FastSpring
JANUARY 31, 2023
To help you choose between Stripe vs. Paddle vs. FastSpring, this guide compares: What areas of the payment lifecycle each one provides a solution for (e.g., payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack. What companies and industries each one serves.
GetElastic
JANUARY 31, 2023
It’s rare to find a digital commerce leader who isn’t feeling the pressure to grow revenue. In order to increase key KPIs like conversion, AOV, and customer lifetime value, you need to “wow” customers with innovative experiences like shop-the-room, virtual try-on, & pop-up shops and seamless product discovery through product configurators, loyalty-only catalogs , dynamic bundles , and more.
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Salsify
JANUARY 31, 2023
Whether you’re in the market for a vintage clothing item, a deal on a refurbished gadget, or just something that catches your eye with a lower carbon footprint, you’re probably already familiar with the many benefits of recommerce.
Ecommerce Platforms
JANUARY 31, 2023
Wave Accounting offers several products ranging from accounting platforms to invoicing. Some of the other offerings include lending, payments, payroll, and receipts. When you think about it, just about all of these can be implemented into an ecommerce system. For example, you can send out digital receipts, manage payments and get your payroll under control.
Speaker: Nicole Ramirez, M.A. - Marketing Director, Growth, Emerging Products - Forbes | Advisory Panel - University of Houston | Named Top 5 Digital Marketing TEDx Talks
Data-driven client engagement is revolutionizing the way businesses interact with their customers. Using data to understand customer behavior and preferences can improve personalization and customer pleasure. But while most businesses understand the value of data-driven client engagement and delivering tailored experiences, many are having difficulty implementing them.
RetailDive
JANUARY 31, 2023
Customers ordering from the 7Now app in West Hollywood, California, may get the option to have their order sent via a Serve Robotics delivery bot.
Retail TouchPoints
JANUARY 31, 2023
Almost a quarter of a century ago, a groundbreaking article in Harvard Business Review heralded the dawn of the “fourth stage economy” — one in which the spotlight would be shone directly on consumers’ expectations of immersive brand experiences. This was the birth of the experience economy, a new era of business projecting beyond the simple exchange of money for goods and services.
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Retail TouchPoints
JANUARY 31, 2023
Three years after the pandemic upturned the grocery industry, omnichannel chain H-E-B has regained its leadership position as the top U.S. grocery retailer from Amazon , with Costco following closely behind in second place, according to the sixth annual Dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index (RPI). Amazon fell to third, while Wegmans took the fourth spot for the third year in a row.
Omnisend
JANUARY 31, 2023
Reading Time: 11 minutes Just like its place in the email, an email footer isn’t something you put a lot of thought into. Mostly, people spend more time writing the subject and message body and pay little attention to the footer. Nevertheless, email footers can conclude your email neatly and professionally. Trust us when we say crafting the right email footer can improve your marketing campaign.
Retail TouchPoints
JANUARY 31, 2023
Amazon expanded its renewable energy capacity by 8.3 gigawatts (GW) in 2022, bringing its total portfolio to more than 20 GW and setting a record for renewable energy purchased by a single company. The ecommerce giant is responsible for 401 renewable energy projects in 22 countries as part of its goal of utilizing 100% renewable energy across its operations in 2025 — five years ahead of its initial target.
RetailDive
JANUARY 31, 2023
The apps allow shoppers to view items from 3D rooms, schedule appointments with designers virtually or in-store and create gift registries.
Speaker: Brooke Cunningham, CMO at inriver
As demands for product information grow and the product journey goes circular, ensuring you have the right PIM software in place today is essential. Join our guest speaker, Chuck Gahun, Principal Analyst, Forrester in conversation with Brooke Cunningham, Chief Marketing Officer, inriver and Johan Boström, inriver Co-Founder & Chief Customer Ambassador, to learn about the expanding role of PIM and how to prepare for new product journey demands.
Retail TouchPoints
JANUARY 31, 2023
Destination XL Group (DXL) — which encompasses the DXL Big + Tall and Casual Male XL chains — has hired Dara Pauker as its new Chief Operating Officer. Pauker brings more than 20 years of strategy and leadership experience, with a particular emphasis on growth initiatives, and has been working with the company on a long-range strategic growth plan as a consultant since December 2021.
RetailDive
JANUARY 31, 2023
John Garratt will exit this June. Meanwhile, the company just opened its 19,000th store.
Retail TouchPoints
JANUARY 31, 2023
Williams-Sonoma Inc. is taking advantage of the long tenures and broad experience of its executive team, promoting from within to strengthen its portfolio of Pottery Barn brands and provide greater support for the retailer’s marketing and global business. Pottery Barn President Marta Benson will expand her current role to CEO of Pottery Barn Brands, reporting to CEO Laura Alber, adding responsibility for the Pottery Barn Kids and Pottery Barn Teen brands.
Smile.io
JANUARY 31, 2023
So, you need to relaunch your website. If this isn’t your first rodeo, you know all too well how big of a lift a project like this is for a brand. If this is your first time, you’ll learn quickly that behind every successful website relaunch is hours of planning, testing, and building. It’s truly an all-hands-on-deck effort, but for good reason.
Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.
Did you know that 70% of new retail technology fails to deliver expected benefits and can often decrease customer value, service, and experience? With that in mind, how can we empower our store associates to leverage new technology to optimize the customer experience and boost productivity? This exclusive webinar with Andrew Regan will dive into strategies to empower retail associates for success with new technology.
RetailDive
JANUARY 31, 2023
The brand will be available on the athletics retailer’s website and at its House of Sport locations.
Retail TouchPoints
JANUARY 31, 2023
Vera Bradley has reconfigured its leadership team with the appointment of Alison Hiatt to the newly-created job of Chief Marketing Officer and the removal of three high-level roles. Brand President Daren Hull, Chief Creative Officer Beatrice Mac Cabe and Chief Revenue Officer Mary Beth Trypus have all left the company following the elimination of their positions.
RetailDive
JANUARY 31, 2023
Robert Norton brings leadership experience from Moncler and Roberto Cavalli to the direct-to-consumer brand.
Digital Doughnut
JANUARY 31, 2023
If you want to see your business thrive, you’ll need a clear picture of what’s going well, what’s not, and where you can grow. And these judgments are impossible to make without high-quality customer feedback.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
When economic headwinds pick up, sales leaders are the first to sound the alarm — and chart a new course. Longer sales cycles, larger buying committees, increased price pressure, and smaller teams can quickly combine to reduce your margin for error and increase the urgency to find a solution. To thrive in a challenging environment, sales teams need a rock-solid grasp of the fundamentals and the biggest force-multipliers they can get their hands on.
RetailDive
JANUARY 31, 2023
The used goods market is booming, crossing categories and price points, and is mostly growing online with the help of third-party platforms.
Shopping Signals
JANUARY 31, 2023
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RetailDive
JANUARY 31, 2023
CEO Rob DeMartini said that inflationary pressure on consumer spending and increased promotional activity have impacted profitability.
RetailWire
JANUARY 31, 2023
Brands continue on their quest to create a frozen pizza that provides the type of quality that Americans expect from their local pizzerias. Sales of frozen pizza have surged since the pandemic began, and several upscale brands have been rolled out in recent years looking to carve out a niche among Americans who want a better frozen pie.
Speaker: DeAnna McIntosh, Retail Growth Strategist
The past three years have forever changed the retail landscape. Companies of all sizes were forced to welcome change with open arms and surrender to total flexibility in order to be agile in the ever-evolving economic environment. In 2023, we are navigating inflation and its impact on consumer spending, various lasting side effects from the pandemic, and a looming recession in the back half of the year.
Shopping Signals
JANUARY 31, 2023
Are you looking to increase the visibility of your ecommerce store? You may want to consider hiring an ecommerce SEO consultant. An experienced professional can help you craft a comprehensive SEO strategy and ensure that your website is optimized for search engine results pages (SERPs). But with so many options out there, how do you choose the right one?
RetailWire
JANUARY 31, 2023
The International Monetary Fund expects the global economy to improve as China relaxes its COVID-19 restrictions and the European and U.S. economies perform better than previously expected. “The outlook is less gloomy than in our October forecast,” said Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, chief economist for the IMF. “We are not seeing a global recession right now.
RetailMinded
JANUARY 31, 2023
Are you planning to open a retail business? It’s quite an achievable dream, and you’re on the right track by landing on this read. The authorities require several items to register your business and allow you to run operations. One of what you need to do is identify a business structure for your business. A business structure depicts how you run your operations.
RetailWire
JANUARY 31, 2023
Whole Foods is asking vendors to lower prices to reflect lower inflation rates. The grocery chain is seeking to improve the price perceptions that consumers hold for the chain. Foot traffic to Whole Foods’ stores fell eight percent in the fourth quarter, according to Placer.ai.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
ABM gets better with age — but unfortunately, marketers don't have the luxury of pouring it into an oak barrel for a couple decades to let it mature. In a recent survey with Demand Gen Report, we found 59% of experienced practitioners (those with ABM programs more than a year old) indicated their ABM programs are meeting or greatly exceeding their expectations, while only 45% of novices (those with ABM programs less than one year old) could say the same.
My Wife Quit Her Job
JANUARY 31, 2023
Today I am thrilled to have Ann McFerran on the show. Ann is the founder of Glamnetic, a company that makes magnetic eyelashes. But this is no ordinary eyelash company. Ann grew her brand to over 50 million dollars in revenue in one year and she started this in her bedroom. In this episode, she reveals how she did it. What You’ll Learn How Ann came up with the idea for magnetic eyelashes How Ann made 50 million dollars in her first year How Ann advertised her brand and built a following H
RetailWire
JANUARY 31, 2023
Sarah McLaughlin appears in a Bud Light commercial that will run during the Super Bowl broadcast. The new spot spoofs the singer’s well-known commercials for the Society to Prevent Cruelty to Animals that use her song “Angel” as the soundtrack.
Dynamic Yield
JANUARY 31, 2023
FIs that meet customer demand for tailored digital experiences will win big in the long term across the customer lifecycle. The post How the exponential revenue gains from personalization are too big for financial services to ignore appeared first on Dynamic Yield.
RetailWire
JANUARY 31, 2023
Traffic to McDonald’s U.S. locations increased in the fourth quarter. The fast-food giant, which reported a 10.3 percent gain in same-store sales during the period, reported earnings per share of $2.59, above the $2.45 that Wall Street expected.
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Inflation, cost of shipping, and changes in consumer spending are some of the biggest challenges online merchants face today. Get a thorough analysis of these trends, current customer behavior, and more in Shippo’s latest “2023 State of Shipping Report.
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