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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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CAMP Adds Online Gift Games and Safe Shopping for Kids to its Holiday Experience

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Experiential retailer CAMP is bringing the White Elephant gift exchange party online with the relaunch of Gift Game for the 2021 holiday season. Gift Game provides hosts with the ability to set the number of guests for their party and the maximum budget for each person’s gift. At the end, CAMP ships every gift to the proper recipient.

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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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2020 Holiday Marketing Calendar and Shipping Carrier Deadlines Retailers Must Know

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The fact that this year’s holiday season is happening amidst a global pandemic itself is a challenge for everyone as it is unprecedented. Customers are confused between spending on products that they’re craving and saving money by just going for the need of the situation. Important eCommerce Events. Halloween - Saturday, 31st October.

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10 E-Commerce Shipping Best Practices You Should Know

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The importance of a quality shipping experience in e-commerce cannot be stressed enough. This is primarily due to the fact that the post-purchase (shipping + delivery) takes up 50% of the overall delivery experience. You need to make sure that you don’t be like them because your customers will still blame you for shipping issues.

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Shipping Carriers Compared: DHL Vs. FedEx Vs. UPS in 2020

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As a retailer who ships to your customers, have you struggled to decode which carrier is the best for your business? When it comes to choosing between carriers, there are a number of critical factors to keep in mind, such as shipping rates, services, and overall value. What about USPS, you ask? It delivers over 1.3