Posts Tagged ‘Holiday Shopping’

The Gift That Can Give You More Sales

Free Shipping Day falls on December 16 this year. If you want your store to be part of this holiday shopping event, or to offer free shipping for a longer period of time as a holiday promotion, chances are that you’ve already been planning for a while. If you haven’t been, it’s time to start.

If you haven’t heard of Free Shipping Day before, it’s the day on which thousands of online stores offer free shipping with delivery by Christmas Eve. FreeShippingDay.com estimates that this year, more than 2,000 merchants will take part in the event. According to comScore, online shoppers spent $942 million on Free Shipping Day in 2010, up from $586 million on Free Shipping Day in 2009. Of the top shopping days in 2010, comScore reports that Free Shipping Day was behind only Cyber Monday and Green Monday, two other days that you may want to plan free shipping [...]