Are you thinking of implementing an online e-commerce website with a shopping cart or do you currently have one in place? If so, does it or will it use Flash and/or has it not been tested on multiple browsers? If you answered yes or you don't know, then here are some stats that may make you want to strategize your e-commerce site. According to FORTUNE, "10% of purchases and 88% of tablet purchases were made on an iPad." Overall, online spending on Black Friday increased nearly 21% over 2011. Department stores saw an increase of about 17%, Apparel saw an increase of about 17.5% and home goods were up about 28% all form 2011. Mobile device sales accounted for about 16% of all online sales with 59% using mobile phones vs. 41% on tablets. Of the tablet sales, 88% of Black Friday online orders came from an iPad.
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10% of online purchases -- and 88% of tablet purchases -- were made on an iPad
FORTUNE -- Apple (AAPL) devices loomed larger than expected in IBM's (IBM) final report on this year's surge of online buying Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday.
Online sales were up both days -- 17.4% and 20.7%, respectively -- from 2011. But the biggest surge came from mobile devices -- and in particular from purchases made on an iPad or iPhone.
The highlights of IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark's Apple-related findings:
- The Mobile Factor: Mobile buying soared, with 24% of U.S. consumers using a mobile device to visit a retailer's site, up from 14.3% in 2011. Actual sales from mobile devices hit 16.3%, up from 9.8% in 2011.
- The Apple Factor: The iPad generated more traffic than any other tablet or smartphone, accounting for nearly 10% of online shopping. This was followed by the iPhone at 8.7% and all Google (GOOG) Android devices combined at only 5.5%.
- The iPad Factor: The iPad dominated tablet traffic at 88.3% followed by the Barnes and Noble (BKS) Nook at 3.1%, Amazon (AMZN) Kindle at 2.4% and the Samsung Galaxy at 1.8%.
That only 5.5% of sales were made on Android devices was a bit of a shock given their rapid gains in market share in 2012. According to IDC, Android claimed 75% of the smartphones sold in the third quarter to Apple's 15%.
Below: An IBM graphic summarizing its full findings.
FULL ARTICLE: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/25/apple-ipad-black-friday/
