Leading into the ever important holiday shopping season, the U.S. Department of Commerce released U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates for the third quarter of 2011. The estimated $48.2 billion in total retail e-commerce sales was an increase of 13.7% over the same period in 2010. Overall retail sales were also up 8.2% over 2010 to [...]
Another big IPO is in the works. This time it’s Yelp who filed for an initial public offering on November 17, 2011 valued at $100 million. With plans to go public in 2012, the local business review site is building on impressive revenue gains seen this year. In the first nine months of 2011, Yelp [...]
Originally started as a social network option for friends and families to connect, Google+ is expanding its offering to now include businesses. Google+ Pages is the newest offering that allows businesses, products, brands, entertainment groups and others to start a Google+ page and connect with the customers and fans they interact with. This is what [...]
BIA/Kelsey is reporting US online local advertising revenues are expected to rise to $23.3 billion in 2011 for a total of 17.2% of total local advertising revenues this year. Early this year, the predictions called for total online local ad revenues to hit only $22.3 billion. The 2015 share is expected to increase to 25.4%. [...]