Holiday shopping

Amazon Prime Day 2024: How October Prime Days Differ from July’s Event

Birmingham, MI - October 7, 2024 - Melih Oztalay, CEO of SmartFinds Marketing, joins us in today's MITechTV show to discuss Amazon Prime Day 2024. Amazon Prime Day has become a major retail event, with consumers and businesses alike looking forward to the incredible deals that surface each year. In 2024, Amazon added a second

Black Friday Shopping Might Be Too Late Thanks To Shipping Delays

SAN FRANCISCO - The school year just started, Halloween is coming and Thanksgiving plans are still up in the air. We get it. Your hands are full. Still, consider ordering your year-end gifts now if they're an important part of your holidays. Gifts you buy online on Black Friday might not have enough time to arrive by

By |2021-09-25T10:44:05-04:00September 25th, 2021|IoT, News|

IoT TechConnect 2, Cybersecurity Holiday eCommerce Safety, Tech248 Update, VR/AR Workshop For Manufacturers

ROYAL OAK - On M2 Techcast Monday, Rick Beckers from CloudTech1 will announce the details of IoT TechConnect 2 scheduled for April 2019. Cybersecurity experts Dan Lohrmann and Richard Stiennon will talk about how to safely perform Holiday online shopping. Greg Doyle from Tech248 will update what's happening with the Oakland County Tech Networking group.

By |2018-12-03T09:49:08-05:00November 30th, 2018|Featured, M2 TechCast, Podcasts|

Consumer Confidence Rises: Discounts For All Mean Happy Holidays

ANN ARBOR - Consumer confidence rose to its highest level since July, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The December reading was nearly equal to the 2015 average of 92.9, which was the highest since 2004. The gain was largely due to lower inflation, which bolstered real incomes and brightened buying plans

By |2015-12-24T10:49:04-05:00December 24th, 2015|News|

Report: Consumers To Spend More In 2015-2016 Than Since 2006

ANN ARBOR – Here’s some news that should give Retailers and eTailers a warm feeling this Holiday season. A University of Michigan report released Friday contends consumers will spend more in 2015 and 2016 than they have since 2016, before the long recession began. U-M economist Richard Curtin, director of the U-M Surveys of Consumers,

By |2015-11-20T12:38:09-05:00November 20th, 2015|Featured, News|