Amazon Tops In Cyber Monday Traffic

By Alan Wolf On Nov 29 2012 - 9:56am

New York – Amazon.com was the most-shopped e-commerce site on Cyber Monday (Nov. 26).

According to Experian Marketing Services, traffic to the No. 1 e-tailer rose 36 percent year over year to nearly 35 million visits, excluding mobile devices.

Second place went to Walmart.com, with a 21 percent spike in traffic, to 18.6 million visits.

Amazon and Walmart.com were also the No. 1 and No. 2 most-shopped retail sites on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday, Experian said.

CE Helps Break E-tail Sales Record On Cyber Monday

By Alan Wolf On Nov 28 2012 - 12:39pm

Reston, Va. – Online sales soared 17 percent on Cyber Monday (Nov. 26) to $1.5 billion, marking an all-time, one-day high for the channel.

CE contributed to the bounty as the second-largest gainer of the day, with sales up 24 percent year over year, trailing only digital content and subscriptions (up 28 percent).

Other top-growing categories on Cyber Monday included computer hardware, up 22 percent, and video game hardware and software, up 18 percent.

Cyber Monday Tops For Walmart.com

By Alan Wolf On Nov 28 2012 - 10:56am

Walmart reported its best ever Cyber Monday.

San Francisco – Walmart.com reported its best day ever on Cyber Monday (Nov. 26).

Top sellers included Double Power’s T-711 touchscreen tablet with Wi-Fi, Garmin’s Nuvi 50 5-inch portable GPS portable navigation device, and an Element-branded 32-inch, 1080p LCD TV, the company said.

Walmart also received a big boost from mobile customers, with online traffic from its mobile apps rising 280 percent year over year.