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US e-commerce Holiday sales reach $27 billion
First off, Happy New Year everyone!According to comScore, online Holiday sales (from Nov 1st to Dec 24th) reached $27 billion, a YoY growth of 5%.Here's the comScore data breakdown:
View ArticleAmazon.com '09: sales +28% to $24.51 billion, profit +40% to $902 million
And here are the slides from Amazon's Q4 '09 earnings webcast:View more presentations from Michael S. Levy.
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Venteprivée.com 2009 revenues and 2010 projections
According to Journal du Net, here are the latest figures from online private shopping club leader Vente Privée :2009 figures:- revenue: €680m, +33% vs. 2008- 2009 profit: 6-7%- 9.7m members, +12.5k per...
View ArticleE-commerce innovations: extreme retailing
Are you ready for "Extreme Retailing" ?E-commerce has evolved more in the last 12 months than in the last 12 years, with a combination of entertainment, game mechanics, and innovative shopping...
View ArticleNew Zappos TV ad, highlighting their unparalleled customer service
This is the first TV spot in a new campaign for Zappos, the online footwear and apparel retailer. This spot was created by Mullen in Boston, MA.Here it is:
View ArticleTony Hsieh on Zappos and delivering happiness
Check out this presentation by Tony Hsieh, CEO of zappos.com, about delivering happiness to yourself, your employees and your customers:Zappos - Amazon - 02-25-10View more presentations from zappos.
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International E-Commerce Web retailers are reaping overseas sales without...
So says An Internet Retailer survey...
View ArticleGAP e-commerce goes iPad: touchCommerce !
GAP launched an iPad e-commerce app. It's gorgeous, mixing content and shopping, and making great use of the tablet's touchscreen gestures. Here's the video demo:
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Amazon's amazing growth compared to US retail and e-commerce
A cool chart courtesy of Silicon Alley Insider says it all:
View ArticleGoogle incorporates ratings and reviews from e-retailers in search results
Via Internet Retailer:Ratings and reviews vendor Bazaarvoice is tying in with Google, enabling its 800 customers to display ratings and reviews from their websites in Google search results.This enables...
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iPad Commerce Watch: episode 2
Following in GAP's footsteps, here comes Italy-based online fashion retailer YOOX, with its own iPad app...It was developed by Yoox's in-house team, and it enables iPad owners to browse, shop and pay...
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Study says Social Commerce pays off
Via the excellent Exciting Commerce blog:"Unfortunately there are still too few scientific studies on networking effects in e-commerce. Understandable though, due to limited opportunities to make...
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GSI Commerce Q1 2010 results
From Internet Retailer:GSI Commerce first quarter sales rise nearly 39%E-commerce technology provider GSI Commerce reported today sales of $272.6 million for its fiscal first quarter ended April 3, up...
View ArticleAwesome Video from Jeff Bezos about Amazon and Zappos
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos talks openly about Amazon and Zappos...
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PIXmania targets EUR1.5b revenues in 2014
PIXmania's turnover is up 15% to 897 million euros, and its net profit is up 40% ... The group intends to diversify even more, engage in online travel and expand its network of stores.Also, the group's...
View ArticleBreaking: Woot to be acquired by Amazon
"Holy crap! Woot has signed an agreement with Amazon - yes, the Amazon - to become an independent subsidiary of the ecommerce colossus. Woot HQ will remain in Carrollton, Texas, and will operate as...
View ArticleWhy Google is scared of Facebook
An awesome presentation on social networking by Paul Adams, UX researcher at Google:The Real Life Social Network v2View more documents from Paul Adams.
View ArticleTechCrunch Social Commerce Panel videos, feat. Groupon, LivingSocial,...
TechCrunch's last Summer CrunchUp was all abour Social commerce: social currency, social savings, social coupons and social recommendations... See all about it here.
View ArticleA few stats about runaway success Groupon.com
According to its CEO Andrew Mason, straight from the TechCrunch CrunchUp (wow):50% gross marginLaunched in November 2008A year ago today, active in 5-6 citiesNow running in 170 cities in 22...
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Two Cool Infographics About The Internet
Enjoy!(This is my longest blog post ever pixel-wise...)
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Follow me on twitter: @michaelslevy
Well, work and twitter finally got the best of me: it turns out I'm now tweeting instead of blogging... Follow me at @michaelslevy to keep up with the latest social commerce, e-commerce trends and...
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