Kissmetrics

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

With a net worth of $1.7 trillion , Amazon has dominated the e-commerce sector for years, leaving many of its competitors in the shade. But are there alternatives to Amazon? With an audience as vast as Amazon, small business start-ups and solo entrepreneurs flock to the site to sell the products, get established, and build their enterprises. Despite the audience Amazon offers, you may want to look for other online venues to list your items.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

There is no doubt that retailers have faced many struggles as a result of the pandemic. Brick-and-mortar stores were forced to shutter around the country, forcing retailers to amplify their ecommerce efforts, with varying levels of success. Many struggled to adapt, resulting in a record number of bankruptcies, and in some cases complete closures, including industry stalwarts like Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor and J.Crew.

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Forrester eCommerce

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

COVID-19 is now an unavoidable part of consumers’ lives, and marketers need guidance on how to effectively communicate with them in these ever-changing times. To help marketers address the fear, uncertainty, and challenges that consumers are experiencing, we’ve created a collection of research that provides a range of approaches to consider as they strategize how […].

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Steve Dennis

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Last week a Wall Street Journal article suggested that perhaps store closings weren’t exactly great for most retail brands. No argument from me, as I’ve been pointing this out for several years and devoted an entire chapter in my new book to this topic. Below is a section titled “We’re About to Being Our Initial Descent” from Chapter 8 (“Optimizing to Extinction”) of Remarkable Retail: How to Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Digital Disruption.

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell

Brands used to look for a vendor who could do everything. Over time, one vendor was no longer enough to meet a brand’s needs, and they added, added and added. Now they need all their vendors to work well together. That’s composable, and only some will make the cut. As customers — and your board — expect you to be in new channels and to rapidly adapt to shifts in the market, the need for true composability is more crucial than ever before.

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Omniconvert

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

If you’re running an eCommerce store, you need to retain the customers you have and acquire new customers to grow. The post 6 Strategies to Improve Customer Retention Overnight For Your eCommerce Store appeared first on Omniconvert Ecommerce Growth Blog.

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lateshipment

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A year defined by unprecedented events, it’s difficult to predict how 2020 will close. Although susceptible to the future’s uncertainty, businesses should still prepare for this holiday season. The last several months hit a majority of businesses hard. Yelp’s Local Economic Impact Report found that nearly 100,000 businesses permanently closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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RetailDive

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

While COVID-19 rages across the U.S., consumers are staying home — but still shopping.

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Email Audience

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? We all know one thing brands are most thankful for. Email!! With Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, emails have a lot of potential to get people talking and engaging with your brand during the holiday season. When it comes to creating holiday mailer campaigns these are some fool Golden Guideline techniques that help build customer engagement: Holiday coupons.

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Salsify

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Safety concerns surrounding COVID-19 are the reason why 60% of this year’s holiday consumers will prefer online shopping rather than a physical store, according to Deloitte.

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TalkingRetail

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Retailer Raj Oulakh has reopened his store in a purpose-built retail unit following a £218m regeneration project in South Oxhey, Watford. The Nisa partner had previously operated in premises that were demolished and once knocked down he was re-located to a temporary unit across the road from his original site. Oulakh used his symbol group.

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Speaker: Loreal Lynch, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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eCommerceFuel

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

If you own an eCommerce business, I am guessing you have tried to outsource your content at some point. Generally speaking, once you begin outsourcing this content that you were so passionate about, the quality of the copy goes down. So is it possible to have someone create content for you—while maintaining your standards? Here with me to answer this question and more is Katrina McKinnon, the owner of CopySmiths.com.

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TalkingRetail

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The Scottish government is funding a new initiative that will transform convenience stores into marketplaces selling more healthy local produce and encourage consumers to ‘go local’. The initial phase of the initiative will see £100,000 invested in 10 local shops to increase the space given to Scottish products, broaden the range of Scottish products offered.

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TalkingRetail

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Stores that are a cross between a convenience store and another type of outlet could be the future, a new research reveals. The report – The Growing Role of Convenience Stores – by data and digital experts TWC shows that eating food on the premises is a new format that could drive further traffic, with.

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TalkingRetail

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The Association of Convenience Stores has called on the Treasury to ensure that alcohol duties are not determined by what kind of business the product is sold from. The HM Treasury call for evidence on the alcohol duty system has been issued in response to the UK’s exit from the EU. It is seeking views.

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