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Surviving the Post-Holiday Shopping Blues
MMI offers advice on how to celebrate the New Year debt-free Opening gifts is a ton of fun. Opening the resulting bills is not. Yet every holiday season millions of consumers use their credit cards to buy gifts when they don’t have cash. During the next couple of weeks, those bills will start rolling in and a [...]
Continue reading...Black Friday Online Retail Sales Reached $5.6 Million in Just One Minute at 12:59
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
The busiest minute for online shopping and retail sales saw a 131% like-for-like increase on last year Between 12:00 and 13:00 retail sales peaked at $183 million, an increase of 61% Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, ended on a high at $3B, up 52% Retail Decisions (ReD), a world leader in card fraud prevention, [...]
Continue reading...Black Friday Shopping: 2009 Online Statistics
Monday, November 30, 2009
PriceGrabber.com, a part of Experian, revealed today that shopping enthusiasts continued to take advantage of Black Friday promotions and incentives in popular product categories, such as MP3 Players, Plasma & LCD TVs and GPS. The most sought-after products on Black Friday 2009 included Wii(TM) Console, nuvi® 265WT GPS and Apple iPod® touch 8GB. PriceGrabber.com’s recent holiday [...]
Continue reading...2009 Will be a Bumper Thanksgiving for Online Retailers
Friday, November 27, 2009
Retail Decisions (ReD) predicts that 2009 will be a lucrative Thanksgiving shopping for retailers as online retail sales could hit $51 billion (1) over the holiday season, up 23% on last year’s $41.4 billion(2). ReD, a world leader in card fraud prevention, payment processing and a card issuer, screens some sixteen billion card [...]
Continue reading...Online Trading Buoyed by Discounts
Monday, August 31, 2009
According to the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales index, the online trading of fashion and footwear rose 17% to 429M UK pounds this July because of bargains from Internet sales. This came in the midst of the summer holiday sale. Total online retail sales rose 16.8% year on year to £4.2bn. Singer analyst Matthew McEachran said: “The [...]
Continue reading...Take Advantage of Last Minute Trips and Ticket Sales
Monday, August 10, 2009
Have you ever had an unexpected opportunity to take some time off? Or have you planned time off to stay at home, then decided that it would be nice to take a vacation? There was a time when last minute trips were difficult to successfully plan, not to mention expensive. But today, it’s entirely possible [...]
Continue reading...What Is a Low Price Guarantee?
Friday, July 3, 2009
By Donna L Montaldo, About.com Basically a Low Price Guarantee policy in shopping states that a store promises to match the price or services of its competitors. This can cover a wide range of products, from big ticket items like washer and dryers, to low price items including grocery and drug store purchases. Every Price Guarantee is [...]
Continue reading...Can Family Meal Planning Help You Save Money?
Friday, June 26, 2009
Whether you purchase groceries on sale or at a warehouse, always buy in bulk. Buy those items that you can prepare in one day to last for several weeks. For example, whole chickens are reasonably priced. You can purchase two and make two pots of chicken stew. Vegetables on sale can be added to the chicken [...]
Continue reading...Coupon Hunting for a Cheaper Vacation
Friday, June 12, 2009
Going on vacation can be fun, relaxing and rejuvenating. But one thing it usually isn’t is cheap. Just paying for a place to stay and admission to attractions can add up to hundreds of dollars. And by the time you factor in travel, dining and shopping, your vacation could cost a small fortune. The good news [...]
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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