E-Commerce Retailers Optimistic About Holiday Sales

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 by Betsy Miller
It seems like it's been a while since the words “optimism” and “retail” have been used in the same sentence. That’s why we love Thad Rueter’s Internet Retailer article “A Great Time for Cautious Optimism About Online Retail.”  In his piece, Thad takes a look at some of the recent predictions and expectations for the 2010 holiday season:

  • Kantar Retail, a research and consulting firm, estimated that online holiday sales will increase 6% this year
  • Bold Software, which sells live chat services, released results of a survey of 171 e-commerce clients that found 65% expect gains in holiday sales, with 33% anticipating the same results as last year
  •  Stock analyst Colin Sebastian of Lazard Capital Markets foresees a 10% to 15% jump in e-retail sales this holiday season
Thad sums it up best when he says he’s rooting for Lazard Capital Markets to be right, as a strong holiday season helps everyone, especially those of you running online stores. And we at Blueport Commerce are rooting right along side him.


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