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5 Holiday Trends to Watch Include Rise of ‘Couch Commerce,’ Curbside Pickup

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers and industry experts have been forecasting a 2020 holiday season dominated by ecommerce almost since the world started taking COVID-19 seriously, and results from “Cyber Weekend,” or BFCM (Black Friday/Cyber Monday), effectively made their case. over the 2019 holiday.

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Recapping 2019’s Record-Breaking Cyber Weekend

Sailthru

With an unusually late Thanksgiving, the 2019 holiday season is the shortest in seven years, though you wouldn’t know that from Cyber Weekend. Small Business Saturday: $3.6 In 2018, mobile devices accounted for more than half of retail traffic during the holiday season for the first time. Black Friday: $7.4

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Remaining Agile in a New Age of Retail: Three Things that Enterprise Brands can Learn from Smaller Players 

Retail TouchPoints

From leisure and sportswear to gifts and jewelry, the chances are you’ve bought a product from a small business over the last couple of years — whether it be a digitally native startup, a one-person band working from their kitchen table or a small independent store selling online around the world.

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Top Ecommerce Niches of 2019

ecomdash

Here’s our guide to the top ecommerce niches of 2019, including a bunch of tips to help you find the best niche for your ecommerce business. One of biggest mistakes ecommerce businesses make is selling an excessive number of products. Managing accurate product counts for a catalog with 100s of SKUs isn’t for the rookie retailer.

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Holiday 2022 Recap: Promotions, BOPIS Drove Late-Season Engagement as Overall Growth Slowed

Retail TouchPoints

The 2022 holiday season showed slow, but steady, improvement for the retail industry. As economic headwinds curbed spending capacity, online retail grew in the U.S. Inflation was a major factor in slower growth despite heavy discounting by retailers. but at its lowest rate in years: up 3.5% billion, according to Adobe Analytics.

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Why SMS Marketing is Beneficial for Small Businesses to Grow

Smile.io

With the rise of online businesses and the saturation of the communication channels, it becomes harder for smaller brands to shine through. Big corporations (and their bigger budgets) have occupied the most popular marketing channels and leave little air for smaller players. In 2019 it was just shy of 70%.

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Why SMS Marketing is Beneficial for Small Businesses to Grow

Smile.io

With the rise of online businesses and the saturation of the communication channels, it becomes harder for smaller brands to shine through. Big corporations (and their bigger budgets) have occupied the most popular marketing channels and leave little air for smaller players. In 2019 it was just shy of 70%.