Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away and with that comes the unofficial start of the holiday season. Black Friday vs.Cyber Monday, is there a difference anyways? Do teens like one over the other? Do women and men vary in their shopping behavior on Black Friday or Cyber Monday?

New data on online shopping, the economy, holiday shopping, Black Friday deals, Cyber Monday, and much more was collected for Q4 2009 and the results are intriguing.

Join us this Thursday Nov 5th for a webinar to review the results from the eBillme Online Spending Index.

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With a down economy many people have been cutting back the past few months. Others are refusing to cut costs on the things they really enjoy. We surveyed men and women of all ages, and found out, despite the economy, what things they aren’t cutting out of their daily lives.

Here they are in order of the top voted item or activity people aren’t giving up to the least voted on:

1. Dining Out (48%)

2. Travel (33%)

3. Apparel, Clothes (32%)

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This week, eBillme and Shop.org released similar data regarding expected spending for Mothers day. As pointed out by Internet Retailer, both studies projected that approximately 20% of customers will shop online for a Mothers day gift this year. The eBillme study also shows that approximately 9% of consumers will spend more this year on Mom than they did in the previous year.

Who are those consumers? In this post, I thought I would share a bit more detail on the demographics.

Gender: 24% of Males reported that they will spend more online for Mom this year compared to 17% Females. … Continue Reading

The following is the primary data for the eBillme Online spending Index. The study was fielded in January 2009 and represents Data from the Jan 1, 2009 - April 1, 2009. The study was fielded by Javelin Research on behalf of eBillme and surveyed 1600 Internet respondents.

The index data shows a decrease in spending intent online from Q4 2008, with the average spend dropping from $175.00 to $75.00

Looking forward over the next 90 days, how much do you believe you will spend online? Please include any online purchases such as gifts, airline tickets, or digital goods … Continue Reading

Macro conditions are beginning to affect day-to-day consumer spending. For years, American consumers took on growing debt loads disproportionate to their incomes and savings. Innovest’s October 2008 report, Credit Cards at a Tipping Point, describes the mortgage market collapse as only one symptom of a larger problem and that credit cards will be next. Falling house prices, higher cost of living and unemployment rates are now exacerbating the financial health of the consumer and will result in a spike in charge-offs in 2009, as well as mounting risk for banks … Continue Reading