This forecast represents a jump ahead for mobile commerce that wasn’t expected until four to six years from now, but the pandemic has pushed that timetable forward.
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While, typically, holiday shopping would be concentrated in the weeks around Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s expected that the shopping season this year will be longer and more drawn out. To some extent, this could be attributed to Prime Day’s delay, but the economic pressures of the pandemic are also taking their toll.
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Home Depot adapts Black Friday, holiday shopping season to pandemic era
Home Depot on Wednesday previewed its 2020 holiday shopping season — adapted to pandemic times, when crowds are taboo but customers still want deals.
Among the changes, the home improvement retailer said in a post on its website that Black Friday specials will stretch on for nearly two months, rather than take place on a single day. It will collaborate with Pinterest to inspire a different kind of DIY project: Making meaningful, homemade gifts. And it will nudge customers toward its mobile app by putting promotions there first.
Burlington to Battle Marshall's at New Roxbury Shopping Center | TAPinto
ROXBURY, NJ — The new Shops at Ledgewood Commons shopping center will be home to a Burlington store, the site developer confirmed today.
Based in New Jersey, Burlington Stores - formerly Burlington Coat Factory - operates 739 stores in 45 states and Puerto Rico, according to its website.
Burlington says its stores "offer an extensive selection of in-season, fashion-focused merchandise at up to 60 percent off other retailers' prices, including women’s ready-to-wear apparel, menswear, youth apparel, baby, beauty, footwear, accessories, home, toys, gifts and coats."
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Instagram tests new home screen with tabs for shopping and Reels | Engadget
Instagram is testing new layouts for its home screen that add dedicated sections for shopping and Reels. The company shared three new designs that “represent how people are using the app and giving extra love to creators, videos and shopping.”
Instagram has been testing a similar layout in India, Brazil, France and Germany — countries where the company said it was seeing “momentum” with Reels. But the latest test is the first time Instagram has also pushed its shopping section to a wide swath of users.
Online holiday tech shopping expected to boom this year, analyst says - CNET
Most of these tech sales are coming from e-commerce, the report found. In the second quarter, 69% of consumer technology sales occurred online, up from 48% the year before. That number is expected to remain over 60% in the coming months. In addition, buy-online and pick-up-in-store purchases accounted for about a quarter of online tech sales in the second quarter.
Coral Gables Shopping Center Locked Down For Time | Miami, FL Patch
CORAL GABLES, FL — The Village of Merrick Shops was placed on lockdown for a time Wednesday as Coral Gables police searched the upscale mall for someone who was possibly carrying a gun.
"CGPD was able to locate and identify the person with the gun and it was determined there was no threat or no crime committed," Coral Gables police said on social media late Wednesday afternoon. "The mall has reopened."
Police announced earlier Wednesday that the mall had been locked down as a precaution while officers searched for a person who was carrying a possible firearm.
(ONLN), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) - Online Shopping ETF Has Post-Pandemic Utility | Benzinga
E-commerce and online retail equities and the related exchange-traded funds are among the biggest beneficiaries of the stay at home orders forced by the coronavirus pandemic.
What Happened : Up more than 73% year-to-date, the ProShares Online Retail ETF (NYSE: ONLN ) is one of the stars among online retail ETFs , indicating that last week's 6% pullback could be a buying opportunity.
ONLN follows the ProShares Online Retail Index. The fund is top-heavy, but in this case, that's alright because “top-heavy” means a combined weight of almost 36% to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN ) and Alibaba (NYSE: BABA ) at the end of the second quarter.
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Xbox All Access is your all-inclusive pass to Xbox. Get the next-gen Xbox of your choice and over 100 games with… https://t.co/vmv9ASAMMH Xbox (from Redmond, WA) Wed Sep 09 13:10:16 +0000 2020
and Xbox All Access Expands to 12 Countries this Holiday https://t.co/rYtZY83zT8 majornelson (from In your Xbox) Wed Sep 09 13:14:00 +0000 2020
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