According to a study from Experian Marketing Services, email volume rose by nearly 18 percent year-over-year across all industries in the second quarter of 2013, with catalogers, consumer products and services, and multichannel retailers leading the way. The study also notes that Gmail’s new tabbed inbox, which has caused some email marketers some wariness, hasn’t…

According to a report from MarketLive, a provider of e-commerce technology for merchants, nearly a third of traffic to e-commerce sites came from smartphones and tablets during the first half of 2013 (January-June). However, mobile devices accounted for a much smaller portion of revenue. Smartphones and Tablets MarketLive’s mid-year “Performance Index” report found that 18.6…