https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/holiday-shopping-2020/ Ecommerce Industry News Tue, 19 Jan 2021 01:13:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/holiday-shopping-2020/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/01/18/online-sellers-help-canada-post-break-delivery-records/ Tue, 19 Jan 2021 01:12:59 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17367 Canada Post broke a record for the number of parcels delivered in a single day last month, thanks in part to small- and medium-sized sellers fulfilling online orders. On Monday December 21, 2020, it delivered a record 2.4 million parcels. Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/01/10/sneak-peek-at-adobe-holiday-shopping-results/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 01:51:48 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17333 Online spending saw strong growth over the holiday shopping season in 2020. Here’s a closer look at the numbers, including a peek at how small sellers fared compared to large, and a look at growth rates of popular product categories. Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/27/online-holiday-sales-grew-nearly-50-in-2020/ Mon, 28 Dec 2020 01:49:35 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17247 Given the pandemic, it’s not a surprise that holiday shoppers shifted to online shopping in 2020. Last year, ecommerce accounted for 13% of overall retail sales during the November 1 – December 24 holiday shopping time period. That number rose Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/22/saturday-could-see-an-explosion-of-returns/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/22/saturday-could-see-an-explosion-of-returns/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2020 03:23:09 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17232 Ecommerce is seeing an explosion of online returns this year compared to last year, according to goTRG, and this Saturday, December 26, may be the busiest day for returns for the second year in a row, according to Returnly. Sender Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/22/saturday-could-see-an-explosion-of-returns/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/17/etsy-warns-buyers-and-sellers-of-shipping-delays/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/17/etsy-warns-buyers-and-sellers-of-shipping-delays/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2020 18:46:47 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17208 Etsy warned sellers on Monday of shipping delays and advised them to “Get those holiday orders in the mail.” The message was added as an update to a Seller Handbook article on shipping deadlines. “Due to United States shipping carrier Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/17/etsy-warns-buyers-and-sellers-of-shipping-delays/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/17/amazon-preps-for-busy-returns-season/ Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:17:37 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17206 With record online sales, online sellers should prepare for record returns, and Amazon knows this better than anyone. Over the years it has created new ways to make it easier for buyers to return items, and today, it issued a Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/16/amazon-reassures-buyers-it-is-free-of-delivery-delays/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:07:40 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17193 As stories pour in about shipping delays of online orders in the runup to Christmas, Amazon wants customers to know that members of its Prime subscription service can feel confident in ordering through Christmas Eve. A spokesperson told EcommerceBytes, “Today Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/07/bigcommerce-cyber-week-sales-up-74-in-2020/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 03:10:27 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17135 Ecommerce platform BigCommerce said it saw merchant sales grow 74% globally during the 5-day shopping period spanning Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday (November 30) compared to the same period last year. BigCommerce shared the following Cyber-Week data: Sunday (November 29, 2020) Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/04/amazon-sellers-see-60-growth-over-bfcm-weekend/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/04/amazon-sellers-see-60-growth-over-bfcm-weekend/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2020 02:41:07 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17130 Amazon said independent businesses on its platform experienced 60% growth year-over-year over the Black Friday-Cyber Monday (BFCM) weekend, surpassing $4.8 billion in worldwide sales. Nearly all of them were small and medium-sized businesses, Amazon said. It shared the data in Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/04/amazon-sellers-see-60-growth-over-bfcm-weekend/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/04/bfcm-shoppers-bought-gaming-consoles-pokemon-on-ebay/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/04/bfcm-shoppers-bought-gaming-consoles-pokemon-on-ebay/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2020 01:50:03 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17128 eBay said it broke all sales records for the Cyber 5 weekend spanning the 5-day period that included Thanksgiving Day (November 26, 2020), Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. eBay executive Jordan Sweetnam said in a post this week that success Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/12/04/bfcm-shoppers-bought-gaming-consoles-pokemon-on-ebay/feed/ 2