Comments on: It’s the Online Holiday Season! http://paymentsviews.com/2009/12/16/its-the-online-holiday-season/ Views and Opinions about the World of Payments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:35:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scott Loftesness http://paymentsviews.com/2009/12/16/its-the-online-holiday-season/comment-page-1/#comment-5145 Scott Loftesness Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:16:34 +0000 http://paymentsviews.com/?p=2869#comment-5145 Interesting article in today's New York Times titled "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/technology/18mobile.html?hpw" rel="nofollow">Mobile Phones Become Boon to Holiday Shopping</a>" about how one in five shoppers said they intended to use their cellphones to shop for the holidays. So, if we're past the tipping point for online, perhaps mobile is also one of the drivers? Interesting article in today’s New York Times titled “Mobile Phones Become Boon to Holiday Shopping” about how one in five shoppers said they intended to use their cellphones to shop for the holidays.

So, if we’re past the tipping point for online, perhaps mobile is also one of the drivers?

]]> By: Charles Nicholls http://paymentsviews.com/2009/12/16/its-the-online-holiday-season/comment-page-1/#comment-5138 Charles Nicholls Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:47:01 +0000 http://paymentsviews.com/?p=2869#comment-5138 I think the consensus is that while online retail has been healthy and up on 2008 (as you rightly point out, pick you number as to hou much up), in store has been patchy. There's also been heavy discounting: promotional offers are up by 21% year over year, and lost of sloid evidence which shows the link between promotions and onsitre conversions. In fact customers were deferring purchases in anticipation of seasonal discounts. There are several blogs about this <a href="http://www.seewhy.com/blog" rel="nofollow">here</a> with additional data on seasonal trends. I think the consensus is that while online retail has been healthy and up on 2008 (as you rightly point out, pick you number as to hou much up), in store has been patchy. There’s also been heavy discounting: promotional offers are up by 21% year over year, and lost of sloid evidence which shows the link between promotions and onsitre conversions. In fact customers were deferring purchases in anticipation of seasonal discounts. There are several blogs about this here with additional data on seasonal trends.

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