RTP blog

APRIL 6, 2018

By Cheryl Sullivan, Revionics The pace of change in retail is more breathless than ever, and today’s always-on, cross-channel shopper has preferences and tastes that evolve at the speed of social media. In fact, 31% of shoppers said they would wait as long as it takes for the right price. UK, France, Germany and Brazil. [i]

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

When you factor in the expanded ecommerce selling opportunities through omni-channel retail (like adding Amazon and eBay storefronts to your sales approach, for example), it’s easy to see that now is the best possible time to grow an ecommerce business. The cost of entry is lower than ever before. 2017 Cyber Monday sales exceed $6.5B.

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Wiser

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In the world of retail, the internet has given way to eCommerce and its rapid shipping, easy price comparisons, and other perks for consumers. The rise of eCommerce is also behind the prevalence of multi-channel shoppers: folks who buy from both online and in-store channels. . Personally, which channel do you prefer?

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BigCommerce

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

In 2017, holiday season sales accounted for more than one-quarter of total annual retail sales, rising 5.5% In 2018, holiday sales predictions from the National Retail Federation are at an increase over 2017 of 3.3% In Q4 2017, mobile commerce saw a 40% increase in sales YoY. Or, “Free Shipping with a $50 purchase.”.

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BigCommerce

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

consumers, with 64% of survey respondents indicating that their primary motivation for shopping on the day after Black Friday was to support their local community. In 2017—a positive year for the economy and the stock market—Small Business Saturday numbers actually went down both in terms of total foot traffic and dollars spent.

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Omnisend

JUNE 2, 2020

These are the seven main reasons collected and combined from the Baymard Institute (2016), Statista (2017) , and SaleCycle (2019) data (in descending order). Extra costs (shipping, taxes, etc.) No express shipping available + 7. Extra costs are too high. No express shipping available. are too high + + 2.

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BigCommerce

AUGUST 17, 2018

To ensure that you’re offering a fair and competitive price for your products, you’ll want to look at what similar online retailers are charging. Don’t just look at the price retailers are charging for their products, look at the total cost as well (tax + shipping charges + service fees). Determine your shipping costs.

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BigCommerce

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Immediately following Cyber Five of 2017, I sent an email out to a bunch of ecommerce experts and multi-million dollar ecommerce store owners. Let me give you an example: 2017 has been the year of Facebook Advertising. In 2018, one thing is guaranteed, Facebook Ad inventory will go up in cost. Omni-Channel Management.

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OrderDynamics

JULY 27, 2018

How Omni-Channel is Transforming Showrooming. They would instead, return home, scour the internet and find the best price. They would instead, return home, scour the internet and find the best price. Modern retailers embrace showrooming as part of their omni-channel retail strategy.

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Kissmetrics

DECEMBER 16, 2020

But maybe you’ve drawn in a lot of price-conscious readers with your posts about meal planning, coupons, and budgeting. If you promote a product that’s out of most of your readers’ price range, they won’t buy. You can also do this using Instagram Insights if you have a business account or YouTube’s Channel analytics tools.

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RTP blog

APRIL 16, 2018

Study And Segment Customers More Precisely With complete positive data, you can move beyond the more general data you have on people who have opted into your email list and social media channels, many of whom may not be proven customers. Offering free or reduced-rate rush shipping to all customers could attract more fraudsters.

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ChannelAdvisor

JULY 25, 2017

If ever there were a year to cash in on the second biggest shopping season of the year, 2017 would be it. Sure, we all know that parents will be price-comparing and watching for free shipping. Take a deep breath and get ready to dive into our crash course on 2017 back-to-school shopping trends. That’s a segment worth $5.4

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Omnisend

MAY 30, 2023

SMSbump, founded in 2017, is powered by Yotpo, the well-known wordpress SEO plugin. Omnisend is a comprehensive marketing automation platform that offers multi-channel marketing solutions, including email, push, and SMS marketing. Omnisend also scores over SMSBump by adding the ‘consent status’ automatically to the email channel.

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Retalon

JULY 4, 2018

We’ll focus on how Retalon predictive analytics can convert data to tangible actions, building a consistent experience for your customers, and stay agile and flexible enough for such a dynamic reality in multi-channel retailing. Lack of organizational alignment and business rules for compensation/incentives by channel.

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Kissmetrics

MARCH 30, 2018

trillion in 2017 and are expected to reach 4.9 In fact, B2B e-commerce worldwide sales in 2017 peaked at $7.7 In-store sales accounted for 91% of all retail sales in the US in 2017. Google defines it as: “ensuring retailer marketing strategies are geared toward enabling customers to convert on any channel.”.

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OrderDynamics

MAY 30, 2019

Costs associated with legitimate returns. Costs of fraudulent returns. The other, more pressing, issue regarding customer returns is cost. Let’s discuss the cost of legitimate returns first. The costs incurred with valid customer returns include restocking expenses. Allow free returns shipping.

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

For instance, if you spent $5 to earn a customer and you know that over the course of that customer’s lifetime with your brand, they will likely spend about $100, that’s a great lifetime value to churn (or cost to acquire a customer) ratio ( LTV to CAC ). Or, test out a loyalty program to help grow a specific channel.

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ChannelAdvisor

OCTOBER 11, 2017

This blog post is part of our 2017 Holiday Planning series. As shoppers get ready to click and swipe their ways through an anticipated $114 billion holiday buying season, successful sellers are preparing to execute on everything from proper pricing and promotions to fast fulfillment. Home in on Channel-Specific Holiday Promotions.

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PFS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

In other words, if a product reaches its final destination – the buyer – and is sent back, reverse logistics is the process of moving goods from that final destination back to the warehouse or shipping center to re-capture its original value or be disposed of properly (think, beauty or food products). Smooth omni-channel.

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OrderDynamics

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Based on a discussion from Retail Wire , the renewed interest comes from a new study from the National Association of Realtors 2017 Community and Transportation Preference Survey. With the cost of urban city dwelling skyrocketing around the world, this concept has the potential to start gaining momentum. How Would This Work?

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OrderDynamics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

A new KPMG study, “ The Truth About Online Consumers ”, released in June 2017 that surveys 18,430 consumers world-wide, packed a few surprising results regarding online vs in-store regulars. The study also showed that male consumers often made purchases of higher priced categories of goods. Multi-channel isn’t good enough.

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Sailthru

JANUARY 25, 2018

We’re looking into the latest data on 2017’s close, as well as where marketers plan to deploy their martech dollars in 2018. growth for online for 2017. The International Council on Shopping Centers’ Post-Holiday Shopping Survey shows that stores are certainly not obsolete. Consumers shopped online.

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SellBrite

APRIL 23, 2019

From building a website to buying inventory, business costs add up quickly. That’s why 40% of business owners turn to small business loans to finance their stores — to the tune of $600 billion in 2017. About 50% of small business owners went to their local bank in 2017 to apply for a loan. Here’s the thing, though.

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Sailthru

JANUARY 7, 2019

Over the course of 2017, nearly 7,000 stores closed in the U.S. Surveying 1,000 American consumers, Sailthru found that 18.3% Arguably the simplest option — buying items in brick-and-mortar stores and having them shipped home — was also the most popular; 19.5% How do consumers feel about this? Many just… don’t.

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ESW

JUNE 27, 2018

In fact, 70 percent of consumers make at least one international purchase every year, according to a survey by IDC Research and ORC International. In the worst cases, these risks can turn into real catastrophes, costing companies millions of dollars in lost sales, unexpected expenses, or even fines. In June 2016, the U.S.

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eCommerceFuel

MARCH 15, 2018

In what has become an annual tradition, I’ve once again bribed store owners to fill out a survey in order to understand how merchants are fairing in the eCommerce jungle. If you missed last year’s edition, you can see my 2017 State of the Merchant report here. . Revenue growth was 36.8% – up from 24.7%

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Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

The new business model demands a holistic approach to omnichannel fulfillment that considers new expectations of speed and convenience that customers have developed while keeping costs low. This includes everything from storing inventory, processing orders, picking stock, shipping packages, and delivering orders to the end consumer.

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eCommerce CEO

MAY 18, 2019

from $408 billion in 2017 to more than $706 billion by 2022. By 2024, it should be almost double the value of 2017. billion that was recorded in 2017. However, it’s cost-effective to get products because of the bulk. The alternative is to promote and sell your product solely through your own channels.

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ROI Revolution

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Shipping, inventory, and fulfillment are the basic underpinnings of a business that must work flawlessly for marketing & advertising to be worth it – and they are all in flux right now. 42% of consumers expect products to be more expensive this year. Business being good isn’t always a good thing. November 9.

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RTP blog

MARCH 8, 2019

By Ed King, HighStreet Collective Since we started our consultancy, HighStreet, in mid-2017, it’s become painfully clear that legacy retailers have had a difficult time with their “omnichannel” and in-store innovation efforts. A 2019 survey by BDO illustrates this point. Plus-Ups: Offer a mobile app with personalized pricing.

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ROI Revolution

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Shipping, inventory, and fulfillment are the basic underpinnings of a business that must work flawlessly for marketing & advertising to be worth it – and they are all in flux right now. Last year, low prices and the ability to purchase online were the top concerns for customers. Business being good isn’t always a good thing.

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Because CAC to LTV, or Customer Acquisition Cost to Lifetime Value, is considered one of the most important aspects of a healthy business model in the early days of a company’s lifecycle. According to the National Law Review , it can cost five times more to acquire a new customer than keep a current one. Brand loyalty.

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ROI Revolution

MARCH 14, 2022

To help you be able to answer yes to that question, we conducted our annual State of Digital Marketing Survey, where we asked 170+ digital marketing professionals like you about their top initiatives and concerns for 2022. Shipping & Fulfillment. You’re getting a sneak preview of the results in this article. Social Commerce.

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ChannelAdvisor

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The 2017 holiday season saw e-commerce sales exceed $108 billion , and sellers are scrambling to tap into what will certainly be an even bigger shopping frenzy in 2018. Listing across multiple channels helps ensure that consumers always have access to the products you’re selling, and that your business can continually produce revenue.

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ROI Revolution

DECEMBER 14, 2021

What started as factory shutdowns at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020 has snowballed into issues across the entire delivery process, from material and labor shortages to increased freight prices to extremely delayed shipping. 42% of consumers expect products to be more expensive this year. November 9.

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eCommerceFuel

MAY 1, 2019

The number of drop shipping businesses dropped by a staggering 51%, while the number of manufacturing businesses increased by a third. I’d speculate that it speaks to the increased difficulties of the drop shipping model and the greater rewards of having a unique, defensible product and brand in today’s Amazon-dominated market.

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Email Audience

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Where consumers are almost glued to their phones, the importance of using all the channels at your disposal to the fullest for your business has never been clearer. 73% of brands are planning to increase their SMS messaging budget s in the coming year to take advantage of the channel. SMS messaging is a powerful tool for marketing.

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