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Walmart-Owned Flipkart Raises $3.6B to Fund Next Stage of Growth in India

Retail TouchPoints

The Flipkart Group includes ecommerce marketplace Flipkart , digital fashion destination Myantra , Flipkart Wholesale , online travel company Cleartrip and a majority stake in the payments app PhonePe. Brick-and-mortar dominates the retail scene, with ecommerce projected to account for just 7% of sales this year, up from 3% in 2017.

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The Incredible Success Story of The Cambridge Satchel Company

ChannelAdvisor

At ChannelAdvisor, we just love a great retail success story. Less than 8 years later, her business is now worth over £40 million. So what is the takeaway for brands and retailers here? To advertise her new brand, she then lent bloggers the fluorescent bags to wear during that year’s New York Fashion Week. Be relentless.

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The Marketer’s Guide to Gain Brand Mileage on Google Maps

Kissmetrics

Google also realizes that your business is ‘special.’ And, it released an algorithmic update, in July, 2014, to favor local businesses for neighborhood-focused mobile device queries. Want a good example of how to complete your Google My Business listing? Reach for the stars.

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Ecommerce Statistics

Ecommerce Platforms

Econsultancy/MarketingSherpa, 2014). Fireclick/MarketingSherpa/com, 2014). Adobe, 2014). Akamai/Compuware, 2014). Ecommerce sales account for just 8% of total retail sales in the U.S. Fireclick/MarketingSherpa/com, 2014). Adobe, 2014). since it launched in 2014. (Econsultancy, 2012).

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33 Ecommerce Strategies for Growth from 12 $1M+ Brands [18 Must Have Tools Included]

BigCommerce

It took a year of testing to get this down, but now John and Shari sit on the Facebook Small Business Advisory board –– helping to educate even the Facebook team on how to personalize ads based on cohorts to drive ridiculously high Return on Ad Spend (ROAS). By January 1, 2014, Gerbig launched the Pink Lily official website.

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17 Ways You Never Knew You Could Build Backlinks to Your Ecommerce Store

SellBrite

Just like a retail store, make it easy for your customer to visit every corner with the minimum amount of effort. If you sell handmade shoes and you’re writing for a fashion blog, you can write something like ‘10 best Winter boots for this season’. It more generic, more broad, and it involves fashion and shoes.

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234 American Business Owners on Starting, Scaling and Staying Inspired

BigCommerce

Their stories are conveniently ignored when you hear about the extinction of small businesses. In reading this article, you’ve begun a journey into the passions, success stories and advice of more than 200 American business owners trying to make ends meet while they make life a little sweeter for those around them.