Q4 Resources

Understanding the pulse of consumer demand in the affiliate marketing channel is critical for both advertisers and publishers. So, without further ...

Huzzah! We made it to 2024. We’re feeling optimistic about the year ahead! To help you plan a successful promotional strategy, we compiled a list of ...

It’s been another fantastic year! As we near the end of 2023, we’d like to take a moment and reflect on everything we’ve achieved together. 25 Years ...

Cyber Week emerged as a success for the affiliate channel as consumer enthusiasm for retailers’ deals and publisher cash back offers translated into ...

As Thanksgiving leftovers found their way into the fridge, millions of Americans and global shoppers turned their focus to the annual shopping ...

'Tis the season for joy, festivities, and, of course, gift-giving! Knowledge is power, and in the world of digital marketing, it's also the key to ...

This year, we’re approaching Q4 with a blend of optimism and caution as the economy rebounds amidst persistent high inflation rates. Throughout this ...

During Q4 2022, consumers seemed to truly feel inflation's impact -- spending throughout the season reflected a number of ups and down across ...

We live in a world with so many reasons to celebrate. From New Year’s Eve to Mother’s Day to Pride, Oktoberfest, Diwali, and beyond—each celebration ...

Data and insights make the strategies go 'round! Luckily, CJ clients have access to a wealth of tools and metrics that can help them track ...

The time has come to bid farewell to another fantastic year! Thank you to our incredible associates and clients across the globe—our success this ...

The adoption of an extended Q4 promotional strategy this year had a real impact on the YOY growth brands experienced during the Cyber Week sales ...

CJ knows that advertisers and publishers need comparative data to understand how their affiliate programs perform. For this reason, we created the ...

As we head into Q4, marketers around the globe are once again dusting off their crystal balls in an attempt to predict what lies ahead in this ...

Performance marketing has been a haven for marketers throughout the pandemic. As we gear up for this year's peak shopping period, we predict even ...

Don’t blink—we're over halfway through the year, which means we're only a quarter away from Q4’s high-volume shopping season. With consumers ...

Online shopping plays a larger role in consumers' lives than ever before, accounting for nearly $5 trillion USD in global sales. On the heels of ...

And just like that, another year has gone by! We'd like to take a moment to say thank you to our incredible clients, partners, and fantastic CJ teams ...

With stores reopened and shoppers able to buy in-store again this year, it’s been hard to know just how much holiday shopping would stay online for ...

We love thinking about consumer trends. So we thought it would be fun to invite CJ'ers from across the globe (aka some of the savviest consumers we ...

Making a list and checking it twice? Make sure to add CJ’s in-platform Affiliate Customer Journey data to your list for a successful Holiday season ...

CJ knows that both advertisers and publishers need comparative data to understand how their affiliate programs are performing. For this reason, we ...

Have you met these 10 publishers? CJ’s Publisher Development team rounded up a list of high potential publishers for Q4, representing a variety of ...

What’s in a name? For these publishers, quite literally the key to Q4 shopping. The partners are focused on promoting brands during peak days or ...

For teams that have fallen behind during a season when holiday shopping is already underway, the following three strategies will give marketers a ...

Preparation is the foundation for success, especially heading into the Q4 shopping season. In this article, we’ll tap into CJ tech, tools, and ...

What started as a fun tradition among college students in Nanjing, China in the 90s has grown into the largest ecommerce day of the year. Singles’ ...

Puffy vests, tall boots, pumpkin spice, and everything nice. All signs point to the start of Q4—we’re officially in spooky season and on our way to ...

No matter the quarter, it's always peak season for somebody somewhere—meaning endless opportunities for affiliate publishers looking to create ...

It all started with a big boom, but not the cosmic kind. The boom we’re talking about is the one that digitized India back in 2015. The Digital India ...

For most publishers, a true affiliate partnership goes further than just sharing links or banners on their sites—they offer a myriad of creative and ...

With performance marketing getting more recognition due to its strong growth throughout the pandemic, we can't shake the feeling that all eyes will ...

Junction Live host and Global VP of Marketing at CJ Affiliate, Nicole Ron is joined by Jessica Spira from Ziff Media Group, Amar Shah from Affirm, ...

With online shopping playing a larger role in consumers' lives than ever before, expectations heading into this year’s peak shopping period were ...

The new year brings new opportunities to expand your growth internationally and reach new customers. Whether you’re a publisher looking for ways to ...

There's a reason that so many holidays fall at the end of the year—it's a time to unwind, celebrate, and reflect on the joy and challenges the year ...

This year shoppers began their online gift buying far earlier and with more enthusiasm than ever before. CJ Affiliate takes a look at 2020’s holiday ...

On one of the most critical shopping days of the year, CJ’s disaster recovery plan kicked in due to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud ...

Junction Live host and VP of Marketing at CJ Affiliate, Nicole Ron, is joined by Sher, the NYC-based travel and lifestyle blogger behind Sher She ...

There are many new factors for publishers to consider heading into the peak shopping season and this session recording from the CJU20 Digital Series ...

In order for your affiliate program to reach its full potential during an important shopping season like Q4, it’s crucial that it’s attractive to ...

It goes without saying that the pandemic has changed nearly every aspect of life in 2020. The affiliate industry is no exception, and with Q4 already ...

Few affiliate marketers these days can claim to not have at least a passing familiarity with Singles' Day. Originally popularized by Alibaba in 2009, ...

Alternative payment methods are here to stay. With all the economic uncertainty surrounding the pandemic, flexible payment methods like Buy Now Pay ...

As brick and mortar store openings remain a huge question mark in the face of COVID-19, Black Friday will be a very strong day for ecommerce this ...

The holiday shopping season is a “make or break” time for retailers, and this year it will be impacted by the offline-to-online shopping shift ...

To overcome the economic impact of the coronavirus, affiliate programs this year have had to pivot to meet demand. The million-dollar question for ...

With five fewer days between Black Friday and Christmas, this past holiday season’s prime shopping period was unusually short and this impacted the ...

Junction Live host and VP of Marketing at CJ Affiliate, Nicole Ron is joined by Lissette Alvarez from Piggy, Dan Cohen from Savings United, and Jeff ...

It's the start of a new year, and optimism and ambition is at an all time high. We all want to be better, do more, and approach the plans for our ...

With a strong start in early November, holiday sales in the CJ Network are on track to exceed ecommerce growth forecasts and demonstrate the power of ...

Singles' Day (November 11th) officially kicked off the 2019 holiday season. To find out how the Chinese shopping event went this year, we sat down ...

We may be in the thick of Q4, but it's not too late to glean more insights that could put the finishing touches on your holiday strategy. So we ...

As the holidays approach, professional and personal to-do lists get longer, and time seems to get shorter. To help keep you organized as we head into ...

Well, here we go again—we blinked and suddenly it’s November. Things are really heating up around here (maybe it’s all the layers?) and the holidays ...

With Singles' Day revenue climbing exponentially each year, brands are wondering how—if at all—they should invest in this growing seasonal shopping ...

The 2018 holiday season was a strong one across CJ Affiliate’s network, with double-digit growth in retail revenue and orders. Buoyed by strong ...

As US shoppers gear up to spend $142 billion on holiday goods and gifts online this year, marketers of all sizes and in all industries are working ...

The CJ Affiliate global network during Holiday 2018 experienced solid revenue and order growth driven by strong shopper interest in purchasing ...

The CJ Affiliate global network experienced 29% revenue growth for Holiday 2019. This immense growth was driven by strong shopper interest in ...

Purchases of computers, clothing, home goods and shoes led to strong year over year performance in the CJ network on Black Friday and Cyber Monday ...

Strong sales on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday set the stage for strong holiday performance that could exceed e-commerce growth forecasts. Based ...

A review of last year’s affiliate shopping trends and what they mean for holiday 2018. One of the best guides to anticipate what will work for this ...

You’ve determined your Q4 strategy through promotional planning, historical analysis, and account review by reading our article, How to Plan a ...

Q4 can be a busy time of year, as affiliate managers hustle to schedule and coordinate brand and site promotions as well as ensure they meet program ...

Online shopping is the growth engine for US retail, in general, and especially during the holiday season. CJ Affiliate’s newly released 2018 Holiday ...

Days of strong sales in the week leading up to Black Friday and through Cyber Monday show preparations and planning for Holiday 2017 paid off. Based ...

Strong sales on the official start of the holiday shopping season signal online retail sales will meet growth expectations. Based on preliminary ...

This holiday season, shoppers will do even more of their gift shopping online—ecommerce sales are projected to increase 16% over last year and ...

As one of Q4’s largest shopping events, Free Shipping Day is a cost-effective means of driving last-minute holiday sales and boosting brand presence. ...

The holiday shopping season seems to start earlier and earlier each year. For those brands that are looking to tap into China’s massive market, the ...

The Q4 shopping season is nearly upon us, and top of mind for many marketers is how to maximize opportunities to reach and convert shoppers. Given ...

CJ Affiliate’s Holiday Intelligence Report outlines global affiliate marketing trends and strategies for the holiday season. Planning for Holiday ...

Across the global CJ Affiliate network, Holiday 2016 followed many of same rules we’ve come to expect: Black Friday and Cyber Monday dominated and ...

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2016 in the bag, which remaining days in December are the best bets for late-season sales? The five days of ...

During this year’s Thanksgiving – Cyber Monday sales period, retailers in the CJ Affiliate network experienced quite a bit of success in terms of YOY ...

The end of the year is full of retail shopping days that we plan for in a big way, all the way up to Christmas Day. Yet generations of UK and ...

Now that we're well into Q4, are you ready to celebrate the holidays? If you're like me, you're ready to gobble down that turkey on November 24! But ...

According to our 2016 Holiday Intelligence Report, shoppers this holiday season will likely dedicate more of their holiday spend to gifts of ...

Q4 started this week, and you know what that means! The holiday shopping season is just around the corner. Do you have your affiliate programs in ...

Here at CJ Affiliate, we are always preparing for Q4. One great way to do this is to run an activation campaign in Q3 to ensure that you are ...

With Valentine's Day less than two weeks away, shoppers are just about ready to finalize their buying decisions. Last year's data suggests that sales ...

All the lights are down, Christmas trees composted, and decorations put away. The holidays may be over, but I gathered some great insights from the ...

While some find relief that the hustle and bustle of the holidays has passed, others recognize that the New Year marks the start of another important ...

Feeling the holiday fallout yet? While the fourth quarter is a huge driver for many affiliates, the winter doldrums offer creative opportunities to ...

An outerwear retail company increases YOY sales during the ever-important Thanksgiving sales week by leveraging CJ’s Affiliate Customer Insights to ...

E-commerce giant Alibaba.com raked in a massive $14 billion in sales on Singles Day, November 11, 2015. Up 54% from last year’s already impressive ...

Black Friday and Cyber Monday aren't the only shopping holidays coming up this month. The recently identified "Singles Day", taking place on 11/11 ...

With the holiday season fast approaching, bloggers and content Publishers all over the web are planning their Holiday Gift Guides. These popular ...

Are you ready for the upcoming holiday season? With Q4 upon us and just 52 days until Black Friday, it's time to start thinking about how to best ...

Summer vacations are over and kids are back to school, leaving retailers enough time to take a breath before the year's busiest shopping season hits. ...

In this webinar recording we offer top level insights from our 2015 Holiday Intelligence Report. Highlights include the most import trends from 2014 ...

Forecasts expect a robust holiday sales season in which online sales growth will again outpace overall retail sales. Emarketer projects that ...

As shopping events go, the Back-to-School shopping season is a big deal for retailers—for a third straight year, forecasts show online spending for ...

Father's Day 2014 shopping begins in earnest as soon as the calendar page turns to June. In anticipation, CJ Insights has analyzed the 2013 sales ...

Across CJ's global network, the impact of mobile this holiday season is already evident. From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, over 15 percent of ...

Just in time for the busy holiday season we have flipped the switch to our new “Widgets” tab in the publisher account manager to all English language ...

A confluence of rare events will likely make this year's holiday shopping season a bit different than years past. The three events with the greatest ...

If you feel like Christmas offers come earlier each year, this year you'll definitely feel like Christmas starts in October. That's because there are ...

This week the CJ Blog welcomes a new contributor from our client development team, Mike Halloran. Mike's blog posts will bring interesting online ...

As shopping events go, the Back-to-School shopping season is a big deal for retailers. The National Retail Federation last year forecasted K-12 and ...

Father's Day gift buying is about to take off, and most gifts this year—59 percent of purchases—will be bought online, according to a recent survey ...

Since becoming a mother, I realize just how much parents sacrifice for their children and I feel compelled more than ever to find a really great ...

Valentine's Day has always been a special holiday for me, not only because I get to spend it with my significant other, but also because it marks the ...

In affiliate marketing, it sometimes seems like we live and die by the calendar. Maybe it's just me, but I'm usually thinking about a major holiday ...

Don’t think holiday shopping means serious affiliate business? Think again. Last week comScore reported that Black Friday sales topped $1 billion for ...