{"id":251,"date":"2014-11-25T20:49:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T20:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abtek.com\/blog\/?p=251"},"modified":"2014-12-11T14:23:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T14:23:37","slug":"how-black-friday-shopping-has-changed-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abtek.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/how-black-friday-shopping-has-changed-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"How Holiday Shopping Has Changed in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many retailers, Black Friday sparks the beginning of their busiest period of business: Holiday shopping. Especially this year\u00e2\u20ac\u201cwhen Black Friday sales were already underway as early as November 1. It’s just the tip of the iceberg.\u00c2\u00a0Forbes<\/em> reports<\/a> that post-recession savvy shoppers have changed the rules of the holiday shopping game.\u00c2\u00a0So how can you make the most of this potentially very lucrative time of year?<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Know your window of opportunity.\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>Did you know that you get \"ABTK-small-blog-image-NOV-1\"almost a month\u00e2\u20ac\u201c28 days, to be exact\u00e2\u20ac\u201cto make the most of your holiday shoppers?<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0Mobile payments are the key.<\/strong> Most of your shoppers might use cash or plastic, but one way to help speed up long check-out lines? Mobile payments.*<\/strong> \"ABTK-small-blog-image-NOV-2\"<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Reward savvy shoppers.\u00c2\u00a0<\/b>Price-matching will remain a key element of staying competitive with shoppers.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Each shopper matters.<\/b> Black Friday shoppers will spend, on average, $399\/person.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0Apple Payers and Google Walleters will spend more.<\/strong> In fact, they may spend up to 17% more than customers not utilizing mobile wallets.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 \u00c2\u00a0Protect yourself.\u00c2\u00a0<\/b>With such heightened sales activity during the\"ABTK-small-blog-image-NOV-3\" holidays, the risk of data breaches is especially high. Do you have an action response plan in place<\/a>?<\/p>\n

*<\/strong>Need some help with this? Click here<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n

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For many retailers, Black Friday sparks the beginning of their busiest period of business: Holiday shopping. Especially this year\u00e2\u20ac\u201cwhen Black Friday sales were already underway as early as November 1. It’s just the tip of the iceberg.\u00c2\u00a0Forbes reports that post-recession savvy shoppers have changed the rules of the holiday shopping game.\u00c2\u00a0So how can you make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[20,31,34,33],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips","tag-apple-pay","tag-black-friday","tag-google-wallet","tag-mobile-payments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t