cyber monday news and archive

Apparel and footwear industry cautions and educates consumers about safe shopping this Cyber Monday

Industry trade group provides consumer checklist when shopping online. As Americans check through their shopping lists this Cyber Monday, the American Apparel & Footwear Association is encouraging consumers to shop safely and ensure they are purchasing authentic products this holiday season (#ShopSafe #ShopAuthentic #FightFakes). Due to the...

Nov 30, 2020

Report

Apparel and footwear industry cautions and educates consumers about safe shopping this Cyber Monday

Nov 30, 2020

Retail

Consumers intend to spend 470 dollars over Thanksgiving weekend

Consumers are estimated to spend 470 dollars on holiday items in the period beginning with Thanksgiving and ending with Cyber Monday, according to a recent survey. The new ICSC Thanksgiving Weekend Intentions survey represented a sample of 1,002 US respondents. The data revealed that 91 percent of consumers will make purchases from retailers...

Nov 25, 2020

Retail

Baukjen and Isabella Oliver to give back this Black Friday

London-based sustainable and socially conscious online womenswear and maternity wear brands Baukjen and Isabella Oliver are swapping deals for good deeds this Black Friday. The annual shopping event, which this year takes place on November 27, usually sees brands and retailers slashing their prices, however, several brands are protesting the...

Nov 17, 2020

Retail

Black Friday: Should consumers and brands opt in or out?

While some consumers, brands and retailers reject big sales events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday as environmentally damaging and decide to opt out, others jump right in and count the days until the big event, ready to give deep discounts on retailer side and ready to spend on consumer side. FashionUnited has put together an overview of this...

Dec 13, 2019

Retail

Cyber Monday expected to see 19 percent increase in sales

Black Friday was once the biggest shopping day in America, but it looks like that is going to be overtaken by Cyber Monday. As customers continue to shift their shopping habits to online, Cyber Monday sales are continuing to grow year-over-year. For Thanksgiving and Black Friday retail sales reached 11.6 billion dollars. This Cyber Monday, sales...

Dec 2, 2019

Management

Black Friday, more symbolic than significant

Once upon a time there was no such event as Black Friday. No hideous throngs of rabid consumers fighting over bargains and queueing for discounts. Perhaps that day will come again. According to new data from the Holiday Outlook 2019 by PwC, which analysed the buying habits of over two thousand American consumers, the Friday following...

Nov 8, 2019

Business

Hunter posts “biggest ever” e-commerce sales day

Hunter has announced that it exceeded 1 million pounds in sales in one day, the highest daily sales results in the brand’s history, on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year. On Black Friday sales were up 32 percent from 2017 global, while Cyber Monday saw sales increase further, up 33 percent, the brand said in a statement. For the full...

Dec 3, 2018

Retail

Cyber Monday sales will cause retailers a ‘February hangover’

Retailers should be wary of the long-term effects of the success of this year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. In a report published this week, Bloomberg warned of that retailers might experience a ‘February hangover,’ or a sharp decline in sales following this holiday season. As retailers compete to entice shoppers this holiday season,...

Nov 29, 2018

Retail

Black Friday: What to expect?

The annual shopping bonanza is just around the corner, what can we expect? Here are some graphs that helps to answer a few basic questions: where, when, and how much are they going to shop? In Store vs. Online: a zero-sum game? Savvy shoppers are now utilising both online and offline channels to hunt for the best deal: 64.6 million consumers...

Nov 21, 2018

Management |ANALYSIS

E-commerce 1 – High Street 0: The blurring lines of Black Friday and Cyber Monday

This year the differences between the two major sales events in the U.S. are blurred than ever, with consumers browsing at their favourite high street stores yet purchasing online. According to Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of all card transactions in the UK, sales on Black Friday – which was imported a few years ago from the U.S. -...

Nov 30, 2017

Management

Black Friday fails to bring much-needed footfall boost to the high street

London - Black Friday discounts were not enough to tempt UK consumers back to the high streets in droves, as consumers preferred to do their shopping online this discounting holiday. High street footfall was down 4.2 percent for Black Friday 2017 on last year, as shoppers chose to stay indoors and browse the promotional offerings from the...

Nov 27, 2017