Daily News: Echo Dot’s Black Friday, Small Business Saturday Online Sales, The Localogy Conference

Here is today’s roundup of news related to local marketing and advertising, local media, technology, local commerce, consumer behavior and more. Echo Dot’s Big Black Friday: Are We in a ‘Voice First’ World Yet? (November 27, 2018) LSA Insider: “According to Amazon, the best selling product on its site this past weekend was Echo Dot. […]
Small Business Saturday Sets Record $3 Billion in Online Sales

This year, the National Retail Foundation estimated that over 164 million consumers planned to shop from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. The estimate showed 67 million intending to shop on Small Business Saturday, 78% of whom “will do so specifically to support small businesses.” Launched in 2010 by American Express, Small Business Saturday promotes the […]