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Sonos’ Black Friday sale takes 20 percent off its soundbars and smart speakers

The Sonos One SL is a microphone-free version of its most accessible speaker For people who don’t care about voice assistants. N. Ingraham     It’s been about two years since Sonos released the One, its first speaker with built-in microphones for Alexa and, much later, Google Assistant support. The One was essentially an upgraded … Continue reading Sonos’ Black Friday sale takes 20 percent off its soundbars and smart speakers

Rumors of pre-Black Friday layoffs at Amazon look like a clear recession signal

  By Clint Rainey November 14, 2022   First Meta, Stripe, Snap, and Twitter. Now Amazon: A round of mass layoffs is coming for the e-commerce juggernaut. According to reports on Monday, Amazon is preparing to lay off as many as 10,000 employees, marking its largest-ever round of job cuts, though only about 1% of … Continue reading Rumors of pre-Black Friday layoffs at Amazon look like a clear recession signal

Breathless Black Friday: Shoppers Wait For Discount Emails From Brands They Trust

Breathless Black Friday: Shoppers Wait For Discount Emails From Brands They Trust by Ray Schultz , Columnist, September 6, 2022 U.S. consumers are in a cautious mood, with 69% waiting until Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) to make some purchases, according to a survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers by LoyaltyLion.   But businesses should be … Continue reading Breathless Black Friday: Shoppers Wait For Discount Emails From Brands They Trust

One-Third Of Black Friday Online Shoppers Were Fake, Study Finds

One-Third Of Black Friday Online Shoppers Were Fake, Study Finds by Nina Lentini , Staff Writer @Nina_Lentini, December 2, 2021   Whoah! On the heels of upbeat reports about Black Friday sales come new data that reveal that a third of all online shoppers were bots and fake users. Cybersecurity company CHEQ says 35.7% of all … Continue reading One-Third Of Black Friday Online Shoppers Were Fake, Study Finds

How to Use Psychological Triggers to Increase Black Friday Sales

Karen Repoli November 7, 2021 Black Friday is right around the corner and your mind has probably turned to how to get your piece of the holiday market. Did you know? “It costs 16x more to nurture a new customer to the same level of revenue contributionas your existing, loyal customers.” (Francis Buttle) If your … Continue reading How to Use Psychological Triggers to Increase Black Friday Sales