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The Growing Value of Dollar Stores Online
Image from: Dollar Store Image / Shutterstock Shoppers may not associate dollar stores with ecommerce, as the cost of shipping is likely to exceed the price of...
A Mild Winter Brings Fewer Searches
Image from: ghido / Shutterstock For most parts of the country, this winter has been relatively snow-free. Here in Boston, we only had 6.8 inches of snow this...
Barbies, Legos, and Tablets: Top Toys of 2011
Image from: zuender/Shutterstock As we enter the final days of November, children everywhere are finalizing their lists for the upcoming holiday season. I remember...
The State of Online Retail
This webinar and accompanying whitepaper provide an overview of online retail trends that have occurred during Q2 2011. We combined Compete’s behavioral data...
It’s 10PM; do you know where your shoppers are?
One of the many reasons people love online shopping is the freedom to place orders anytime, anywhere. We’ve all bought a pair of shoes at 3AM once, right? (Maybe...
Holiday Toy Story–The Sequel
We wanted to follow up on our previous blog that highlighted the top 5 searched toys on ToyRUs this holiday season and look at where searchers went after they searched...
Shoppers turn to the web for Black Friday deals
As Thanksgiving grows closer, so does the official launch to the holiday shopping frenzy. Retailers open their doors as early as midnight on the Friday after Thanksgiving,...
Do You Groupon?
In recent months, I’ve noticed the term "groupon" creeping into conversations with increasing regularity. The term comes from groupon.com, a website...
Zhu-Zhu Pets: 2009′s Hottest Toy for the Holidays
Every holiday season, the retail world eagerly anticipates that year’s "it toy," the one item that sends parents on fruitless searches to every...
Back-to-School Shoppers Hit Web Early
As a child, I remember the final weeks of summer meant only one thing: the first day of school was near. Students across the country will soon be forced to say goodbye...
