Holiday Resources

Every retailer knows that the holiday season is important, and so does Shop.org. We've organized content in our Research & Resources area to help you find tips and best practices for Holiday success. So, please use our site search, or check out some of our featured content, including:

2008 eHoliday Study -- Post-Holiday Results
Shop.org Members download the Wave 3 (post-holiday) research results for eHoliday 2008!  See also Wave 1 (pre-holiday) and Wave 2 (post-Thanksgiving & Cyber Monday weekend) results.  Learn more about participating in this annual Shop.org research study!

Holiday Flash Survey:  Nov. 1 through Dec. 21, 2008 Results
Shop.org Members download the survey results now!

2008 Holiday Strategy & Planning Guide
Shop.org Members download a copy.

Expo TV:  "What compelled you to buy this holiday season?"
See what consumers said about online offers that resonated with consumers during Holiday 2008.

CyberMonday (December 1, 2008)
It's over now, but see numerous perspectives about Cyber Monday '08 on the Shop.org blog, including Shop.org's annual "Shop@Lunch" event, customer satisfaction that day, and a round up of other blog postings about this bellwether day of the season. 

NRF Holiday Headquarters
The latest holiday research and historical trend information.  See also NRF 2008 Holiday Gift Card Spending Survey Results (Nov. 18, 2008).

2008 Holiday Consumer Insights Webinars
Learn what customers plan to spend, where they will shop, and how the Internet is changing everything.  Playbacks are now available for the following:

Holiday Survival Kit
See the all-new 2008 NRF Holiday Survival Kit, which includes Holiday FAQs, historical information, 2007 consumer research highlights, and more. Download a copy.

NRF 2008 Holiday Forecast
The NRF 2008 Holiday Forecast was released September 23, 2008.

 

 

Shop.org Original Research Shop.org Presentation and Recaps Shop.org's Great Minds in Retailing

 2008 eHoliday Study

     2008 Pre-Holiday Results (Oct. 2008)

     2008 Post-Thanksgiving Results (Dec. 2008)

     2008 Post-Holiday Results (Feb. 2009)

To learn more and to participate, please see further information and FAQs

2008 Holiday Strategy & Planning Guide

      Our all new guide to help Shop.org Members prepare for the upcoming online holiday season draws from lessons learned during Holiday '07.  Download your copy now. 

2007 eHoliday Study

Full 2007 Results by survey wave:

    Wave 1            Wave 2
    Wave 3            Wave 4

Special 2007 eHoliday data cuts by topic: 

Shipping & Fulfillment

Gift Cards

Marketing

Merchanding

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Shop.org Annual Summit Recaps
    
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Shop.org Strategy & Innovation Forum Recaps (formerly FirstLook)
    
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Shop.org Online Marketing Workshop Recaps
    
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Shop.org Online Merchandising Workshop
    
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Four years of interviews with online retail executives, concisely formatted to glean important insights and tips meant to help other retailers achieve success in online and multichannel retailing.

This program includes pertinent profitability discussions such as:

4 Tactics That Increased Holiday 2005 Revenues with hpshopping.com's Catherine Paschkewitz


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Shop.org's Teleseminars Shop.org Events
Shop.org keeps retailers and the press in tune with the latest information about online retailing during the holidays with press releases, including:  

CyberMonday.com Redesigned to Help Shoppers Save Money this Holiday Season  (Release date:  November 17, 2008)

Online Retailers “Resilient, Not Immune” to Challenging Holiday Season  (Release Date: November 05, 2008)

2007 Press Releases

Free Shipping Still Rules for Online Shoppers & Retailers, According to Shop.org/ Shopzilla Research

Retailers Think Big for Cyber Monday with One-Day Sales as More Americans Shop from Work

Cyber Monday Shopping Starts with a Bang

Most Ground Shipping Offers for Christmas Delivery Expire On or Before December 18, According to Shop.org/ Shopzilla Survey

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STORES Magazine covers holiday issues for online retailers.

Relevant articles include:

We Need a Little Christmas
The Executive Editor's Page

Stacking the Deck
Gift card programs become more creative, lucrative.

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Shop@Lunch

        On Cyber Monday (December 1, 2008) Shop.org will host a Cyber Monday Shop@Lunch event for local shoppers to take advantage of retailers' one-day sales and put a dent in those checklists. Use one of our computers or bring your laptop to get your shopping done in record time.

Mall Networks has teamed with Shop.org to host the CyberMonday.com site, which is available all year long to shoppers and retailers. Shop.org uses its proceeds from CyberMonday.com to fund the Ray M. Greenly Scholarship.

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