Holiday season, more than four months from now, is perhaps the last thing on the majority of people’s minds. Except for us online retailers. In fact, right about now is the time we all start…

by Melissa Campanelli, Editor-in-Chief, Retail Online Integration Special to the eTail Blog eBags’ holiday sales were up 33 year-over-year through Dec. 6, more than doubling comScore’s 15 percent holiday estimate. Here are a few more…

By Mark Simpson, Special to the eTail Blog You’ve been planning for months for this time of year: the holiday shopping season. Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but there is still…

There’s been lots of fuss about the holiday hours at major US retailers this year. Much of that fuss is coming from the employees who may not get their normal Thanksgiving holiday break, while the…

By Melissa Campanelli Special to the eTail Blog Christmas ’11: The Retail Forecast, a half-day conference presented by the Retail Marketing Society on Nov. 1, in New York City, showcased Morgan Stanley analysts naming eight…