Cyber Monday Website Outages in 2020
Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday (collectively known as Thanksgiving Weekend or Cyber 5) should not come as a surprise for eCommerce sellers…
AliBaba Breaks Singles Day Records as China Recovers From Covid-19
Last week we saw 11/11 again, or as it is known in the Eastern world ‘Singles Day’. Singles Day 2020 saw AliBaba break all previous…
Will Black Friday Be The Next Coronavirus Victim?
Thanksgiving and Black Friday may still seem like a long way away, but in eCommerce terms, many of the larger businesses will be planning and…
Preparing For The 2020 Coronavirus Holiday Season as an eCommerce Seller
In January this year when Coronavirus was still seen as an issue for China, I wrote a prediction/advisory piece about how best to prepare your…
Black Friday & Cyber Monday – The Numbers
It is always fascinating to see just how busy the Thanksgiving weekend is every year in terms of eCommerce traffic and sales. For many online…
Royal Mail Reveals Top Areas Brits Shopped Online on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Royal Mail revealed the top ten areas where shoppers made the most online purchases over the course of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2019….
Shopify Merchants Sold Over $2.9 Billion Over the Black Friday/Cyber Monday Weekend
Over one million merchants on Shopify set records once again this Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend. From the start of Black Friday in New Zealand, through…
Cyber Monday 2019 – Biggest Day in Amazon History
Amazon announced that Cyber Monday was once again the single biggest shopping day in the company’s history, based on the number of items ordered worldwide….
Adobe Analytics Says Holiday Shoppers Will Spend Billions More With Their Phones
Does your ecommerce website automatically adjust to fit small device screens like mobile phones? If you shrugged your shoulders, you might want to go and…
Shopify Merchants Rack Up Record Sales on Black Friday
This year Shopify is again providing sales data over the Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend. The Shopify’s data below reflects the full 24 hours of Black…