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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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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

“Right before we launched, I had a panic attack when I did the math of how many customers we would need to survive,” recounted Andy Hunter, Founder and CEO of Bookshop.org in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “It But then, “from the years of like 2009 to 2018, I just watched Amazon start eating everybody’s lunch,” he said.

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Amazon Boosts Total India Investment to $26 Billion

Retail TouchPoints

While the latest investment wasn’t given a breakdown, Jassy and Modi reportedly discussed supporting Indian startups, creating jobs, enabling exports, digitization and empowering individuals and small businesses to compete globally, according to Reuters. Amazon has reportedly planned to invest $12.9 and Europe.

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The Ultimate 2018 Ecommerce Checklist: 31 Experts Prioritize 19 Growth Tactics to Implement Now

BigCommerce

That latter reason had me asking these crazy smart, crazy successful folks what was on the horizon for ecommerce in 2018. That focus on 2018 was important –– and asking them after Cyber Five even more so. Because a lot happens in a year within retail and ecommerce. Ecommerce Growth Strategies For 2018. Technology.

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How to Be Successful This Small Business Saturday

FastSpring

We’re talking about Small Business Saturday! Before we jump right into the facts and statistics around Small Business Saturday, let’s start at the very beginning. Before we jump right into the facts and statistics around Small Business Saturday, let’s start at the very beginning. of all businesses in the US.

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Cyber Monday is the Biggest Sales Opportunity in 2018: Here’s What to Do About It + Marketing Ideas

BigCommerce

Cyber Monday just may be the only retail holiday that advocates shopping in your pajamas. Come Cyber Monday, your business is going to want to get in on that. 2017’s Cyber Monday saw mobile internet’s first $2 billion dollar day, according to Business Insider , while BigCommerce merchants experienced their highest sales week ever.

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

BigCommerce

Globally, ecommerce growth projections are also on an upward trajectory: They show that retail sales may exceed $4.058 trillion by as soon as 2020. of total retail sales. When you buy shoes from an online shoe retailer, it is a business-to-consumer transaction. Business-to-Business (B2B). Image source.

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