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%…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Today, Abt was featured in an article by the Wall Street Journal. Jon Abt discussed on-line shopping two days before Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. To read the article in its entirety, click here. -Kelly B.…
Consumer Reports did a poll about the most wanted products this Black Friday. The poll showed that 70 percent of the 1,001 adults, who participated, planned to purchase consumer electronics, and 71 percent plans to buy clothing. Almost surprising, more than half of the Black Friday shoppers polled will be purchasing an electronic for themselves. Not as surprising,…
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,”…
