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Raley’s Facebook App, Grandparent Consumer Niche, Home Depot Spring Black Friday

Raley's Supermarkets has introduced Family Table, a new Facebook app that provides a week's worth of meal ideas using sale items, according to Supermarket News.Family Table subscribers get breakfast, lunch and dinner recipe recommendations directly on their Facebook pages. Stats & Research There are currently 69.6 million grandparents in the US, a figure expected to grow another 11% to...
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‘Daily Wrap:’ Holiday Sales, Amazon.com, Starbucks

Preliminary 2010 holiday sales, which combine the full months of November and December 2010, rose 5.7% to $462 billion, surpassing NRF's forecast of 3.3%. This represents the best holiday sales gain since 2004, when holiday sales increased 5.9%. E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing Online retailer Amazon.com intends to build its largest UK distribution center near Edinburgh, Scotland...
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‘The Daily Wrap:’ Google, Amazon, Burger King

Yesterday, Google launched Google eBookstore, which will offer users the ability to browse and search through what the company says is “the largest ebooks collection in the world.’’ The Boston Globe reports the online store offers more than 3 million titles, including hundreds of thousands for sale and many more for free. E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing Amazon.com Inc. has...
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‘The Daily Wrap:’ Mobile Coupons, Staples, Borders

Will retailers see an advantage in mobile coupons? As reported by The Boston Globe, some applications that consumers may already be using have started to weave in special offers, although they may have to download the latest version to see them. E-commerce & Multichannel Retailing Staples, which entered the Australian office products market when it purchased Corporate Express in July...
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‘The Daily Wrap:’ Wal-Mart, Search Engines, Pontiac

"The Daily Wrap" is a daily look at some of the headlines that may be of most interest to Retailer Daily readers. Today's wrapup of industry-related headlines includes Wal-Mart releasing its list of top toys for the holiday season, a new search engine designed to weed out unhelpful options, and US auto brand Pontiac ceasing operations. Seasonal Retailing Wal-Mart unwraps top toys. As...
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Amazon, eBay Get Most September Visitors – Update

Online retailers Amazon.com and eBay received the most unique U.S. internet visitors out of all retail web properties in September 2010, according to [pdf] comScore MediaMetrix data.Amazon Gets Lucky with 13th Spot Amazon Sites was the top U.S. web property whose primary function is retailing in September 2010, with about 76.7 million unique visitors, placing it 13th amongst all U.S....
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‘The Daily Wrap:’ Gap, CVS, Denny’s

Gap Looks Abroad Department store retailer Gap Inc. is looking to international markets and its online business for growth, as it faces sluggish consumer demand in a saturated home market. At its recent annual meeting, the company said it aimed to double the percentage of sales from its international and online businesses, from 12% of sales last year, to about 25% by 2013. Source:...
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Social Media Mentions Benefit Restaurant, Tourism Retailers

Analysis of relative keyword activity in the hospitality/leisure segment of retail reveals social media is especially important to restaurant, tourism and spa retailers, according to a new study from HubSpot.Social Media Accounts for 50% of Restaurant, Tourism, Spa Keyword Activity Results from the “Online Marketing Opportunity Report” indicate that when relative keyword activity is...
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Amazon Gets Most Visitors in August - Update

Online retailer Amazon and online auction retailer eBay received the most U.S. unique visitors of any retail sites in August 2010, according to [pdf] comScore MediaMetrix data. The websites of brick-and-mortar discount retailers Wal-Mart and Target were also among the 50 most-visited sites for the month.During August 2010, Amazon received about 79.2 million unique U.S. visitors, placing...
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‘The Daily Wrap:’ Wal-Mart, McDonald’s, B&N

Wal-Mart Eyes Convenience Stores Wal-Mart is gearing up for a move into small convenience stores in urban markets such as Chicago and Los Angeles. Commercial real estate brokers say Walmart has begun scouting for sites for smaller- format (20,000 to 50,000 square feet) stores in a range of urban markets, including Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay area in northern California, as well...
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