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Are Third-Party Marketplaces the Growth Driver Legacy Retail is Looking for?

Retail TouchPoints

It’s true that some of this marketplace momentum can be attributed to retailers looking to take a bite out of Amazon’s pie by launching their own “Everything Stores” (Walmart and Target in particular come to mind). In practice, however , most of the new third-party marketplaces being launched don’t look anything like Amazon.

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Ecommerce Technology: Augmenting Reality Augments the Bottomline

GetElastic

Ebay has partnered with Myer to create the world’s first virtual department store. Ali Baba has also announced plans for their own digital store, equipped with a robot consultant who can interact with customers and recommend products, like Amazon’s Alexa. The customer doesn’t just contemplate how a product looks on them.

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Visual Merchandising Techniques: A Guide For Retailers

Korona

Classic department stores have always spent a whole lot of time and money on their window displays. While the viability of the department store has waned a bit, the necessity to capture shoppers’ attention with window displays remains as important as ever. Window Display Visual Merchandising Strategies.

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Guiding Light: Facts and Figures for Retailers and Brands Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis

Kibo

4% – In the last four weeks, the distribution market in the UK has experienced a four percent contraction due to the ill effects of COVID-19. Positive Developments. 30% – Almost a third of companies say they’ll use this moment to begin to look at their supply chains in more depth.

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8 Holiday A/B Tests to Boost Your Ecommerce Growth This Holiday Shopping Season

ROI Revolution

The holidays are a hectic time of the year, and there are countless opportunities to put your message out to the market. The shopping season will be longer. While adding products to an online shopping cart is certainly a step in the right direction through the purchase funnel, it is not a done deal.

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News Cart for June 19th

eCommerceFuel

Verishop aims to be a high-end, online version of a department store. Company cited desire to “focus on serving the broader e-commerce market” Amazon sales made up just 1.3% Dumping our Shopping Cart for a Stand-Alone PWA. eCommerce & Digital Marketing Manager | Rise Bar | Irvine, CA.

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Future of Ecommerce: How Small Retailers Will Change in 20 Years

Blue Acorn

What role will physical retail stores play in consumer buying, and how will they have changed? I see large retail spaces (malls, department stores, etc) turning into co-op spaces for niche brands – almost like a market or expo for brands to feature their products. AddShoppers Cofounder Chad Ledford.