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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. The convenience, variety, and value offered by online platforms presents a compelling proposition for consumers.

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#RSP22: Everything You Need to Know About Holiday 2022

Retail TouchPoints

The Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment, providing a wealth of insights to help merchants refine and optimize their holiday strategies. This will create a significant opportunity for specialty apparel retailers, which are predicted to see 4.6%

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

Steve Dennis

If we have learned anything from the past two decades of retail disruption, it’s that notions of separate physical and digital shopping behavior are increasingly distinctions without a difference. The Bay has long suffered from the woes of unremarkable department stores. The lines are blurring. So just what the heck is going on?

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

PFS

2019 certainly came with its challenges – from ongoing political turbulence to the evolving demands of today’s customer. But, the outlook for retailers is not entirely bleak. Learning: To boost sustainability in 2020, online retailers must be constantly re-evaluating the distribution chain.

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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. Pivotree acts quickly when your customers are experiencing site issues.

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Retail vs Ecommerce: What’s the Difference?

Ecommerce Platforms

Quick answer : The term “retail store” typically applies to a physical, or brick-and-mortar location, such as a supermarket, boutique, or individual offline store. Both retail and ecommerce stores have their own distinctive pros and cons to consider for any entrepreneur. How Does Retail Work?

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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. Technology has created a complex customer journey. They also communicate these offerings to customers; during Q4, 6.6%