Online Retail Sales Spike on Thanksgiving and Black Friday 2011; Mercent eCommerce Performance Index Shows 23% Growth Over 2010
SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwire) — 11/26/11 — , a leading technology company that enables retailers to profitably reach and convert more shoppers online, today released its Mercent Retail eCommerce Performance Index (MEPI) for Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday 2011. The MEPI is a quarterly report that measures year-over-year growth of same-seller gross merchandise value (GMV) for national brand name retailers selling across leading eCommerce sales channels. Mercent supplements its quarterly distr