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Your Small Business Saturday Guide: Tips, Tools, and Statistics for Local Companies

BigCommerce

For a tradition that only dates to 2010, you have to hand it to Small Business Saturday. And research shows that hundreds of millions of shoppers now turn out for Small Business Saturday each year. But why is Small Business Saturday so important? What is Small Business Saturday?

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

BigCommerce

When it comes to ecommerce, a word that first comes to mind is growth. Ecommerce expert Gary Hoover’s research shows that just in the last 14 years, the growth of ecommerce companies has skyrocketed across the board. In fact, growth projections estimate that by 2022, ecommerce revenues will exceed $638 billion in the U.S.

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The Facebook Retail Reinvention

RTP blog

By Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief A few years ago retailers were lamenting their decisions to try to use Facebook as a commerce channel. A Business Insider article made the statement clearly: “Companies first started selling things directly through Facebook in 2009. They all ended up closing their stores within a year.”

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Ecommerce Statistics

Ecommerce Platforms

Looking for some solid data on eCommerce, CRO, social media, and automation? Ecommerce sales account for just 8% of total retail sales in the U.S. B2B ecommerce sales are expected to outgrow B2C sales, reaching 6.7 Average ecommerce conversion rates vary from 3% to 4%. SearchEngineland, 2016). Here you go.

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Our Past Ecommerce Predictions

Smile.io

If there is one thing that is constant in ecommerce, it’s change. The highs and lows of the past few years have shaped how customers shop and in return, have changed how ecommerce brands are presented to customers. Back in 2016, Smile.io Back in 2016, Smile.io

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Ecommerce Trends: 147 Stats Revealing How Modern Customers Shop in 2017

BigCommerce

BigCommerce has teamed up with retail and payment experts Square to dive deep into the shopping habits, behavior and preferences of thousands of American buyers across multiple generations. However, despite how easy it is to launch a webstore, scaling an online business remains extremely difficult even for the most seasoned ecommerce expert.

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How Amazon and Independent Ecommerce Brands Grew Online Sales 18,233% in 20 Years [Infographic]

BigCommerce

Either way, the relationship is symbiotic, and though for much of Amazon’s history small business and other verticalized online sellers made an enemy of the marketplace, those tides are very quickly changing. After all, as the ecommerce industry hits one milestone after the other –– so, too, does Amazon.

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