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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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Cyber Week 2017: Black Friday Stats, Cyber Monday Trends + 25 Brands Reveal The Secrets to Their Success

BigCommerce

Automotive retailers saw the highest average order value ($235.10) , followed by retailers within the Sports & Outdoors ($143.50) and Home & Garden ($103.60) categories. Small Business Saturday. This means we have excluded brands from the data set that joined BigCommerce prior to Cyber Week 2016.

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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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As Consumers Lose Faith in Traditional Institutions, Brands are Bridging the ‘Trust Gap’

Retail TouchPoints

Conversely, trust in large and small businesses has increased significantly since the pandemic. Complete confidence in small businesses has nearly doubled since 2016 (from 21% to 39% ), and for big businesses it has increased more than 4X during that time, from 5% to 21%. For things like services (e.g.

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Our Past Ecommerce Predictions

Smile.io

Despite the economic challenges we all currently face, ecommerce hit a milestone moment in 2022, with sales exceeding $1 trillion in 2022, according to Retail Dive. Back in 2016, Smile.io Learn 11 different TikTok strategies you can use, and see examples of brands excelling on small business TikTok.

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Crafts, Gifts & Non-Profit Ecommerce Site Design

BigCommerce

Here’s how Man Crates leveraged APIs to automate and scale to one of the fastest growing online retailers in the U.S. Our website went from Cubecart to BigCommerce in Feb of 2016. Thanks Bigcommerce for a profitable 2016 and a bright 2017! As a small business owner, I love the flexibility that BigCommerce allows me.

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How Retail Arrived at Black Friday 2017

Wiser

With Black Friday 2017 just days away, it’s only natural to look back and figure out where exactly this retail holiday came from. But the advent and widespread use of eCommerce really changed the way retailers approach the holiday. This is certainly a boon for retailers of all sizes. ” . Modern Day Black Friday .