Last year’s U.S. holiday ecommerce sales reached a total of $100 billion, and some studies are already expecting U.S. customers to up their spending this year by more than 500%, totaling $616.5 billion over the course of the winter holidays. That’s a lot of potential uplift for your business — and it’s never too early … Continue reading
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The holidays are the biggest time of year for retailers. Everything is on the line when consumers are spending more than $600 billion in only a couple months. In fact, this season is so important for commerce that it accounts for more than 8x the next biggest sales drive season: back to school. Whether you … Continue reading
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The holidays are the biggest time of year for retailers. Everything is on the line when consumers are spending more than $600 billion in only a couple months. In fact, this season is so important for commerce that it accounts for more than 8x the next biggest sales drive season: back to school. Whether you … Continue reading
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An entirely new breed of online retailers and offline retailers like JC Penney, Target, Warby Parker and Rent the Runway have been able to build large online businesses by taking advantage of revenue opportunities uncovered in their data. For these larger businesses, it makes sense to build data warehouses and employ a team of data … Continue reading
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Are you spending too much time managing operational logistics instead of being front and center in growing your business? You’re not alone. Less than 15% of business owners and managers feel like they’re spending their time on the right activities. But, as costs and competition increase, it’s time to ditch the “I can do it … Continue reading
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Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, New Orleans has not simply rebuilt the city, but reversed decades of poverty and unemployment. Unified by a pioneering spirit and resilient innovation, small businesses and growing brands have played a major role in fueling the post-Katrina comeback. New Orleans now boasts entrepreneurial activity 56% greater … Continue reading
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Discounting is a key element within a retailer’s pricing strategy. In the first part of this series, we introduced you to three discount rules which could be used as part of a pricing strategy for the upcoming 2015 holiday shopping season. In this second part of the series, we’ll be discussing one feature enhancement the … Continue reading
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Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina burst the levees and devastated the city of New Orleans. The immediate flood damage, however, illuminated problems existing long before the storm made landfall. Years of unemployment, poverty and an unstable economy multiplied the upheaval of the storm, which left behind $200 billion in damage and an additional $2.9 billion … Continue reading
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Whether you are a big box brand or a scaling SMB, if you are an ecommerce retailer, you are in the business of production. Your success often boils down to the efficiency of your workflow — how fast can you produce products, product imagery, website content and sales? Organization is important for any type of … Continue reading
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A major change is coming to the way retailers process credit cards — yet less than one-fifth of businesses are prepared. Over the past few months, banks have begun replacing traditional magnetic strip payment cards with new cards containing a more secure EMV payment chip — named by Europay, MasterCard and Visa, the developers of … Continue reading
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