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DETROIT, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and The Parade Company have announced a major partnership for one of the nation's largest fireworks displays - The Ford Fireworks presented by Target. The event's new name reflects lead sponsorship of the fireworks by Ford Motor Company, in addition to Target's support, making possible this free world-class event for the city of Detroit and the region. The Ford Fireworks presented by Target will light up the sky,...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Kislovodsk, literally translated, means “sour water.” It was in this town, named for the sour water in the springs that surround it, that Russian astronomers Vitali Nevksi and Artyom Novichonok made a very sweet discovery in September of last year. Officially, the comet they discovered was named C/2012 S1, but since the two astronomers were using the International Scientific Optical Network’s (ISON) 15.7-inch reflecting...
RESTON, Va., Jan. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported the final 2012 holiday season retail e-commerce spending totals. $42.3 billion was spent online during the entire November-December holiday shopping season, marking a 14-percent increase from 2011. The latter portion of the season saw several days with particularly strong growth, including Free Shipping Day on Monday, Dec. 17 (up 76 percent to $1.013 billion)...
RESTON, Va., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 46 days of the November-December 2012 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date $35 billion has been spent online, marking a 13-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. The most recent week achieved record-setting levels of online spending, eclipsing $7 billion in sales...
RESTON, Va., Dec. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 44 days of the November-December 2012 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date $33.8 billion has been spent online, marking a 13-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. The most recent workweek saw four individual days eclipse $1 billion in spending, led by Green Monday with $1.275...
The days before Thanksgiving and Christmas are some of the busiest travel days of the year. But, what many people may not realize is that the days directly after Thanksgiving and Christmas are plumbers’ busiest times of the year Vista, CA (PRWEB) December 11, 2012 The days before Thanksgiving and Christmas are some of the busiest travel days of the year. But, what many people may not realize is that the days directly after Thanksgiving and Christmas are plumbers’ busiest times of...
RESTON, Va., Dec. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 37 days of the November-December 2012 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date $26.6 billion has been spent online, marking a 13-percent increase versus the corresponding days last year. The most recent week saw three individual days eclipse $1 billion in spending - Monday, Dec. 3 ($1.117 billion),...
Financing deals entice shoppers to auto dealerships over Thanksgiving weekend. Nashville, TN (PRWEB) December 07, 2012 Dataium, the largest aggregator of online automotive shopper behavior, today released its annual Thanksgiving report, that details the online automotive shopping trends for the busiest retail shopping weekend of the year. According to the report, despite the rush of shoppers to retail outlets on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, visitors to auto websites were relatively...
SAN FRANCISCO, December 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kenshoo (http://www.Kenshoo.com), the global leader in premium digital marketing technology, today unveiled the Kenshoo 2012 U.S. Online Retail Holiday Shopping Report: Early Edition [http://www.kenshoo.com/2012USEarlyEditionHolidayReport ]. The free report provides actionable insights for advertisers and documents the growing role of mobile search, superior performance of Google Product Listing Ads (PLAs), a 25 percent...
ATLANTA, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Innotrac Corporation (NASDAQ: INOC), a best-of-breed commerce provider integrating digital technology, fulfillment, and contact center solutions, today announced a 77% increase in the number of orders processed and shipped during "Cyber Five." The five day period, spanning Thanksgiving Day to Cyber Monday, is widely considered the busiest shopping period of the year. During this time, Innotrac processed a record-breaking 888,000 customer orders...
