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44 Pieces of Entrepreneur-to-Entrepreneur Business Advice

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You’ve heard the old adage of “Location, Location, Location” for retail stores. If you can’t show financial gains, use other metrics: lift in branded search, SEO traffic increases, phone call and form completion increases. New products, SEO metatags, better pictures, marketing, blogs and your business will grow.

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Multi-Channel Retailing and the Buyer’s Journey: Opportunities and Challenges

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Buyers, on the other hand, have many touchpoints and paths to purchase, so it becomes necessary for retailers to branch out. Multi-channel retailing is the practice of selling merchandise on more than one sales channel. According to the survey of American shoppers: 74% shopped at large retailers. 44% shopped at web stores.

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The State of Ecommerce Platforms in 2018: Cloud Commerce, Open SaaS and The API Economy

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The Number 1 SaaS Ecommerce Platform Internet Retailer’s 2018 survey found BigCommerce to be the #1 SaaS ecommerce platform preferred by mid-market and enterprise retailers. SEO features and fully customizable URLs throughout the site. Learn more by downloading their report. SaaS ecommerce platforms. Hosting Environment: Cloud.

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21 Sessions, Presentations and Workshops You Can’t Miss at IRCE 2018

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IRCE – the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition – is an annual event held in June in Chicago, Illinois. New business models are taking the traditional retail world by storm. Traditionally B2B retailers are going direct to consumer. Don Davis , Editor at Large, Internet Retailer. What Is IRCE?

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234 American Business Owners on Starting, Scaling and Staying Inspired

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We do have a retail store in Independence, Virginia and welcome visitors from all over the world. John and his wife, Daisy, grew the business to become internationally known, and opened the first retail store in Hawaii. – Edie Ramstad, Owner, Weave Got Maille. – Tersha Carpenter, CFO, Island Slipper.

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72 American Business Owners on What Motivated Them To Become Entrepreneurs

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We do have a retail store in Independence, Virginia and welcome visitors from all over the world. John and his wife, Daisy, grew the business to become internationally known, and opened the first retail store in Hawaii. Edie Ramstad, Owner, Weave Got Maille. A curious challenge. Ecommerce Manager of Terramai, Terramai.