Tide Shoplifting Statistics: One Man Steals $25,000 Worth of Tide

We had spotted some interesting shoplifting stats in the past. We spotted this today:

“”Theft of Tide is not a new issue in the retail industry,” said a spokesman for CVS.
There’s a lucrative black market for the cleaning detergent, experts said, with the retail price rising to as much as $20 a bottle.
Police in Minnesota said one man stole $25,000 worth of Tide over several months before he was arrested.”

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Shoplifting Statistics: One In Eleven Shoppers Is A Shoplifter

Here is a stunning statistic we spotted:

“One in every 11 people who walk through the door are likely to walk out with at least one item he or she didn’t pay for. Given that retailers are likely to lose $119 billion to shoplifters this year (1.45 percent of total sales), it’s not surprising that the loss-prevention folks have studied this problem from every angle. ”

Statistics Source: Adweek

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50 Million Traders Shut Shop For A Day In India Protesting FDI In Retail

We spotted this today:

“Nearly 5 crore traders will down shutters on Thursday in protest against the government’s move to allow foreign retail giants such as Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour in the multi-brand retail sector. The government has allowed 51% foreign investment in the multi-brand retail sector, but has faced stringent criticism as protests have swelled from opposition parties and some of its own allies.”

Statistics Source: TimesOfIndia

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Billion Dollar Day: Cyber Monday Rings In $1.25B in Sales

We had spotted some black friday statistics – we spotted this today:

“Cyber Monday officially rules the U.S. online-shopping season, having racked up $1.25 billion in 2011 sales–a 22 percent increase over the previous year, according to ComScore data.

Yesterday’s spending reflected both an 11 percent increase in the number of people shopping online and a significant jump in how much they spent. More than 10 million people bought something online yesterday, the online-marketing research firm said. Those shoppers made an average of 1.9 purchases apiece, in total worth an average of nearly $125–a nine percent increase over per capita spending on Cyber Monday 2010.”

Statistics Source: CNet

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Black Friday Stats: It’s official: Black Friday 2011 Sets A New Record

We spotted this today:

“Early reports from three separate firms suggest that Black Friday retail sales set a new record in 2011. Online sales growth was massive according to estimates from both IBM and comScore; the former reported on Saturday that online Black Friday sales grew 24.3% over 2010 and total Black Friday spending rose 39.3% over last year. Meanwhile, comScore’s data shows that online spending this past Friday grew 26% from Black Friday 2010 to $816 million. Offline, market research firm ShopperTrak said retail foot traffic rose 5.1% year-over-year on Black Friday 2011, and spending was up 6.6% to a record $11.4 billion. “This is the largest year-over-year gain in ShopperTrak’s National Retail Sales Estimate for Black Friday since the 8.3 percent increase we saw between 2007 and 2006,” ShopperTrak CEO Bill Martin said in a statement.”

Statistics Source: BGR

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Black Friday Statistics: E-Commerce Spending Totals A Record $816M

We spotted this today:

“IBM reported a 24 percent increase in online sales for Black Friday this year. ComScore is announcing even stronger results for e-commerce, with Black Friday seeing $816 million in online sales, making it the heaviest online spending day to date in 2011 and representing a 26 percent increase versus Black Friday 2010 ($648 million spent).”

Statistics Source: TC

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Online ThanksGiving Sales Statistics: Up 39 Percent This Year

We had spotted some interesting Black Friday stats earlier, we spotted this today:

“According to IBM’s Coremetrics retail data, online Thanksgiving 2011 sales were up 39 percent over Thanksgiving 2010.

Mobile shopping also had a break out day on Turkey Day. The number of consumers using a mobile device to visit a retailer’s site reached a high of 15.2 percent, up from 6.45 percent in 2010. The number of consumers using their mobile device to make a purchase increased to 11.09 percent, up from 4.25 percent in 2010.”

Statistics Source: TC

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Black Friday Stats: 152 Million People Expected To Shop This Weekend

We had spotted some Black Friday stats – we spotted this today:

“An estimated 152 million people are expected to shop over Black Friday weekend, up 10% from last year, according to a recent report from industry trade group the National Retail Federation.

And even that generous estimate is likely to fall short of the actual number, noted Kathy Grannis, an NRF spokeswoman. Last year, the organization estimated there would be 138 million shoppers over the long weekend, when 212 million actually showed up — a record high.”

Statistics Source: CNN Money

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27 Million: The Number of Local Businesses In The U.S.

We have spotted some interesting stats on small businesses in the past- we spotted this today:

“The company cites figures from BIA/Kelsey stating that local online advertising was a $19.6 billion business in 2010 and there are 27 million local businesses in the U.S. The implication is that Yelp has plenty of opportunity in the market to scale up.”

Statistics Source: Mashable

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U.S. Online Holiday Sales Projections: 60 Billion USD This Year

We have spotted some interesting ecommerce stats and some stats on last year’s black friday sales. We spotted this today:

“Forrester is estimating that U.S. online holiday sales will grow 15 percent this year to nearly $60 billion. The study reports that this increase will take place because of the increase in consumer-use of tablet computers for shopping combined with a growth in online holiday deals.”

Statistics Source: TC

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