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It’s Official – Amazon is an Ecommerce Enabler First and a Retailer Second

Retail TouchPoints

Dharmesh Mehta, VP of Worldwide Selling Partner Services at Amazon , is celebrating his 10th anniversary with the company this year, and so he kicked off the fourth annual Amazon Accelerate conference for sellers by comparing the differences between the ecommerce platform today and 10 years ago.

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Amazon’s Counterintuitive Next Big Move — Helping Brands Sell Off Amazon

Retail TouchPoints

“For much of the history of retail, there have been significant barriers that put high hurdles in front of entrepreneurs who wanted to launch a new brand,” said Dharmesh Mehta, VP of Worldwide Selling Partner Services at Amazon during the third annual Accelerate conference for Amazon sellers. And it doesn’t stop at the transaction.

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2 Things Will Separate Retail Media Winners from the Losers — Data and Scale

Retail TouchPoints

The list, which changes nearly every day, now includes everyone from platforms like Shopify ; multi-category merchants like Macy’s , BJ’s Wholesale Club and Lord & Taylor ; category specialists like Best Buy and HelloFresh ; and even commerce intermediaries like Instacart and Uber.

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How Rebecca Minkoff is Feeding her Risk-Taking Addiction

Retail TouchPoints

Ahead of her keynote session at the Retail Innovation Conference & Expo , Retail TouchPoints sat down with Minkoff to reflect on her work thus far and how she’s helping empower the next generation of female founders and leaders. We also were the first fashion brand to launch on Shopify — that was a big risk because it was a new platform.

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Overcoming the Limitations of Shopify Plus

eCommerceFuel

Shopify Plus has done something incredible: it’s brought enterprise-level eCommerce capabilities to companies on a reasonable budget. From large catalogs to discounting rules, there are a few common problems that can frustrate even the most stalwart Shopify fan. Workaround 2: Multi-Level Navigation. Workaround 2: Apps.

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Powering The Future of Commerce: Shopify Unite 2018 Recap

Demac Media

This post contains content contributed by Shopify Front End Developer Yana Tzvetkova and Amy Wolff , Front End Practice Lead. This year’s Shopify Unite Partner and Developer Conference took place on our home turf in Toronto from May 7th-9th 2018. Shopify Unite 2018 was their third annual event and our third time in attendance.

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Powering The Future of Commerce: Shopify Unite 2018 Recap

Demac Media

This post contains content contributed by Shopify Front End Developer Yana Tzvetkova and Amy Wolff , Front End Practice Lead. This year’s Shopify Unite Partner and Developer Conference took place on our home turf in Toronto from May 7th-9th 2018. Shopify Unite 2018 was their third annual event and our third time in attendance.

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