Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2014Event Recap and Lessons for 2015
Dec 4, 2014
“If you don’t know where you are going, you might end up someplace else”
– Yogi Berra
Retail sales have seen a strong recovery since the 2008
financial crisis
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Canadian Retail Sales (non-seasonally adjusted)
Source: census.gov
http://www.census.gov/retail/marts/www/timeseries.html
Source: Statistics Canada
http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/ Table 080-0020
Converging spending between November and December in
Canada
Source: census.gov
http://www.census.gov/retail/marts/www/timeseries.html
Source: Statistics Canada
http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/ Table 080-0020
On one hand…
But on the other…
BLACK FRIDAY SALES
+52.8%*
TXNS +26.8%*
CYBER MONDAY SALES +37.1%*
TXNS +13.3%*
A retailer who only promoted on Black Friday and
Cyber Monday
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Overall, Demac merchants had a great period
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MOBILE TRAFFIC +42.4%
TABLET +30.7%
DESKTOP +8.1%
RESPONSIVE IS KEY
Consumers have continued their shift to mobile
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