CHICAGO, Dec. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include the Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN-Free Report), eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY-Free Report), Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL-Free Report), Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT-Free Report) and Target (NYSE:TGT-Free Report).
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Here are highlights from Monday's Analyst Blog:
Technology Stock Roundup
Last week was a good one for tech stocks in general, but the traditional start to the holiday season put online retailers like Amazon (Nasdaq:AMZN-Free Report) and eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY-Free Report) and omni-channel players like Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL-Free Report), Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT-Free Report) and Target (NYSE:TGT-Free Report) in focus.
Its Thanksgiving Again: And Again, iOS Miles Ahead of Android
In what has become a recurring pattern now, separate data from Adobe and IBM indicate that Apple customers will continue to outspend Android customers this holiday season. Adobe online shopping reports, which cover more than 70% of all online transactions with the top 500 U.S. retailers, shows that Apple customers generated 4X the sales revenue their Android counterparts did on Black Friday. IBM data is more comprehensive: average order size for iOS was $121.86, better than $98.07 for Android users, iOS users accounted for 34.2% of total online traffic, higher than Android's 15%, and iOS users accounted for 21.9% of total online sales much higher to Android's 5.8%.
Online Sales Head for Record Season
This holiday season promises to be the best in three years according to the National Retail Federation. Online retailers like Amazon and eBay saw sales jump 24% and 27%, respectively, according to ChannelAdvisor. And this is despite the fact that Amazon deals started a week earlier and the company already dealt with a 19% increase in volumes in the previous weekend. And the fun continues: for those who may have missed the rush in the last few days, Amazon has fresh deals for Cyber Monday.
Additionally, traditional retailers like Wal-Mart and Target have seen a surge in online sales: for Wal-Mart, Thanksgiving Thursday was their second biggest online sales day ever, while for Target, it was their biggest online sales day ever. Best Buy was unlucky as the site couldn't handle the onslaught of mobile users, which had it crashing repeatedly. More jobs, a stronger economy, declining oil prices and an ever-growing number of deals from an ever-growing number of players are pushing sales this year.
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