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Online shopping and The economics of Christmas
This year online shopping on Black Friday and Thanksgiving Day kept its growth moving thanks to more shoppers jumping the queue in stores to shop at home. There was no need to go outside as customers had just to click on their mouse to buy their favorite goods. Clicks were so numerous that reached a rate of almost 3.000 orders per minute, peaking at $2 million every two minutes. As regard to mobile phones they brought to the economics $583 million in sales showing how strongly online shopping affects the market. Analysts underline in particular the impressive growth of mobile shopping that generated 61% of all web traffic to retail sites on Thanksgiving Day, according to Salesforce. For the first time ever orders from mobile exceeded those from desktop. However it does not matter if customers ordered by mobile or desktop, the real winner have been online shopping. To understand how such a new trend is affecting the economics we should know where people take their chance to find out the best item and why not that’s a good idea to make a great deal for a Christmas gift too.
Online shopping: where to find the best fashion products
Why to trudge round the shops when you can buy your favorite and perfect clothes just at home. From the budget one to the high class online shop you have available a complete world of fashion just a click away
- It has become through years a point of reference for those who are looking for cheap trend-led fashion. Inspired by celebrity style it has won many awards for its price-savvy desings. Taking inspiration from celebrity style, Boohoo has won many awards for its price-savvy designs.
- Love Miss Daisy. The site is dedicated to the finest and highest quality yet affordable vintage. You can find items from all over the world with nice pictures and accurate descriptions. Love Miss Daisy’s selection covers from the the Forties to the Eighties with an amazing choice of wedding dresses.
- Net-a-Porter. It opened in 2.000 and since then Net-a-Porter has become synonym of luxury with an audience of over 6 million via a global multi-channel ecosystem, including The EDIT digital magazine. It offers a worldwide customer service that covers 170 countries.
Tech and accessories: the best online stores
There is no need to stay in line waiting for buying your new Apple Watch Series 3 or a stylish and elegant Apple Watch leather band when you can comfortably choose it at home.
- Meridioband. Italian artisans who combine tradition with modern technology creating unique Apple Watch leather bands. A wide variety of leather straps that match both an informal and a classy style. An invaluable Christmas gift right from Italian handmade craft.
- Fortress geek. It’s a geek’s heaven full of fun tools, gadgets, gear and other exciting items. It has also a special section for geek women too.
- Firebox. A modern online shop able to catch everybody’s interest. Here you can find a lot of stylish and smart items. To see what catches the visitor’s eye the most, click on the “Top 50” tab at the top of the page.
Where to find books and other cultural things online
If you don’t have a local bookstore or if you need a specific title so diffult to find it the web is your best choice.
- Better World Books. The perfect choice for eBooks, popular fiction and non-fiction. The site is partner with libraries and college campuses to sell used books, most of them donated to literacy non-profits around the world. In addition you can also choose digital books to save time by downloading your favorite title and read it at once.
- Some people love Amazon. Others hate it. However it offers an incredible collection of new and impossible to find books with a personalized online shopping experience that satisfies more than one customer. Prime Service is also a great opportunity to receive your Christmas items on time for your presents.
- That’s right, you can send amount or songs straight from your Apple’s devices. Such an operation is pretty easy and maybe it’s not the perfect gift but it could introduce the real gift to the strains of the perfect song.
Super Saturday: the last chance for your Christmas shopping
Last year, analysts made a prediction: Super Saturday will overtake Black Friday as the busiest day on the shopping calendar. As it often happens they were wrong. Such a fact was due to the distance between Super Saturday and Christmas. This year things could be different as Super Saturday falls close to Christmas, very close indeed: one day before. In 2017 Super Saturday will be a real panic day for shoppers and a real gift for dealers. The last are living a positive economics trend this year and we expect that on Super Saturday they will do their best to be competitive on price and value. It will be a busy day, of course, but it will be also an important turning point to understand how firm 2017 growth has been. Stay Tuned about our offers!
