“Online shoppers in the United States spent $122.0 billion online in the 2018 holiday season, according to Internet Retailer research data, a 17.4% increase from the 2017 period.
planned to increase their investments compared with the last holiday season, 77% said social media marketing, 62% said retargeting and behavioral remarketing, 61% said email, 61% said search engine optimization, and 58% said paid search.
large retailers (those that generate at least $1 billion in total annual revenue) generated a 68% sales increase compared with a typical Monday and Tuesday this year. And smaller retailers, those with annual online sales below $5 million per year, grew their online sales 28% over the two days compared with a typical Monday and Tuesday period, according to Adobe Digital Insights.”
