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How Retailers Can Support BIPOC Brands Beyond February — and the ‘Charity’ Space

Retail TouchPoints

While the growth of online commerce and social media has made it easy for direct-to-consumer (DTC) businesses to start up and ship items to customers, moving such a business to the next level can be a lot tougher. Unfortunately, the business requirements of many retailers make the hurdles even higher.

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7 Must-Know Clothing Dropshipping Suppliers for Fashion Retail Brands

Fabric

When a customer buys an item from the retailer’s online store, the supplier ships the product directly to the consumer on the retailer’s behalf. Drop-shipping will increase substantially. Fashion retailers cede control of fulfillment to suppliers, who are responsible for picking, packing, and shipping all dropship orders.

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7 Home Decor Dropshipping Suppliers Every Retailer Should Know

Fabric

With big bulky items, shipping and packaging operations can be a logistical nightmare as retail operations become larger and more complex. When customers buy items from the retailer’s online store, the supplier ships the product directly to the consumer. They don’t require any minimums and can ship most items in 24 – 48 hours.

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

BigCommerce

It’s all about moving beyond your website and exploring channels such as marketplaces, social media, and comparison shopping engines. In the age of free shipping, 2-day shipping, and ship-to-store options, consumers can afford to wait. Social media channels. Your website and shopping cart.

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

BigCommerce

The cart or the SaaS platform manages PCI compliance for the brand, as well as checkout best practices, and pulls on APIs or EDIs to sync with other decoupled solutions to ensure brand data is updated across the board. Social media integration. Social commerce is getting more important by the day. Don’t miss a post.

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Segmenting and Personalizing the B2B Ecommerce Experience

Blue Acorn

A B2B ecommerce site without either isn’t much better than a digital catalog and an EDI. You can segment by geography (using shipping addresses) to promote your sealing products to companies in southern and southwestern states with helpful content. While segmentation addresses groups, personalization addresses individuals.

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

BigCommerce

What to Know Before You Go: B2B online sales excluding automatic EDI initiated orders is set to hit $7.7T What to Know Before You Go: Amazon has upped the shipping speed game forever. E-retailers today manage sales coming from a multitude of channels—such as their own sites, online marketplaces and drop ship partners.

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