Forrester Research is declaring "The Great Recession" over in their new report "US Online Retail Forecast, 2010 To 2015." Forrester is predicting double-digit CAGR (compound annual growth rate) from 2010 to 2015. They expect e-commerce to reach $278.9 billion in 2015. While this shows impressive growth, over 70% of the growth came from existing online [...]
Authorize.net, along with several other major online companies, was down for up to 15 hours after a fire at the Fisher Plaza, a “world class” datacenter in Seattle, Washington Thursday. Sometime around 11PM on July 2 an electrical short in a parking garage beneath Seattle’s Fisher Plaza caused a small fire that set off fire [...]
That's right! The reason this blog hasn't been updated recently is because I've been slaving away co-authoring The Art & Science of Online Marketing with Shayne Tilley. The book is a complete overview of the entire landscape of online marketing and covers a wide range of topics including: The changing face of online marketing Search [...]
There is a lot of speculation about whether this online shopping season was a bust or boom. Some reports just before Christmas shows online shopping down 1% over that same time last year, and other reports I've seen show slowed overall growth, but numbers still above 2008. In this slowing economy, many online retailers (myself [...]