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Shopify Invests in Wholesale Marketplace Faire, Expands Reach into B2B Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

Shopify has taken a stake in the B2B retail marketplace Faire and is establishing Faire as the recommended wholesale marketplace for its millions of global merchants through a deeper integration between the two platforms. The size of Shopify’s stake in Faire was not disclosed.

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The Future of International Commerce is Online — and the Field is Open

Retail TouchPoints

Vacirca noted that the first step for many Western retailers in these countries won’t necessarily be in B2C, but B2B. “They are halfway between a B2B and B2C,” said Vacirca. There may be a path whereby this point of sale becomes the source for last mile delivery. This may be a wakeup call.

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Why Retailers’ Obsession with Conversion is Keeping Them from…Converting

Retail TouchPoints

B2B or B2C? They just have to put it into action at checkout. Every checkout experience should reflect four key traits about the shopper: Who they are : Are they a first-time or repeat shopper? Member or non-member? What they’re buying : One or 10 items? High or low price? Where they’re coming from : Email? Social media? Search engine?

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Beyond the Transaction: How to Make Your Ecommerce Site an Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Since it sells directly to consumers and to retailers (B2C and B2B ecommerce), Hearts on Fire needed to create two differentiated experiences that could be personalized to a buyer’s specific needs. The best physical storefronts aren’t just rows of products and points of sale. Share Content That Engages and Educates.

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99 eCommerce Acronyms

GetElastic

Or quiz yourself, and see how many of these acronyms you know off the top of your head!

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Investment in BigCommerce, Our Customers and Our Partners

BigCommerce

Internet Retailer recently rated us the fastest-growing platform serving the top 1000 B2C stores in North America. By the way, we’re also a leading platform for B2B sites, ranking #2 SaaS on the Internet Retailer B2B 300 list. Enhanced point-of-sale integration capabilities. Industry-best speed.

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What’s the Difference Between Composable and Headless eCommerce?

Kibo

Their API allows you to deploy the capabilities you need today, whether that’s order management, point of sale, or personalization, safe in the knowledge you can add extra functionality down the line and integrate it seamlessly. Kibo was recently named a Leader in the latest Forrester Wave B2C eCommerce Solutions, Q2 2022 report. .