Forrester eCommerce

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Mobile’s share in the US online retail and travel commerce will increase from 36% in 2018 to 45% in 2024, as per our recently published forecast Forrester Analytics: Mobile And Tablet Commerce Forecast, 2019 To 2024(US).

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ecomdash

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The following are six international holidays that online retailers should be aware of and start planning for: Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year and the weeks leading up to it is a heavy shopping season in China, and the percentage of online retail transactions during that time of year continues to grow.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2022

Online fast fashion retailer SHEIN is hosting the latest in its traveling series of pop-up events at San Francisco’s Embarcadero Center from June 24 to 26, 2022. Shoppers had to sign up for a time slot online prior to the shop’s debut, with slots for all three days quickly selling out.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

The 2022 holiday season showed slow, but steady, improvement for the retail industry. As economic headwinds curbed spending capacity, online retail grew in the U.S. but at its lowest rate in years: up 3.5% billion, according to Adobe Analytics. Global digital sales topped $1.1 trillion for the season, while sales in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With the holiday shopping frenzy fast approaching, here are three ways for online retailers to maximize their collection of zero-party data during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday rush. In the process, the retailer can gather information about color preferences, style inclinations and even travel plans.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Will Luxury’s Biggest Market Rebound? visitors who flocked to Europe with a strong U.S. currency were avid luxury shoppers,” Driscoll added.

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365 Retail

MAY 21, 2021

The easing of travel restrictions also saw a spike in fuel sales, with petrol stations seeing a 69.4% It means retail sales have now increased for the past three months as life begins to return to normal. compared with two years ago, as homeworking and reduced travelling hit the sector. jump compared with March.

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RetailMinded

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How can online retailers prepare for the slew of inevitable returns during holiday season? However, in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic, they’re spending more money on experiences such as travel and entertainment rather than on tangible goods. Certain verticals are seeing an uptick while others are declining.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The standard ‘free shipping’ option for most online retailers is two- to five-day ground service from one of the national carriers. Sorting packages closer to the end customer and dynamic routing technology can reduce last mile travel distances. How fast and reliable is the delivery service?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

So many of us shop online, from food to clothes, electronics to books. For specific mobility impairments, it may be impossible to travel outside regularly. So this consumer depends on timely and accessible online shopping options. For some, it’s convenient; for others, it’s necessary.

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UpSellIt

MAY 20, 2024

In addition, since many brick-and-mortar businesses are closed, Independence Day has become a major shopping day for online retailers. Aside from hosting and planning a wedding, weddings generate sales through registry gifts, travel, and apparel for guests.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

And while virtual sales will be part of the new normal, the rush did stabilize after the initial buyer panic, and already consumers can be seen returning some of their business to brick-and-mortar retail. Researchers with the CBRE tracked APAC retailers as they shifted their business strategy.

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RTP blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The potential lure of offline sales is so strong that, as competition stiffens and retailers seek new avenues of growth, more retailers are realizing the benefits of having a physical store and are making moves to head in this direction. Amazon is one of the most recent examples.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2023

Given the rapid growth of online retail over the past few years, brand owners have become increasingly vigilant about the distribution of their products, in many instances by third-party resellers, on these online platforms. Another recurring issue in the context of online retail is listing sabotage.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2021

It’s no surprise that the pandemic accelerated the decline of brick-and-mortar retail stores in favor of the convenience of online shopping. Amazon and other online retailers are essentially logistics companies that have become today’s consumer interface to deliver goods to your front door within hours. Convenient?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2021

Last year, with the Chinese economy beginning to recover but travel still restricted, Alibaba extended the previously one-day event to 11 days. What started as a purely Chinese phenomenon has increasingly become a global event , particularly as cross-border travel continues to be thwarted by the pandemic. reached $83.81

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ROI Revolution

MARCH 12, 2020

As traveling fears grow and countries like Italy extend travel restrictions , marketing events across the globe are feeling the impact. Many major in-person events are being postponed, canceled, or virtualized after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all businesses cancel non-essential company travel.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

“People have burned through their savings, and there’s a lot of inflation as well as changes in the job market,” said Jonah Ellin, Chief Product Officer at 1010data in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. The summer travel season is going to bleed people; it’s phenomenally expensive to go on the vacations that people want and deserve.”

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ROI Revolution

APRIL 2, 2020

Travel industry updates. The travel industry is seeing some of the biggest hits from COVID-19 as fears and restrictions around travel grow. While some of the statistics are shocking, experts believe once the crisis subsides, the travel industry will recover – starting with local tourism. Strain on events.

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lateshipment

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The other part is customers being forced to give up experience-based spendings such as travel, movie, or restaurants in return for product purchases. The Supply Chain Disruption Has Been a Worry for Shoppers, Retailers, and Carriers Alike.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Online retailers and brick-and-mortar stores are having a tough time keeping up with the ever-growing digital market and the audience characteristics that are developing with it. This allows customers to translate the distance of travel into a discount in-store. .

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 31, 2022

As a national retailer offering a local pet store feel, Jollyes has a unique proposition, priding itself on the friendliness and expertise of its colleagues.

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Elsner

MARCH 16, 2020

It has already stirred the travel and tourism industry, sports industry, and many more. But now there are very low footprints in those places and people are opting for online purchasing. In Q4 of 2019, the total online retail spending was around 11.4%, which is expected to increase by 12% or more after the coronavirus outbreak.

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BigCommerce

JULY 6, 2018

With dozens of speakers, ranging from big-name companies to promising start-ups, the Retail Big Show is easily one of the top events in the United States for networking and gaining further insight into the direction of online retail. CommerceNext is a two-day retail conference that caters specifically to marketers in ecommerce.

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365 Retail

MAY 13, 2021

Dixons was retained then as the brand for its online retailing operations, while it has also been used for Dixons Travel. But the group announced plans in April to shut the 35-strong airport store business, Dixons Travel, due to pandemic trading woes and the end of tax-free tourist shopping.

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365 Retail

JUNE 18, 2021

as lockdown easing unlocked people’s travel plans. Overall, it means retail sales have now increased for the past four months as life begins to return to normal. But online sales may have fallen as shoppers preferred to head to high streets, especially with restaurants, bars, cafes and cinemas all reopening in May, the ONS added.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Studies have shown that 87% of consumers typically travel 15 minutes or less to make everyday purchases. However, with the change in today’s environment, many of those purchases are now being made online, where the location of the retailer is no longer part of the equation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2020

Ask customers why they prefer Amazon over other online retailers and the answer most likely comes down to two-day shipping — not quality or customer service. Retail needs to adopt the same allegiance to transparency so they can perceive the entire business at once and adjust as needed.

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Inflow Insights

MAY 14, 2020

Key Performance Indicators – Travel. Likewise, Travel has experienced a sharp and sudden decrease in KPIs since the start of coronavirus pandemic. As states have shut-down and some industries have been forced to shutter their doors due to social distancing rules, travel has been especially impacted.

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RetailMinded

MARCH 30, 2021

In the UK, multiple physical retail stores have now closed for good, including 100+ years old department store Debenhams and Topshop, both acquired by online retailers – Asos and Boohoo. Airline and travel sites like Booking.com saw their stocks crash because of the lack of trust in the industry. The Impact On Retail.

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GetElastic

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Seventy percent of consumers admit that page speed impacts their willingness to buy from an online retailer. Light can only travel so fast from one of AWS’s hosting regions to the end-user. Even small performance improvements can have large impacts on overall revenue.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2022

“It’s no longer just the top 100 big retailers selling goods — there are millions of small- and medium-sized retailers that are now buying and selling around the world thanks to marketplaces, thanks to Shopify , thanks to distribution being democratized,” said Pany. Or you can travel there, which is again expensive.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Dollars that were earmarked for summer camps, family travel or entertainment such as plays, movies and restaurants sit untouched. Similarly, online shoppers respond to different types of promotional offers, and obviously different promotional vehicles used to reach shoppers when shopping online.

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Kissmetrics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The top-five most popular Pinterest categories are: Travel Health & Wellness DIY Women’s style Beauty. Brands that engage with their communities, and receive engagement back, have a better chance of growing and selling through online retailers. Text overlays can be an effective way to lead your audience into your post.

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BigCommerce

OCTOBER 17, 2017

But targeting an entire page to residents of King of Prussia wouldn’t make sense as people from all over the Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Delaware region travel out there to shop. And here is how an online retailer follows a similar strategy. For instance, say your business has a location at the King of Prussia Mall.

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

However, certain types of internet retailers will see greater value from a loyalty program. These retailers have the following characteristics: 1. Online retailers who receive a steady stream of at least ten or more orders a month will see greater benefit from a reward program.

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Ecommerce Platforms

MAY 1, 2020

Coronavirus Impacts eCommerce, Business Travel (PYMNTS). Here's an article that focuses more on the travel industry. It also compares how other ecommerce businesses will fare because of the impact on the travel world. Coronavirus Affects Online Retailers (Digital Commerce 360). Sales are up for health products.

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