Cyber Monday sales will rise 18% to $2 billion this year in the U.S. and Europe, with mobile playing a growing role in holiday buying, according to a new forecast from Adobe Systems. ...Read the whole story
Video syndication network News Distribution Network (NDN) jumped to No. 3 in comScore's ranking of the top online video properties in October, with an audience of 53.2 million, up from 40.5 million in September. NDN distributes video to more than 4,500 news sites. ...Read the whole story
Brick-and-mortar stores have Black Friday. Online ones have Cyber Monday. What does that leave for mobile? Thanksgiving. E-commerce data from IBM/Coremetrics last year showed that 15% of consumers used a mobile device to visit a retailer's site on Turkey Day, up from 6.5% the prior year. ...Read the whole story
Social media analytics start-up Socialbakers on Monday is expected to announce $6 million funding. Socialbakers has quickly grown to 160 employees worldwide, and boasts McDonald's, Nestle and LVMH as clients. ...Read the whole story
Digital marketing agency Ascentium has re-branded itself Smith, following the full integration of e-commerce company Cactus Commerce, which it acquired in September 2011. ...Read the whole story
Amazon has settled a lawsuit alleging that it circumvented the privacy settings of Internet Explorer users. A Carnegie Mellon University study that came out before the lawsuit detailed how Web companies thwart privacy settings by providing incorrect data to Internet Explorer. ...Read the whole story
According to a new survey of 59 retailers, there is an enormous disconnect between their sensitivity to the 'showrooming' phenomenon and their preparedness to engage it. ...Read the whole story
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