Purchasing goods on cellular phones is a growing medium for ecommerce, with users sourcing deals from their phones and tablets before visiting physical stores. A new study by Usablenet tracked various retail websites and tracked 18 million page views and 1 million mobile users over Thanksgiving and Black Friday. It saw mobile traffic to its clients was up 60% from the same period last year, with Thanksgiving sending more traffic than the following…
In less than a week, consumers will hit the stores in a wild frenzy to shop for great deals. Some are even camping outside stores now, waiting for a full week to get the best prices of the year. A survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and BIGresearch shows that 74 million people definitely plan to hit the stores Thanksgiving weekend, while another 77 million said they will do so…
Lots can be said about Santa during the holiday season, but we here at Abt have our own holiday delivery people: our shipping department. For the Black Friday weekend everyone in the department had a little extra coffee and little less sleep to get each and every order picked, wrapped up and shipped out. Packages from across the country needed to make their way to their respective owners and the department pushed…
Our Thanksgiving Sale is still in effect online until Monday, 11/29/10 at 11:59 pm (CST). You can find great deals at Abt without having to worry about shuffling around department stores, waiting in long lines and deal with massive crowds. So, sit back, relax and start shopping! For those in the Chicagoland area, great deals are even in our store. We’ll be open this weekend till 9pm today and this weekend, Saturday…
Black Friday, a flood of people entered the Abt showroom for our first early opening in history. Will Cyber Monday realize the same flurry of people on Abt.com and in our phone sales department? Traditionally, Black Friday has been the busiest shopping day of the year. In recent years, Cyber Monday has given Black Friday a run for its money. What will this year bring? Will Cyber Monday outshine Black Friday??? -Kelly…
Today, Abt was featured in an article by the Wall Street Journal. Jon Abt discussed online shopping two days before Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. To read the article in its entirety, click here. -Kelly B.…
The day after Thanksgiving is synonymous with sales and shopping. Most people associate it with the start of the holiday shopping season. Black Friday isn’t for a couple weeks, that’s why I was so surprised to read a message from Shawn DuBravac this morning. The Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) chief economist/research director said, “Black Friday has begun early,” “Consumers are starting to go out, which is consistent with [the idea] that they’re…
