Tue.Dec 20, 2022

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Leaders Must Understand “The Meaning Of Stories” To Create “Meaning From Stories”

Forrester eCommerce

“You haven’t defined what story is,” said the voice of experience that afternoon, September 16, 2022. “That’s odd,” I thought. “What am I missing?” We were discussing my first leadership storytelling report, Master Storytelling For Impactful Leadership, intended to explain the “what?” and “why?” of leadership storytelling. In the report, I describe the three-arc structure […].

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Amazon Avoids EU Fines with Commitments to Data, Buy Box and Fulfillment Changes

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon has reached a settlement with the European Union (EU) regarding three antitrust probes centered on the retail giant’s use of seller data, the “Buy Box” of ranked offers and shipping requirements for the Prime program. Amazon has agreed to a number of legally binding commitments to bring it in line with the EU’s regulations, and if it fails to maintain them the European Commission can impose a fine of up to 10% of Amazon’s global annual turnover.

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Forecasting The Future: Five Seismic Shifts That We Saw Coming

Forrester eCommerce

As Forrester approaches its 40th anniversary, we reflect on a few of the monumental changes that we correctly predicted.

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Designer Brands Expands into Premium Athletic Footwear Category with Topo Acquisition

Retail TouchPoints

Designer Brands has acquired Topo Athletic in a transaction that allows the DSW parent company to gain a foothold in the premium athletic and outdoor footwear categories. Topo’s Founder and CEO Tony Post will continue to helm the company in the chief leadership role and report to Bill Jordan, President of Designer Brands. . Post, who founded the 10-year-old Topo brand, is a former competitive runner and footwear industry veteran.

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Get MACH Ready: Preparing Your Business for Digital Transformation

Adopting MACH technology means more than implementing new platforms. This type of digital change affects your organization at every level and requires a thoughtful approach to navigate challenges that crop up. The Get MACH Ready report, co-authored by MACH Alliance member Scott Canney in collaboration with Orium, commercetools, and Contentstack, will provide you with strategies to prepare your organization for a digital transformation.

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Gaining Alignment On Martech Decisions

Forrester eCommerce

Regularly evaluating your martech stack helps ensure your technology continues to provide value and support business objectives. Ask five key questions to help bring clarity to your decision-making.

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Best Gumroad Alternatives (Dec 2022)

Ecommerce Platforms

If you’re searching for the ultimate solution to help you sell digital products, you’ve probably considered the benefits of Gumroad before. But with the latest changes in their pricing, more and more users are looking for alternatives. We have chosen the safest, quickest and simplest to use Gumroad alternatives for you. You'll be able to start selling within a few hours, in most cases at a lower price – with no programming or web development experience necessary.

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Uscreen vs Dacast: The Battle of The OTT Services

Ecommerce Platforms

For the uninitiated, OTT services offer video streaming, on-demand movies, and live TV, enabling creators to build profitable online video businesses. These services are usually provided in exchange for a monthly fee, pay-as-you-go, or some other form of subscription. . With the rise of OTT usage, we thought we'd compare two big OTT contenders: Uscreen and Dacast.

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Enterprise Firewalls: The Security Tech That Keeps On Ticking

Forrester eCommerce

Last month, Carlos Rivera and I published The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewalls, Q4 2022, featuring our analysis of 10 firewall vendors. These include, in alphabetical order: Barracuda Networks Check Point Software Technologies Cisco Forcepoint Fortinet Juniper Networks Palo Alto Networks SonicWall Sophos WatchGuard Conducting a Wave evaluation is an intense process for both the analysts […].

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Top Trends in Retail to Watch in 2023 | Salsify

Salsify

The retail industry has undergone its fair share of upheavals in the past few years, and the effects of those changes are still being felt today. From the shockwaves of the COVID-19 pandemic to the innovations introduced by new technologies, retail is poised for another year of evolution.

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What’s Next For Sales Intelligence Solutions?

Forrester eCommerce

(Part two of a two-part series) Sales intelligence, in concept and in practice, has experienced a significant evolution (see part one of this blog series). Today’s sales intelligence providers give insight into buyer behaviors and provide data to salespeople. This helps sales professionals identify, analyze, present, and utilize data to increase win rates for acquisition, […].

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The Future of Multi-Vendor Commerce

In this on-demand webinar, discover how Logicbroker’s cutting-edge technology enhances the overall experience for both current and future customers and gain insights into how leveraging our seamless integration process unlocks new dimensions of efficiency and functionality. Plus, learn how our advanced marketplace features are set to revolutionize the way businesses operate, offering opportunities for growth and success within your multi-vendor commerce program.

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Is Your Brand's Social Media Assets Infringing Someone's Copyright?

Digital Doughnut

Unattributed photos have been passed around for years on the Internet, especially on Facebook and Instagram. Is your brand's visual assets infringing someone's copyright?

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Party City faces NYSE delisting

RetailDive

The troubled retailer has six months to regain compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s minimum share price requirement.

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Shopify Amazon integration: How to Sell Shopify Products on Amazon

eCommerce CEO

Ecommerce erases all the boundaries for sellers who want to become global entrepreneurs. The variety of selling platforms is constantly growing, and the only difficulty. Read more.

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Nearly 80% of US adults have never participated in a live shopping event: report

RetailDive

The live commerce industry has blossomed in China, but it has a long way to go in terms of U.S. adoption, according to Morning Consult data.

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Forrester Report: Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions

Understanding the intricate world of Point-of-Sale (POS) technology is a common challenge for tech buyers. When it comes to defining the functions of Point-of-Sale systems, the communications have yet to be standardized–—until now. Forrester’s new report, Demystifying The Technical Functions of POS Solutions, breaks through the noise and provides business leaders with the information and tools they need to evaluate the features of POS systems.

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How to Use Shopify Ads Effectively on Facebook [Shopify Advertising Guide]

eCommerce CEO

Store owners looking to grow their audience will eventually need to dip a toe into the world of paid advertising. This may seem daunting, but. Read more.

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European Union pries open Amazon Prime for marketplace sellers

RetailDive

Sellers can use outside carriers for Prime deliveries and their data is shielded from the e-commerce giant, among other rules effective next June.

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2023: Retail Technology predictions

365 Retail

For any retailer hoping for a year of calm after the upheaval of the pandemic, 2023 isn’t it. Businesses are back on an emergency footing, if they ever left it, to deal with crippling operational issues and a grim economic outlook as they figure out how to best serve customers reeling from the current financial crisis. Nicolas Hammer, co-founder and CEO of customer interaction management specialists Critizr reveals that technology in the year ahead won’t be focused on retail’s future; instead,

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Skincare brands The Ordinary, Dr. Dennis Gross to raise prices

RetailDive

In social posts giving a heads-up to shoppers, the brands cited the costs of raw ingredients and supply chain logistics as reasons for the change.

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How Retailers Are Transforming Customer Experiences with Data & AI

Speaker: David Azoulay, Marc Stracuzza, Román Tejada, and Guest Speaker Sucharita Kodali

Imagine a retail landscape where every interaction is personalized, every decision informed, and every opportunity maximized 🤔✨ Join us for an exploratory journey into the heart of AI-driven retail innovation. We’ll unveil the transformative potential of AI and data analytics in shaping the future of omnichannel personalization and e-commerce.

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How To Raise Prices Without Losing Customers

Korona

Pricing a product has arguably the most immediate and severe impact on a business’s bottom line. To be sure, it’s one of the most important factors in retail. Coming up with price increase strategies is complicated and finicky – a bit like trying to hit a moving target. Nevertheless, it is necessary for businesses to remain profitable and evolve.

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Allyson Felix’s Saysh expands to Canada

RetailDive

Following its northward expansion, the direct-to-consumer brand wants to widen its global footprint further.

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Established brand D2C growth eclipses digital natives

RetailWire

Although D2C e-commerce profits are being tested by higher operating costs, growth prospects appear to be set for steady, double-digit increases through 2024. One major change in direct-to-consumer sales, however, is the way established brands have followed the path forged by innovative digital natives and leveraged their brand power to the point that they now account for 75 percent of 2022’s domestic D2C sales.

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FedEx Express expands New York City pilot of electric delivery carts

RetailDive

The carrier is building upon tests from last year that saw couriers increase package deliveries by 15% per hour.

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The B2B Digital Commerce Playbook for Manufacturers

In this comprehensive guide, we delve into four essential ecommerce strategies for manufacturers. Each strategy is backed by a clear vision to ensure your efforts are aligned. Whether you’re a seasoned industry player or a budding digitalization champion, these strategies offer actionable insights to drive success. What will you find in the guide: Overview of how current events and external pressures impact business priorities.

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Brands and consumers often at odds on priorities, causing planning confusion

RetailWire

A new study from Accenture points to the paradoxical nature of shopper behavior and how that often sends false messages to brands and retailers making merchandising plans for the year ahead. For example, consumers — the majority of whom will claim they want to support sustainable living — are often simultaneously doubling down on fast-fashion purchases.

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What is performance marketing & strategies to use it effectively

Funnel.io

Statistics show that more than $450 billion was spent on digital advertising in 2021, and that number is only expected to keep climbing. In fact, it’s expected to reach nearly $900 billion by 2026.

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Walgreens, CVS limit sales of children’s meds due to ‘tripledemic’

RetailWire

With supplies ravaged amid the combined onslaught of COVID, flu and RSV strains this winter, drug chains CVS and Walgreens have taken steps to limit purchases of related medications for children. Currently, CVS has imposed a two-product limit on all children’s pain-relief products, both in-store and online. Walgreens has limited online orders of over-the-counter pediatric fever reducers to quantities of six.

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NovaTomato Review: Is This The Right POD Platform for You?

Ecommerce Platforms

If you want to launch an online store without incurring high start-up fees printing on demand (POD) and dropshipping are often the best routes to go down. There are dozens of POD and dropshipping solutions available that work hand in hand with your favorite eCommerce platforms. However… The business model often gets a bad rep for low-quality items.

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The Personalization Playbook: 2024 Strategies

Did you know—74% of IT leaders are looking to improve their tech stack to offer better personalization? It’s impossible to ignore the importance of personalization, but it comes with challenges. How do you do it with a tight budget? What about customer privacy and the use of data? The Personalization Playbook is packed with research and insights from Orium, Talon.One, and Bloomreach and gives IT leaders answers to these tough questions, helping them shape 2024 strategies for personalization.

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Carhartt decides to hire locally, thanks to Michigan grant

RetailWire

Carhartt, the trendy worker-apparel retailer based in Detroit, is taking advantage of a nearly $1 million performance-based grant from the Michigan Business Development Program to help fund the hiring of 125 workers at its Dearborn, Michigan facility. The company is planning a $4.65 million capital investment improvement to the campus, as well. Carhartt management had been considering instead hiring workers in Mexico or at its facilities in Kentucky.

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NYX launches new makeup collection on Roblox

RetailDive

The beauty brand set up shop in iHeartLand, allowing consumers to interact virtually with its latest shades and products.

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‘Kidults’ responsible for one quarter of toy sales

RetailWire

Toys bought by adults (not to be confused with those “adult toys” that come in plain brown packages) are driving most of the growth in the toy industry, according to NPD Group data. Although the “kidult” cohort is considered to start at age 12, many of the consumers buying up action figures, board games and Legos are mature adults looking to rekindle simpler memories of childhood.

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7 Tips to Help You Optimize Images in Your Ecommerce Store

Smile.io

SEO, or search engine optimization, is an important part of creating a successful ecommerce website. SEO can help you rank higher in search engine results pages. When you rank higher, the chances of people clicking on your link to get to your site increase, too. But SEO is not just about keywords and links – it’s also about load speed and user experience.

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Mapping Digital Transformation: Retail’s Strategic Shift

Speaker: Jennifer Wright, Michael Scholz, Jasmin Guthmann, and Scott Canney

Digital transformation in retail is so much more than new technology. You need to get your whole organization, from entry-level workers to executives, on board with the new tech, new skills, and culture changes that digital transformation brings. Leading this mindset shift can be a daunting task… but that’s where this webinar comes in! Join our panel of experts as they guide you through the challenges of digital transformation, preparing you to avoid common mistakes and make the most of incredib