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The Face-Off Between Amazon and ‘Alternative Marketplaces’ is Shaping the Next Era of Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

However, a shifting power dynamic became clear this year, driven by one simple fact — Amazon is no longer the only game in town. Like gamblers, sellers spend an inordinate amount of time studying the game and finding minute ways to eke out an advantage. Without a doubt Amazon has been central to shaping ecommerce as we know it today.

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Retailer Lessons from iGaming Companies

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers are always looking to improve their game, with an eye to increasing sales, reducing costs and maximizing profitability. Retail competition has increased from small upstart retailers to big box stores and peers, so the ability for retailers to improve on their game is more necessary than ever. About four in five U.S.

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Bells of Steel and an Iron Will: How This Fitness Retailer Grew from $3M to $15M in 18 months

RetailMinded

With a love of lifting that seemed to seed before he was born (his great uncle owned a ‘House of Strength’ in Iran), perhaps it’s fate that Kaevon Khoozani became the self-made founder of a multi-national fitness brand worth $15M. OLYMPIC VISION.

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Why LUSH Traded Social Media for a New Era of Collaborative Storytelling

365 Retail

To create a revolution you need the masses, so part of Lush’s strategy is to grow its presence and tell more of their stories across different channels. For example in the UK, for the launch of Lush x Stranger Things, Lush had its most engaged tweet of all time, since the brand account was created in 2009, when posting a sneak peek.

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Unbounce Review: Everything You Need to Know

Ecommerce Platforms

The Unbounce ecosystem officially launched in 2009 with CEO Rick Perreault at the helm. Multi device page preview: if you need to see how your visitors are going to view your page, the Multi-device page preview can help with this. With this tool, you can unlock new audience and channel options with minimal guess work.

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How to Reduce Walmart Marketplace Returns and Cancellations

SellBrite

Since it was established in 2009, Walmart Marketplace has been working to improve its customer experience and streamline its Walmart Marketplace return policy, and today, most orders purchased in the marketplace can be returned to Walmart stores. Luckily, this situation is easily avoidable with Sellbrite’s inventory management software.

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How 3 Brands Conquered Global Markets with Localized Websites

BigCommerce

When it comes to brand owned channels like their.com, pt. Founded in 2009, Vivino is an online review and marketplace for wine globally. When you have your own warehouses to serve the localized markets you have expanded into, you’re winning in the cross-border game. Ditching the copy & paste method.