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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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Black Friday 2018: An Ecommerce Survival Guide

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These days, over a hundred million of us brave the Black Friday retail scene in person. So what does this mean for ecommerce retailers? This year, Black Friday (November 23, 2018) will kick off a shopping season that comprises 30% of all sales for the year. It’s a coma-inducer. billion in 2017. Market trends.

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3 Reasons Why E-Retailers Need to Address Digital Accessibility Now

Retail TouchPoints

retail industry, as many consumers now solely rely on online shopping. Nearly one in five retailers were dependent on 2020’s holiday sales, and many of those sales came from online rather than in-store. While retail ecommerce sales grew 27.6% In 2020, 69% of lawsuits were against retail companies, up 11% since 2019.

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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.

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Ebay VP on the Platform’s Competitive Advantage: ‘We Don’t Compete with our Sellers’

Retail TouchPoints

When Ebay debuted in 1995, it and Amazon were pretty much the only game in town. Not only have a slew of new marketplaces launched, but big-name retailers like Walmart , Target and most recently Michaels are adding their own marketplaces. billion of GMV it logged in the same quarter in 2018.

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

BigCommerce

Now, it’s time to pick, pack, ship and take a look at your marketing campaigns to see which won, which lost and what that may mean for your 2018 marketing initiatives. Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday: +22.79%. Small Business Saturday: Mobile: 55%. Here are some top level findings.