Mintel’s Winter Holiday Shopping U.S. 2017 market report reveals that iGeneration winter holiday shoppers are the most likely (42 percent) to say they like to shop in stores on Black Friday, nearly double the amount of holiday shoppers overall (23 percent).
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Retailers Can Boost Black Friday Sales by Spending on Right Keywords
The retail category may see a significant increase in paid search advertising spending this holiday season, according to new research by AdGooroo. In a study of U.S. Google desktop text ad activity on the top 150,000 retail keywords by paid search spend, AdGooroo found that retailers boosted their year-over-year spend by 24% last holiday season, spending $1.44 billion in Q4 2015 compared to $1.16 billion in Q4 2014.
Black Friday 2015 by the Numbers Straight from Foursquare/Swarm Users
“Millions of phones with Foursquare and Swarm were celebrating Black Friday by hitting the shops, giving a clear model of how the overall U.S. population tackled their gift lists. Here’s what Foursquare found,” Foursquare’s own Jeff Glueck reveals.
50% of Black Friday Buyers Shop on Phones While in Line
With more and more retailers offering holiday deals earlier in the season, the excitement about Black Friday is no longer confined to a single day. Now it’s more like a month-long event. As a result, one in five shoppers headed to stores on Thanksgiving Day to capitalize on Black Friday deals, according to ThinkWithGoogle.
Shoppers to Focus Holiday Spending on Black Friday, Cyber Monday
The holiday shopping season is well underway and retailers are eager to know exactly how much consumers can be talked into spending this year. Discover Financial Services is one of several enterprises that studies this topic and the firm has just released the 2013 Discover Holiday Shopping Survey. The consumers surveyed by Discover are feeling extremely positive and told pollsters they’re planning to significantly boost spending this year.
Consumer Intent to Personalize Gifts Will Guide Marketer Strategies
Add Deloitte to the list of prognosticators who see a bright side to this year’s holiday shopping season. The firm recently published its 26th annual survey on the topic. Not surprisingly, Deloitte’s forecast supports what others have been saying about digital and mobile trends. But the forecast includes a few surprises.
