eBags, Inc. Announces Record Sales for Cyber Monday
Tuesday, 29 November 2005
eBags Inc., the world's largest retailer of bags and shoes online, today announced record sales for Cyber Monday with an increase of 59.5% over 2004. Traffic increased by 39.0% according to eBags internal data. Trends that emerged over the Thanksgiving Holiday were an increase in sales of handbags, luggage sets, laptop cases, and travel accessories. eBags carries more travel accessories than anyone in the world.
"We are pleased with our performance over the holiday," says Jon Nordmark, CEO of eBags, Inc. "The growth is primarily due to the launch of our new website, 6pm.com, and new technological innovations within the corporation. We are always looking for ways to make shopping for shoes and bags easy and fun for our customers."
eBags, Inc. launched 6pm.com earlier this month. 6pm.com offers men's and women's footwear and accessories in an incredible range of sizes, widths and styles. The site combines patent-pending guided navigation and search tools with some of the latest in Web 2.0 technology to make shopping for shoes and bags participatory, community-driven and faster than ever before. This dynamic technology makes shopping for shoe and bag ensembles an interactive, fun experience and gives shoppers the power to make merchandising decisions.
"eBags Inc. is the leading retailer of bags online, and with the launch of 6pm.com, we are setting our sights on the larger accessories market," said Peter Cobb, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President of eBags, Inc. "One of the keys to our success is customer satisfaction and customer feedback through ratings and testimonials -- we now have over 720,000 customer reviews on eBags.com. We aim to keep our customers happy and expect a robust and fruitful holiday season."
eBags.com also added some new features to make holiday shopping easier. In order to ease the pain of holiday gift shopping, orders on eBags.com over $100 are eligible for No Payment for 90 Days. For those not sure what gift to give, eBags.com offers personalized gift cards.
As always, eBags.com and 6pm.com offer free ground shipping and returns on all orders. eBags.com offers Last Minute Shipping between December 15 and December 20, 2005 orders for a variety of brands and products will be upgraded to 2nd day air shipment free of charge.