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Amazon Anywhere Offers In-Game Shopping for Real-World Products

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Amazon has debuted a new immersive shopping functionality called Amazon Anywhere that allows customers to discover and buy physical products from Amazon within virtual environments such as video games, augmented reality applications and mobile apps. Screenshot from Niantic’s new game, Peridot.

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How to Overcome E-commerce Shipping & Delivery Challenges

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Frequent Shipping and Delivery Challenges and How You Can Overcome Them High Shipping Costs Skyrocketing shipping costs are the most frequent challenge for both e-commerce merchants and customers. A not-so-fun fact is that shipping is arguably one of the biggest cost-centers for any e-commerce business.

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CI&T Research: Price-Conscious Consumers Still Want Stellar Shopping Experiences

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As a result, brands and retailers have had to up their game for their omnichannel strategies to ensure they have the new features and functionality that consumers require to find the best products at the best price. Far fewer respondents ( 56% ) said that more expensive product assortments would lead them to have higher expectations.

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Creating a Better eCommerce Customer Experience

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The topic of these articles varied: from the things wrong with eCommerce shopping; to information gathering through online coupons; to marketers gathering information about eCommerce customer experience. Customer service inconsistency (seeing a pattern yet?). Coupons game. Delayed shipping cost information.

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6 Tips to Get the Best out of Your Package Shipping Carrier

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While it’s no secret that free package shipping does not actually exist and the seller is the one who has to pay for it, international shipping either costs loads of money for a brand, requires lots of workforces, or both. And suddenly, shipping internationally becomes a true headache. Quit Overpaying for Shipping.

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Retailers Increasingly Turning to Third-Party Resources to Handle Fulfillment

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Store-based fulfillment of customer orders got an enormous boost during the COVID pandemic, when both curbside pickup and delivery offerings became survival tactics for so many retailers. However, they are now being prized for their practical capabilities as well: 38% cited faster, more cost-effective shipping, up from 21% in 2022.

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Maximizing Profits on Amazon: Understanding and Boosting Net Profit Margins

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In the vast and highly competitive realm of Amazon selling, where each transaction is a strategic move in a dynamic chess game, achieving top-line revenue is just the starting point. For Amazon sellers, calculating net profit involves a panoramic view that extends beyond the realm of the cost of goods sold (COGS).