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Barnes & Noble Revamps Loyalty Program, Adding Free Option

Retail TouchPoints

Barnes & Noble has reconfigured its loyalty offerings for the first time since the program began in 2001, launching its first free program and enhancing the benefits of its paid Membership program. Premium Membership, which costs $39.99

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6 Tips to Help You Prepare Your Shipping Strategy for the Holiday Rush

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Anticipating how to deal with damaged or lost packages, unexpected surcharges, increased packaging materials and more can not only ease shipping stresses, but also provide more clarity to your shipping expenses and needs. Tip #1: Know Shipping Blackout Dates. This will reduce your residential surcharge costs.

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Financial Steps eCommerce Businesses Can Take Now to Weather the COVID-19 Downturn

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Eventually, you’ll use these scenarios to implement cost cutting and other financial strategies to get your business through this downturn. Most businesses I’ve worked with have less than six months worth of operating costs on hand. 2: Cut Expenses to Slow Your Burn Rate. 3) The Most Realistic Scenario for Your Business.

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The 10 Most Common Challenges Faced by eCommerce Businesses

eCommerce Training Academy

I’ve been involved in eCommerce since 2001 and I can truly say, A LOT has changed. Attracting new customers is more expensive than retaining the current ones you already have. Online retailers must always find ways to cut inventory costs, improve marketing efficiency, reduce overhead, reduce shipping costs and control order returns.

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Increase Customer Satisfaction with 6 Key Fulfillment Metrics

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Founded in 2001, Rakuten Super Logistics is a leader in ecommerce order fulfillment, serving hundreds of ecommerce retailers to increase speed of delivery, improve order accuracy, decrease shipping costs, and increase customer satisfaction. . With Amazon Prime, the 2-day shipping speed is expected from consumers.

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SportStop – Meet the Pioneers of Online Selling Turned Multimillion-dollar Online Sports Brand Mogul

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Started in 2001, this family-owned brand has adorned multiple accolades in its 20+ year-long online journey. We launched SportStop in 2001 with an online selling platform, it was actually my second e-commerce venture. SportStop was my second venture, launched in 2001, which addressed all the shortcomings of my initial venture.

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Time for Holiday Prep Already? You Bet.

ChannelAdvisor

Coupled with some of the struggles you’re likely to encounter this fall, including continued supply constraints, shipping delays and overall economic uncertainty, waiting until late fall could prove detrimental. . Consumers have continued to spend despite rising costs, but they’re more selective about where they buy than ever.