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Did Retailers Risk Damage to Their Brands Despite Hit Holiday Online Sales?

Amid e-commerce glitches and technology's growing pains, retailers can still win the loyalty of customers. Here's how. READ»

Cyber Attacks Don't Take The Holidays Off

For most of us, the holidays usually mean some time away from work, a chance to hang out with friends and family, and an excuse to kick up our feet and relax a little. That is, unless, you happen to be in the cyber-attack business, where the holidays could be the perfect time for you to strike unsuspecting e-commerce sites and deal-happy consumers.READ»

How $1.25 Billion Gets Spent In A Day: "Austerity Fatigue" And High Tech

Checking in with IBM, comScore, Mercent, and Envirosell to play Cyber Monday quarterback. Or, as IBM's John Squire calls it: "The best day ever."READ»

Cyber Monday, Biggest Online Spending Day In History: Shopping Has Changed

Comcast's just published its survey of consumer spending for the Cyber Monday that's just passed: It was the single biggest day ever for shopping online, the first to surpass a billion dollars in U.S. spending. It proves shopping has changed forever.READ»

Cyber Monday: Marketing Myth No More?

It's Cyber Monday--Yay! What's that you say? "Nothing but a marketing myth designed to boost pre-Holiday sales?" And Black Friday is, what, a day when we're genetically predisposed to camping out in a 33-degree wintery mix for a ...READ»