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How Retailers Can Leverage Technology to Turn Economic Uncertainty Into an Opportunity

Kibo

Impacts of the recession on DTC brands and B2C retailers. This, combined with the continued expansion of eCommerce as a percentage of total retail sales, suggests the dramatic gains of 2020 have been consolidated. . In the last recession, the Great Recession of 2007-2009, retailers that did well were food and cut-price stores.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

BigCommerce

Globally, ecommerce growth projections are also on an upward trajectory: They show that retail sales may exceed $4.058 trillion by as soon as 2020. Most businesses with an ecommerce presence use an ecommerce store and/or an ecommerce platform to conduct both online marketing and sales activities and to oversee logistics and fulfillment.

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Rise of the Dark Store Fulfillment Model: How Unified Commerce Makes It Possible

Kibo

In September 2020, about six months after the pandemic drove people into their homes and forced mandatory shutdowns across the globe, Whole Foods opened its first online-only store. . Some are former brick-and-mortar retail locations now shuttered to the public and converted into fulfillment centers.

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How U.S. Brands Can Get a Piece of the $115B+ Singles’ Day Opportunity

Retail TouchPoints

Alibaba’s sales have increased every year since the event debuted in 2009.). 2020 lasted 11 days , instead of the typical 24 hours, also helped greatly in boosting that number. Two years ago, Tmall also launched Global Overseas Fulfillment to enable cross-border transactions. The fact that 11.11 6 to throw their hat in the ring.