street shopping by 2050?
Virtual reality (VR) shopping sprees could spell the end for physical high street retailers by 2050, according to new research.
Black Friday round-up: US shoppers spend $3.34bn online but high street sales fall 10%
This year’s Black Friday saw less stampeding crowds but more money spent, as shoppers opted to go online and on mobiles to grab their bargains, according to new research from Adobe.
Right to reply: Black Friday shoppers get more joy on desktops, as retailers miss out on full £6.77bn potential of mobile
The biggest UK retailers sites are still lagging behind on mobile- and that’s bad news for Black Friday when more than half of sales are set to be made on smartphones. Dave Anderson, web performance expert at Dynatrace, looks at the stats…
Black Friday lunchtime update: £19m in revenue as 27% of sales through iPhones
As Black Friday unfolds, live data from Affiliate Window indicates sales are already up on last year’s major shopping event in the UK, at 1pm UK time.
Chinese travel giant to buy Skyscanner for £1.4bn
Flight search firm Skyscanner, has been acquired by Chinese online travel giant Ctrip for £1.4 bn ($1.74bn).