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Week After Cyber Monday Brings Slight Lull in E-Commerce Sales Growth

added: 15-12-2008

comScore reported its tracking of holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 42 days of the November - December 2008 holiday season. For the holiday season through December 12, $19.44 billion has been spent online, essentially the same level compared to the corresponding days last year. For the twelve days beginning with December 1 (Cyber Monday), the kick-off to the heaviest part of the online shopping season, sales totaled $8.26 billion, up 3 percent versus year ago.

CEO Confidence in Main Street Businesses and U.S. Economy Slides to All-Time Low

added: 15-12-2008

In Q4 2008, CEO confidence in the U.S. economy fell to an unprecedented low of 48.7 points, down 23.7 points from the third quarter, the largest quarterly drop in the Vistage CEO Confidence Index’s five-year history. Notably, of the 2,497 Main Street CEOs who responded, more chief executives than ever expressed reduced confidence in their own businesses.

U.S. Producer Price Index in November 2008

added: 15-12-2008

The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell 2.2 percent in November, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported.

Buyers Take a New Look at Vendor Financing to Get Deals Done

added: 15-12-2008

With the collapse and freezing of world credit markets, even the largest corporations are having difficulty getting credit, maintaining existing lines of credit and finding alternative ways of financing new projects.

Consumer Desire for "Green" Electronics on the Rise, Says CEA

added: 14-12-2008

More consumers expect their consumer electronics (CE) devices to be environmentally friendly, according to new data released today by the Consumer Electronics Association. Going Green: An Examination of the Green Trend and What it Means to Consumers and the CE Industry, finds that 89 percent of households want their next television to be more energy efficient, for example.

Holiday Shopping Trends: Consumers Likely to Start Online But Purchase in the Store

added: 14-12-2008

With Americans lining up for deals on Black Friday and surfing the web on Cyber Monday, the holiday shopping season is officially in full swing. Consumers today have access to more information and more ways to shop than ever before – including online, via cell phone or in physical stores. According to a new study by Harris Interactive®, a global leader in market research, shoppers consult an average of four resources on their path to purchase. Most consumers begin their research online, but ultimately make their purchase in a brick-and-mortar store.

Business Travelers Expected to Become More Resourceful in 2009

added: 14-12-2008

The big picture for 2008 reveals that cost controls may have been a more significant trend than policies focused on cutting back corporate travel. Throughout 2008, the Orbitz for Business/Business Traveler Magazine Quarterly Trend Report indicated a large majority of businesses were approaching travel more creatively in order to trim associated costs.

Recession Forcing US Companies to Cut Executive Bonuses, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds

added: 13-12-2008

With the recession showing no end in sight and the current spotlight on executive pay, many U.S. companies are cutting back on the annual bonuses and long-term incentives they pay their executives, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt.

How Do Boomers Use Their Mobiles?

added: 13-12-2008

To boomers, mobile phones are not a gateway to the Internet—yet. To them, the Internet is a source of information rather than entertainment, and that is also how they see their mobile phones.

Porter Novelli Examines U.S. Holiday Shopping Trends

added: 13-12-2008

No one can truly predict the future in this volatile economy. What really matters for marketers is consumer behavior today - what and how people are spending, or not, in reaction to the economic crisis.

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