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Forrester Predicts Continued Online Shopping Growth
Monday, 12 March 2012By Lisa Picarille0 Comments
Market research firm Forrester Research recently released a report that estimates online shoppers in the United States will spend $327 billion in 2016, up 45 percent from $226 billion this year and 62 percent from $202 billion in 2011. In 2016, online retaill will account for 9 percent of total retail sales.
The report, U.S. Online Retail Forecast, 2011 to 2016, by Forrester analyst Sucharita Mulpuru, was created by analyzing trends in the monthly retail sales figures released by the U.S. Census Department but does not include sales of cars and trucks, gasoline, groceries and restaurant meals.
Steady growth in the number of Web shoppers is helping to boost ecommerce sales. Forrester claims that 192 million U.S. consumers will shop online in 2016, up 15 percent from 167 million in 2012. But the bigger factor in driving ecommerce growth is that each shopper will spend more on average, the report says. U.S. consumers in 2016 will each spend an average of $1,738 online, up 44 percent from $1,207 in 2012.
The report also claims that much of the growth in US ecommerce sales comes from online retailers improving their websites and services. Mulpuru writes in the report. “This is particularly true of categories such as apparel and jewelry, which have integrated rich selling tools such as zoom, color swatching, and configurators, as well as office supply stores, which have broader payment options (e.g., small business purchase orders online) and subscription plans for their buyers.”
In addition, there were other factors contributing to the increase including aggressive merchandising and discounting from flash sale and daily deal retailers. Seventy percent of holiday shoppers in 2011 said they made purchases online rather than in stores because online retailers offered better deals.
More online loyalty programs also added to expected increase. The report says that 12 percent of online shoppers belonged to such programs as Amazon Prime in 2011, up from 9 percent in 2010. Of those consumers who belonged to such a program last year, 61 percent said they purchased from that retailer more often.
And smartphones and tablets are helping boost ecommerce sales. According to the report smartphones and tablets leads consumers to spend more time online and spend more money making purchases.
What If the Real 'Winner' of SXSW Was… AmEx?
162 and Building the Commerce Engine Beneath Social Services
By: David Berkowitz
Published: March 14, 2012
David Berkowitz
Have you heard about the hottest startup to announce a new product at South by Southwest Interactive? It had the most ubiquitous new product, it threw the biggest party with one of the world's top celebrities, and it may change how we think about social commerce. Presenting the winner of the SXSW 2012 buzz bowl: American Express.
In the year that AKQA's Rei Inamoto presented a keynote talk on why ad agencies should act more like tech startups, a 162-year-old financial services company acted like a tech startup, and stole the attention away from the thousands of startups represented there. Here's how AmEx did it:
It debuted an innovative product. AmEx Sync now allows merchants to offer special offers that consumers can redeem by tweeting an offer to Twitter. There have been enough attempts at Twitter commerce before to warrant some using the shorthand t-commerce, but no company – Twitter included – has done so with such a broad reach, an aggressive marketing campaign, and major brand partners like McDonald's, Whole Foods, and Gulf Oil.
It expanded on a pilot, giving it a launching pad. AmEx actually debuted Sync in Austin last year, but just with Foursquare. At dozens of locations around Austin, AmEx offered consumers a way to earn $10 in statement credit when they loaded the deal through Foursquare. AmEx already gained credibility with these early adopters, so it didn't have to sell the concept of this brand innovating with social commerce.
It was digitally ubiquitous, at least for the target audience. Sync actually now works with Foursquare, Twitter, and Facebook, but AmEx hasn't been pushing Facebook at SXSW. Why? Even though Facebook has a major advantage in terms of user numbers, the SXSW audience is obsessed with Foursquare and Twitter. It's possible that Facebook will wind up being the dominant platform for Sync, but that wouldn't have gotten the attention of the Austin crowd.
It offered a clear value proposition. Consumers who have an AmEx card can get $10 credit at a wide range of local businesses, and there is the potential to receive more credits through Facebook and Twitter.
It was the loudest marketer in all of Texas during SXSW. The initial campaign for AmEx Sync with Twitter was a Jay-Z ticket giveaway. Nothing came close to that in Austin for generating excitement. It helped that he put on an excellent show.
AmEx had plenty of competition. Before the festival even started, most pundits – myself included – declared Highlight the hottest new technology to launch at SXSW 2012. We were wrong.
What's even more jarring is the next most buzzworthy product debut, from a baby of a company just 48 years young. It was the Nike+ FuelBand, a product that attempts to encourage people to be more physically active, also with social underpinnings. The $149 gadget sold out quickly whenever the limited supplies were restocked, and Nike created high-tech, interactive experiences centered around some of the most central real estate in downtown Austin.
Last year, SXSW die-hards were concerned that corporate brands were taking over Austin. This year, brand marketers were far more prominent, but no one was complaining. Next year, startups should spend less time courting major brands and more time acting like them.
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Is anyone else having trouble with the sec website?
Yeah areas or zip codes of bugs lol
I have been in contracts like that, they were always for 1 year.
Got this this am
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Congratulations!!! Little healthy ninjas!
Yep,
not to bash, but isn't a PR a hell of a lot cheaper then a promo? Oh well, maybe they will get it right this time, third try within the last 3 weeks right?
Ahh crap every time things start to look good they promo the thing and kill it! Lol
Wooooo boys now,,,, settle down now ya hear! Play nice
Maybe they don't like us "penny" guys and gals
Claytrader accused him of dumping his stock on his followers, all DPS did was defend himself against the false accusations, and it got him jailed for a month! He can't post in the jail either!
DPS did not "disappear" he is not allowed to post until 4-6-12
Congrats!!! Boys? Girls? I'll be in your shoes in a couple weeks but only one! Thank god! Lol,
Who is your broker?
This is the longest I have ever held a stock
You can find him on Facebook or DPS sites,
Maybe they don't like us
Thanks!
Who you talking to? LOL
Was it him at .1801 all day? I haven't been at the L2 all day
ATRN never was a big power hour stock, as far as I can remember anyways
Agreed!
Dr PennyStock's Annotated Chart
Here it is from Friday afternoon. All is the same, nothing has changed
ATRN annotated daily chart including supports and resistances.
Very important to understand how to read charts: previous supports become resistances, and, previous resistances become supports.
Supports and positive points are signaled with green, resistances and negative points are signaled with red.
Supports: .18(previous support point), .172(another previous support point), .155(another previous support point, just confirmed this week, it was there the point where the stock bounced to .23), and, finally the MA50, at .1186 today(the horizontal dashed green line).
Resistances: The ascending trend line(previous support, now resistance), .26(previous resistance point, the first horizontal dashed red line), .3599(previous resistance, the second horizontal dashed red line), .72(previous resistance, the third horizontal dashed red line), 1.00(psychological mark, the horizontal red line), and, 1.62(the MA200).
Positive points:
- The stock recovered to above the RSI50 line, the MOMO zone, and, has much room to run until 90, enough for a run to .72 - .80.
- The volume and the reaction were very good on the bounce from .15 to .23.
- The MA50 is going up, and, will cause buy pressure.
- The +DI is at 26, much room to run until 60, more than enough for a run to .72 - .80.
- The .15 level seems to be a very strong support zone.
Negative points:
- The main negative point was the breakdown of the ascending trend line, but, is not the end of the world, good news will easily cause the recovery to above it.
- The MACD turned to negative, but, very slightly negative, just a small spike will make it turn again to positive.
- The ADX line is falling, and, pointing down, this is normal, it is the consequence of the pull back, it means the run lost strength.
Daily chart
One that just came up on my scanner CAVR I'll look into in in a few to see if it fits
I hear ya on the time change! And yes today's trading is very annoying!
They are private
It was put out yesterday, but, it's bs, I got the same thing for all my stocks
It's bs, I got the same thing, I ordered it an got it this am, it was a package of old news from last year
The ball is green on there linkedin website, was it blue before? It is still blue on the Facebook page
Hey Diamond, hope your having a good weekend! Are you still in atrain?