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Black Friday 2019: The Fastest and Slowest Retail Websites

Web Performance Industry Benchmarks Blog
Josh Carter
<< Thanksgiving Day report>> Cyber Monday report Black Friday online sales reached $7.4B. That's a 19% increase from last year. Our retail customer traffic increased 43% between Thanksgiving and Black

Thanksgiving Day 2019: The Fastest and Slowest Retail Websites

Web Performance Industry Benchmarks Blog
Josh Carter
Black Friday report >Cyber Monday report >> An estimated $4.2B was spent online on Thanksgiving Day 2019 - up $300M (8%) from last year. Blue Triangle's retail customer traffic was up 105% from Wednesday,

eCommerce Horror Stories

Web Performance Security Industry Benchmarks Blog
Blue Triangle
That's right folks, it's that spooky time of year again, and we here at Blue Triangle wanted to share some website tales from beyond the binary. Halloween is one thing, but the encroaching Black Friday and

Synthetic Monitoring vs Real User Monitoring (RUM)

Web Performance Blog
Jack N Dunne
There are two methods to monitor your website's performance, Real User Monitoring and Synthetic Monitoring. By understanding how these two methods work independently and cooperatively, you can ensure that your

Why a Faster Website Will Benefit Some Retailers More Than Others

Web Performance Industry Benchmarks Blog
Josh Carter
This blog post was originally published by Internet Retailer. Faster is better, but the impact is not the same for all retailers, or the same for all pages on a retailer’s eCommerce site. It’s important to

How to Optimize JavaScript Delivery to Speed Up Your Site

Web Performance Accelerator Series Blog
Kristina Ravensbergen
JavaScript is an essential aspect of building engaging sites, but it can drastically affect the way pages load. Like any other file building a web page, JavaScript needs to load before it can function. The

How to Optimize HTML to Boost Web Performance

Web Performance Accelerator Series Blog
Kristina Ravensbergen
Why optimize HTML? HTML is the backbone of the internet. It is the document type that builds the structure of a website. Without HTML, JavaScript wouldn’t be able to run, CSS wouldn’t be able to style

Internet Retailer Has Selected Blue Triangle as Its Web Performance Data Provider. Here's Why You Should Care.

Web Performance Industry Benchmarks Blog
Josh Carter
If you work for an eCommerce retailer or are a solution provider in the eCommerce space, you've no doubt read a news article or kept up-to-date on the latest eCommerce trends with Internet Retailer. They also

How to Optimize CSS for Better Web Performance

Web Performance Accelerator Series Blog
Kristina Ravensbergen
Part 2 ofBlue Triangle’s Accelerator Series: Best Practices to Improve Web Performance When you start optimizing resources that load on your website, CSS might not be the first thing that you think of, but

How to Optimize Images to Improve Web Performance

Web Performance Accelerator Series Blog
Kristina Ravensbergen
Part 1 of Blue Triangle’s Accelerator Series: Best Practices to Improve Web Performance As you look for ways to improve web performance, optimizing images should be one of your top priorities. Why? Because 39%

Cyber Monday 2018: The Fastest and Slowest Retail Websites

Web Performance Industry Benchmarks Blog
Josh Carter
Shoppers are spending more online this holiday season than ever before: Thanksgiving Day: $3.70B (up 28%) Black Friday: $6.22B (up 23.6%) Cyber Monday: $7.9B (up 19.3%) And unfortunately, many retailers

Black Friday 2018: The Fastest and Slowest Retail Websites

Web Performance Industry Benchmarks Blog
Josh Carter
Black Friday online sales reached $6.22B. That's a 23.6% increase from last year. But with the increase in shopping activity, many retailers experienced website outages and slow-downs, including Lowe's,