Forbright Bank shares strategies for avoiding online shopping scams during the holidays as fraudsters target busy shoppers.

A new study from ConsumerAffairs shows online shopping is dominating how people are buying gifts this year. Consumer ...

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According to a new study from Criteo, 75% of consumers now see online shopping as purely “functional.” For a growing number of shoppers—particularly younger ones fueling the revival of America’s ...

In the first quarter of 2024 alone, U.S. retail e-commerce sales totaled nearly $300 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But as popular as online shopping has become, there are also ...

Online shopping was booming in the years leading up to 2005, when the National Retail Federation (NRF) first coined the term “Cyber Monday.” Amazon was founded in 1994, eBay launched in 1995 and ...

(Moneytips.com) — Do you like the idea of good deals but not the idea of standing outside the mall in a three-point stance waiting for the doors to open for pre-dawn Black Friday savings? Then Cyber ...

Thanksgiving weekend officially kicks off the holiday shopping season in the United States. This year, the National Retail Federation predicts that holiday retail sales will grow between 6% and 8% ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. It’s been a phenomenal year for e-commerce, with the pandemic-driven mass move to online ...

Outside my window, a delivery van stops, its engine idling as the driver jumps out. A little cloud of exhaust fumes begins to form in the London drizzle behind the van. Logic suggests that one ...

How much we buy online affects the whole economy, but right now there are lots of question marks. By Shira Ovide The mantra of 2022 should really be: No one knows anything. It’s stunning how little we ...

Online shopping is more than a hobby for those who get a thrill out of traversing the biggest mall in the world: the internet. It’s also a sport. How else to explain Monica Corcoran Harel’s reaction ...