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Prime Day 2021 Expands Small Business Focus and Sets the Stage for Back-to-School

Retail TouchPoints

Prime Day 2021 will officially span June 21 and 22, featuring more than 2 million deals across categories including fashion, electronics, toys, home décor and automotive. small business products and brands from June 7 through 10. small business products and brands from June 7 through 10.

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Which eCommerce platform is good for small business in 2021

Ecommerce Guru

A highly competitive space is the online retail industry, including the e-commerce sites that fuel them. There are over 370 eCommerce sites for businesses open, according to G2. You may be thinking, is e-commerce suitable for small businesses?

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Qurate, NRF Foundation to Shine Spotlight on Diverse Small Businesses

Retail TouchPoints

Qurate Retail Group (parent company of HSN , QVC and Zulily ) and the National Retail Federation Foundation are expanding their joint Small Business Spotlight (SBS) initiative to support 100 entrepreneurs of diverse backgrounds in 2021. The application period for the 2021 Small Business Spotlight runs through Feb.

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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 All the reasons that a bookstore couldn’t handle ecommerce before are just kind of swept away.

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Cyber Week 2021 Was Slow, but Retail is Still on Track for a Record-Breaking Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

In another sign that Black Friday, and to some extent the entire extended Thanksgiving weekend, has ceded its position as a truly peak shopping period, Black Friday 2021 was a mixed bag for retailers. higher than 2020’s, although it was not yet back up to 2019 levels (Black Friday 2021 was down 28.3% Store traffic was 47.5%

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Data Will be Key to Retail Success in 2021

Retail TouchPoints

Without question, the COVID-19 pandemic proved to be quite a disruptor for retailers, as in-store sales dropped and other options, like ecommerce and buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) surged. With that in mind, here are three predictions for retailers in the coming year. Real-time data is the key for 2021. Conclusion.

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How ‘Buy with Prime’ is Helping Small Businesses Capitalize on the Prime Day Hoopla

Retail TouchPoints

sales are expected to be up about 10% from last year to approximately $8 billion ), Prime Day has also become a boon for the millions of small businesses that avail themselves of the Amazon ecosystem — and this year, Amazon is helping their cause with an SMB-oriented search filter and a dedicated Small Business deals page.