Black Friday stories - Page 1
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Cashrewards acquires Little Birdie to boost shopping tech
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Cashrewards has acquired Little Birdie, aiming to bolster its cashback platform with advanced product search and price comparison tools in time for Black Friday.
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Piwik PRO launches real-time dashboards for instant insights
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Piwik PRO unveils real-time dashboards, offering users immediate insights into key metrics for swift decision-making, vital for sectors like publishing and finance.
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John Lewis enhances retail media capabilities for brands
Thu, 1st Aug 2024
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John Lewis introduces new retail media capabilities with Epsilon, empowering brands to craft adverts on johnlewis.com, enhancing customer engagement and sales.
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UK marketers adopt AI for Olympics strategies, study reveals
Thu, 25th Jul 2024
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Research reveals 51% of UK marketers are leveraging AI for Paris Olympics strategies, despite consumer concerns over data use and calls for increased regulation.
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Online shopping sees surge in parcel theft claims in Australia
Thu, 18th Jul 2024
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online shopping
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electronics
Parcel theft claims in Australia have more than doubled, due to the surge in online shopping, a trend that intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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How to optimize your brand’s eCommerce site around key online shopping days
Wed, 17th Jul 2024
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Optimise your eCommerce site for Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Amazon Prime Day to capture shoppers and boost sales with data-driven strategies.
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Gen Z shows more optimism & plans to spend big in Q4
Wed, 3rd Jul 2024
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millennials
Gen Z's optimism and spending power spike in UNiDAYS report, highlighting a shift in mood and loyalty trends for the year's final quarter. Brands, take note!.
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Commercetools recognises 65% ARR growth, credits B2B expansion
Tue, 2nd Apr 2024
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commerce systems
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cartech
Commercetools sees 65% growth in ARR, attributing success to B2B expansion including prominent partnerships with Fortune 500 companies like Volkswagen and BMW.
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Australian traditional PC market shrinks by nearly 10% in 2023
Wed, 20th Mar 2024
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personal computing devices
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pc market
A steep 9.8% contraction hit Australia's traditional PC market in 2023, amid inflation-related woes, impacting notably desktops and notebooks, IDC report reveals.
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Australia's smartphone market dips 6%, Apple & Google dominate
Wed, 20th Mar 2024
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smartphones
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personal computing devices
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apple
Amid a 6% YoY dip in Australia's smartphone market, Apple and Google's new releases drive a QoQ rise of 14.2%, while the average selling price experiences a 7.1% surge.
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Australians turn to discounts amid rising living costs
Tue, 5th Mar 2024
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cleantech
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electronics
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Amid rising living costs, Australians are to depend more on promotional deals and discounts in 2024, with spending reductions expected across industries.
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Distil.ai reveals UK shopping habits shift post-Christmas
Mon, 29th Jan 2024
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shopping
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Analysis of shopping data by Distil.ai exhibits a surge in UK consumer spending post-Christmas, displacing Black Friday as the most profitable sales period and signalling a shift in habits.
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Unicommerce reveals 18.7% surge in India's Republic Day 2024 sales
Mon, 29th Jan 2024
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sales
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online shopping
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India's Republic Day 2024 sales marked an 18.7% rise in e-commerce orders via major enablement platform Unicommerce, driven by increased consumer enthusiasm for online shopping and impactful nationwide campaigns.
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Major shifts predicted in Australia's eCommerce landscape for 2024
Wed, 24th Jan 2024
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data analytics
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In 2024, significant shifts in Australia's ecommerce landscape are forecasted, with AI advancements, personalisation, marketplaces, and strategic brand research identified as pivotal factors by global accelerator, Pattern.
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OneTap Loyalty revolutionises retail with payment card-integrated rewards
Tue, 16th Jan 2024
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Australian tech platform OneTap Loyalty streamlines rewards earning process, integrating payment cards with loyalty programs and bolstering customer engagement.
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Cloudflare reports rise in API threats & DDoS shifts
Wed, 10th Jan 2024
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firewalls
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gaming
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advanced persistent threat protection
New report warns of a rise in API-based cyber threats as businesses digitise, alongside escalating DDoS activities targeting specific sectors and regions.
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Rise in DDoS attacks & API security threats in 2023
Wed, 10th Jan 2024
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Cloudflare's reports highlight the spike in DDoS attacks amid conflict in Palestine and Israel, and the growing security threats posed by 'shadow APIs'.
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US holiday online retail surges to USD $222.1 billion amid difficult economy
Mon, 8th Jan 2024
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US consumers fuel a 4.9% YoY boost to holiday online retail sales, hitting USD $222 billion. Growth is driven by big discounts, rising use of Buy Now, Pay Later options and mobile purchases dominating.
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Boxing Day sales reign supreme for Kiwi online shoppers
Sat, 30th Dec 2023
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nz
Boxing Day beats Black Friday and Cyber Monday as favourite for bargain hunting among Kiwi online shoppers, with site visits to New Zealand's PriceMe.co.nz rising 11%.
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Accelya spearheads NDC momentum, enabling over 50% of 2022's transactions
Thu, 21st Dec 2023
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data analytics
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Accelya leads the way in New Distribution Capability (NDC), enabling over half of 2022's global NDC transactions.