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How online retailers can profit from Singles’ Day and the global shopping festival

GetElastic

Retailers must be aware of how various regions prefer to pay and offer that corresponding method to those consumers. In many parts of Asia, this means looking to mobile payments as opposed to traditional card-based payments here in the U.S. This means developing smart partnerships for local payment expertise. [1]

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Deloitte Predicts Exceptionally Strong Sales for the 2018 Holidays

ChannelAdvisor

This blog post is part of our 2018 Holiday Planning series. Be sure to check back often or, better yet, subscribe to the blog to stay updated with this year’s latest holiday trends, tips, best practices, reports and more! Over three-fourths cited convenience as the main reason for online buying during the holidays.

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5 Predictions About the Ecommerce Landscape in the Next Decade

ROI Revolution

Everyone knows that just a few major platforms have pretty much monopolized the majority of online traffic. For most online retailers, Amazon , Facebook , and Google are the only names in the game. With no universal standard across devices and browsers, streamlining the path to mobile conversions becomes difficult.

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How To Start a Retail Business: The Ultimate Guide

Korona

If you want to start an online retail business, you can use a freemium version of tools like Ubersugest and Semrush to determine the product’s search volume to sell. To make a grocery store more profitable, you can also build a website and sell groceries online. This could become one of the best online retail ideas.

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Future of Ecommerce: How Mid-Size Retailers May Change by 2022

Blue Acorn

Some online retailers will likely rely on some technologies more than others. Looking at ways furniture retailers can help people picture items in their house is a great example. Just look at smartphones: They have been around for 10 years, and are just now adding native mobile-payment features.

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eCommerce Fraud Trends Every Online Store Owner Should Know

lateshipment

Hacking Alternative Payment Options. With millennials and Gen Z consumers more and more interested in mobile purchasing, they are looking for the most frictionless way to pay. Fraudsters are finding these alternative payment systems are often easier to hack, making these types of transactions attractive targets: Mobile Wallets.

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Shopify vs Lightspeed (Jan 2021): Which is The Better Ecommerce and POS Provider?

Ecommerce Platforms

Used by big-named brands like Goop, Sony, and Nobu, Lightspeed is a cloud-based all-in-one POS solution for retail businesses, golf, and restaurant outlets. Integrated payments: These include mobile payments, refunds, compliance, and flexible payments, whether customers are in-store or online. .