65% shopping cart abandonment rate w/ an average cart value of $109.

This practical presentation is the one-stop-shop guide with data, best practices and latest trends in Checkout Flow Optimization.

Areas covered includes:
- Checkout process KPIs for retailers
- Top 20 reasons for cart abandonment
- Retailer checkout investment priorities for 2009
- 12 tips to minimize the drop-off spots
- 2 methods to re-engage customers
- Supposedly good ideas, think twice!

Over the lunch hour today, I stopped for a sandwich at a deli inside a grocery store and decided to grab an apple. One apple.

Keep in mind: this isn’t a fancy store, this wasn’t a fancy apple or even an organic apple. And it was $1.24! After I paid for my $1.24 apple, I filled my gas tank with $4.19/gallon gas.

Feel like you need a break, too?

We’ll be sending out a special offer to our Montgomery Ward e-mail list on Thursday but have decided to let our blog readers get a sneak peek at the coupon.

Save $20 on your $100+ order* online only at wards.com when you enter MWEM5228 during checkout. But hurry, this offer ends on 5/26/08. Happy Shopping!

*Minimum purchase of $100 required online at wards.com and cannot be combined with other offers. Offer expires 5/26/2008 and may be used only once. Discount applies to merchandise only, not shipping & handling or taxes. Telephone and mail orders are not included. Cannot be used on previously placed orders. Promo code not valid on gift card purchases or redemptions.