Posts Tagged ‘local inventory’

R&D is the most fun at any company. People who get to sit around and think about the next “great” thing. (Well, they don’t just sit around and think, but you get the picture.) Here at Shopatron, one of our newest R&D efforts is something called Search.Shopatron. It is the brainchild of our founder Ed [...]

I have been talking a lot about social networks, retailer communication and inventory issues this season. Well, I finally have something to bring them all together! One of our great specialty toy brands, Zoobie Pets, put out a tweet this week:

Here’s a look at some of the sales trends that experts are predicting for this holiday season:
Continued growth in online spending and product research

Overall consumer spending may be uncertain, but according to a BurstMedia survey, 85.3% of people plan to shop online this holiday season. The first results from Black Friday to Cyber Monday are [...]

We have been talking a lot about the interaction of inventory and holiday sales this season. Today I received a newsletter from Liberty Skis with a great subject line – “Liberty Skis are SOLD OUT!”

Who’s up for a game of chicken?
Whether we like it or not, it seems like we are heading for one in retail this holiday season. Last year’s massive dive in the economy just prior to the holiday season lead to desperate discounting in quest of sales. A significant factor contributing to this was that retailers [...]

A very interesting news story broke recently… at least it was very interesting for someone like me who spends a lot of his day thinking about in-store pickup. It was announced that Amazon launched a same-day delivery service. The idea, as explained on Amazon.com, is fairly simple:
“When you choose Local Express Delivery, items are delivered [...]

It was like burning money.  Just flick the Zippo and light a Ben Franklin on fire.
The Paseo Nuevo mall in downtown Santa Barbara is probably one of the more deluxe malls I’ve seen.  No shortage of opportunities to spend way too much on beautiful things and tasty services.  We ended up there because my daughter [...]

As a brand, you never fully control of the customer experience. Instead, you rely on valuable partners to complete the experience for you. A brand like Rossignol must rely on partners to stock their skis, consult with the customer on the correct ski, install/customize the skis, and service the skis over time. In many ways, [...]

Many eCommerce pundits ignore the giant in-store pickup trend because it doesn’t fit nicely into the “traditional” eCommerce landscape, with amazon.com, buy.com, eBay, and the rest of the “pure-play” bunch.  Forget for a second that most eCom pros believed pure players were going to put brick and mortar (a pejorative term in its early usages) [...]