Research Archive

Following is a chronology of Shop.org original research from January 2008 onwards. Please note that this archive is listed from newest to oldest item. 

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2010 Back to School Shopping - August Update. See also the data summary.  (August 23, 2010)

2010 Back to School Shopping. See also the highlights. (July 27, 2010)

2010 Holiday Strategy & Planning Guide.  (July 21, 2010)

Q2 Online Sales Flash Survey results. Download the results summary and reults overview. (July 15, 2010)

2010 SORO Marketing, Social Media & Mobile Report. See also the Table of Contents and Figures, and the blog highlights. (June 29, 2010)

Father's Day 2010 -- see the highlights and the data summary.  (June 2, 2010)

The 2010 State of Retailing Online (SORO). Download initial results for interactive marketing, social media, and mobile, and register for the Webinar playback. (May 5, 2010)

Mother's Day 2010 -- see the highlights and the data summary. (April 20, 2010)

Q1 2010 quarterly flash survey data summary and results overview.  (April 12, 2010)

Consumers' anticipated Easter online purchases. (March 2010)  

Post-holiday '09 retailer and consumer survey results and data summary. (February 19, 2010)

Consumers' Delayed Big Ticket Purchases (February 8, 2010)

Valentine's Day 2010 -- Online Shoppers Look Promising (February 1, 2010) 

Holiday '09 -- Holiday Online Sales Flash Survey for Nov. 1 to Dec. 21, 2009 (January 5, 2010)

Holiday '09 -- Shipping Deadlines Data.  (December 14, 2009)

Holiday '09 -- Online Sales Flash Survey 1 results. (December 7, 2009)

2009 Online Retail Boot Camp Playbook.  (November 24, 2009)

eHoliday '09 -- Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday research results.  (November 24, 2009)

eHoliday '09 -- Pre-Holiday results summary and aggregated data. (October 22, 2009)

Making products available to customers outside the U.S. (October 10, 2009)

Quarterly Online Sales Flash Survey -- Q3 results. (October 9, 2009)

How consumers use mobile devices for shopping. (September 25, 2009)

2009 SORO Profitability, Economy and Multichannel Report(September 23, 2009)

2009 SORO Profitability Report -- Supplemental Data for Figures 3-1 and 3-2. (September 23, 2009)

Back to College Shopping -- Update. (August 20, 2009)

Back to School Shopping -- Update. (August 18, 2009)

What consumers want Web sites to remember about them. (August 13, 2009)

Consumer use of online video for shopping. (August 7, 2009)

The 2009 Holiday Strategy & Planning Guide. (July 27, 2009)

Online Back to College Shopping. (July 24, 2009)

Online Back to School Shoppping. (July 21, 2009)

The 2009 State of Retailing Online Merchandising Report. (July 15, 2009)

Quarterly Online Sales Flash Survey -- Q2 2009 results.  (July 10, 2009)

Social Media Users -- Who Are They, and What Do They Do? (June 29, 2009)

Father's Day Online Shoppers:  Ready to Buy. (June 2, 2009)

The 2009 State of Retailing Online Marketing Report. (May 5, 2009)

How Consumers Choose an Online Retailer. (April 29, 2009)

Mother's Day 2009 Shopping Online. (April 21, 2009)

Quarterly Online Sales Flash Survey -- Q1 2009 results. (April 7, 2009)

Online Shopping as "Green". (March 27, 2009)

Easter 2009 Shopping Online. (March 27, 2009) 

Retail Horizons:  Benchmarks for 2008, Forecasts for 2009. See also the table of contents and study scope. (January 2009) 

2008 eHoliday Study -- Pre-Holiday, Thanksgiving / Cyber Monday, Post-Holiday results (October 2008 through February 2009)

2008 Holiday Flash Survey Results -- Dec. 1 through Dec. 21, 2008

2008 Holiday Flash Survey Results -- Nov. 1 through Dec. 1, 2008

The Digital Shopping Experience:  Emerging Features. (September 2008)

Holiday Strategy & Planning Guide. (September 2008)

2008 State of Retailing Online (SORO) Profitability, Economy and Multi-Channel Report.  (September 2008) See also the table of contents. 

2008 State of Retailing Online (SORO) Merchandising Report. (July 2008) See also the table of contents. 

2008 State of Retailing Online (SORO) Marketing Report. (April 2008) See also the table of contents

Multi-channel Organizational Design Research -- Organizing for Cross-Channel Retailing.  (January 2008) See also the table of contents.