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Clean Data, Clean Planet: How Online Retailers can use Data Analytics to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

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Newly developed freight booking tools have made it easier and more efficient to book containers on large cargo ships, thereby reducing the need for air freight, which is generally seen as producing a larger carbon footprint. Shipping companies can obtain information through GPS tags to help locate containers and ships in real time.

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How Does Amazon Make Money? [INFOGRAPHIC]

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In 2016, Amazon accounted for 43% of all online retail sales in the U.S. Failure is an option: Amazon Fire Phone fizzled out in 2014―instead of giving up, Amazon has since launched Amazon Echo and other successful tech. 2014: $89 billion. 2014: $178 million. Amazon stores, packages, and ships your products for you.

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5 Ways E-Commerce Companies Can Use BrickSeek to Increase Sales

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However, to give a brief overview, BrickSeek started out in 2014 as a web application enabling LEGO collectors to track down popular sets online and in-store. The same things that make BrickSeek such a useful tool for consumers also make it a potentially invaluable resource for online retailers. Think about it.

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7 Brands Discuss the Benefits of the New Cashless Economy and Apple Pay’s Growing Ubiquity

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Adii Pienaar, Founder of Conversio and WooThemes (later acquired by WooCommerce), sums this up best: Customers worldwide are using their mobile devices for online shopping more often. Depending on who you want to believe, it’s estimated that since late-2014 more than 50% of all online purchases are made from mobile devices.

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From Retail to e-Tail: How to Launch an Ecommerce Website for Your Brick-and-Mortar

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To ensure that you’re offering a fair and competitive price for your products, you’ll want to look at what similar online retailers are charging. Don’t just look at the price retailers are charging for their products, look at the total cost as well (tax + shipping charges + service fees). Determine your shipping costs.

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Should You Use Shopify for Dropshipping? Here’s How to Decide

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The accessibility and simplicity of this business model enable anyone to break into ecommerce, and, thanks to Shopify — the leading ecommerce platform for online retailers with more than a million users — selling a variety of products via dropshipping is easier than ever. Shipping costs can be higher. It’s simple to manage.

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How to Start an Ecommerce Business

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For example, when bed-in-a-box startup Casper started in 2014, the company had only one product to offer. Instead, when an order comes in, the retailer transfers your customer’s order and shipping information to a third party, such as a manufacturer, wholesaler, or another retailer, that then ships the product to the customer.

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