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Anticipation Builds for Amazon Prime Day 2023

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. A recent poll indicated that there may be several reasons why some people will skip shopping on Amazon when its annual Prime Day arrives July 11-12, but we must say the poll leaves us a bit skeptical. After all, an estimated 142 million U.S. consumers are expected to […]

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Prime Day Perhaps Not So Lackluster, After All

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. It’s Prime Day eve, and e-commerce experts are watching closely to see how Amazon’s premier event performs as it returns to a more traditional, mid-July date. Scheduled during such months as October and June in recent years, mostly because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Amazon Prime Day […]

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E-commerce Keeps Clicking in Mobile’s Direction

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. When Motorola introduced the first cellular phone in 1983, the DynaTAC 8000X, the product would affectionately become known more as “The Brick” because it was about the same size as that piece of hardened clay and hit the scales at nearly 2 pounds. It also cost nearly $4,000 […]

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China Tops Field in E-Commerce ‘Medal Count’

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. The parade of nations that opened the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics last week was perfect timing for a retail report of note: One that ranks the top 10 countries in terms of global e-commerce sales forecasted for 2021. That report earlier this month from the editors at eMarketer/Insider […]

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4 Innovators Who Have Led the Way During a Bumpy 2020

By Jay Bemis | Advertising Systems Inc. A mere nine months ago in this space, we were among those looking forward to what was shaping up to be a stellar year for the media and advertising worlds — what with the 2020 Summer Olympics slated to be sandwiched by the Democratic and Republican national conventions […]

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