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Wiser Insights: Navigating 2023’s Online Back-to-School Retail Trends

Wiser

The emergence of eCommerce has transformed traditional shopping habits, with a growing number of parents and students turning to online platforms to fulfill their annual back-to-school shopping needs. Understanding these changes and adapting effectively is crucial for retailers who aim to capitalize on this annual shopping event.

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#RSP22: Everything You Need to Know About Holiday 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that). But despite the rush, retailers still have multiple opportunities to maximize both in-store sales and online conversions.

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Saks.com Spin-Out: Genius Move or Opportunistic Folly?

Steve Dennis

The Bay has long suffered from the woes of unremarkable department stores. What’s likely to be driving this move right now, however, are the recent rather frothy valuations of luxury oriented online retailers. While some recovery may come later this year, it’s hard to believe we will get a robust rebound any time soon.

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Four eCommerce challenges from 2019 and what we can learn from them

PFS

Challenge: Last year the nation sat on tenterhooks as the Brexit deadline was delayed, not once but twice, leaving many retailers fearing how the UK’s departure would impact cross border trading. Learning: To boost sustainability in 2020, online retailers must be constantly re-evaluating the distribution chain.

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Retail vs Ecommerce: What’s the Difference?

Ecommerce Platforms

Let’s start with perhaps the most traditional form of selling: retail. The term “retail” refers to the sale of goods and services to consumers. In other words, retailers sell products to everyday people, rather than wholesales or institutional buyers. How Does Retail Work? What is Ecommerce?

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Pivotree™ Reliability

Pivotree Blog

based luxury department store Nordstrom , online sales dipped a whopping 11 per cent when its website response time slowed by just half a second. When you have total online sales in the region of $6bn, the impact is $660M per year if left unaddressed. Consumers want frictionless webstore experiences.

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Inside the Overlap Between Omnichannel and Personalized Experiences in Retail

Sailthru

As the world’s largest retailer and online retailer go head to head in a battle of Goliath and Goliath, one thing is clear: Omnichannel has become the white whale for retailers. Today’s consumers use an average of almost five touchpoints on the path to purchase, moving between the digital and physical worlds.