Fri.Nov 17, 2017

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How Voice Apps will Change E-Commerce Forever

Kissmetrics

Marketers say that in order to anticipate what the customer wants, you have to know what they’re thinking. With voice apps becoming more and more commonplace — now the customer can actually tell you. Perhaps the biggest evidence that shows a marked shift in how customers search is found within the biggest movers and shakers in both e-commerce and search — Amazon and Google.

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Five Tips For Maximizing Holiday Gift Card Sales

RTP blog

By Dom Morea, First Data With the holiday season fast approaching, retailers big and small are scrambling for last-minute ideas to incentivize shoppers, increase in-store visits and gain a head start on the stiff holiday retail competition. Considering that the average number of physical gift cards purchased per consumer has increased over the last three years from 4.7 to 6.5, according to First Data’s 2017 Prepaid Consumer Insights Study , maximizing exposure to gift card programs is a priority

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5 Features Your eBay Listing Services Should Offer

ChannelSale

Impeccable listing is the first step to scaling heights in eBay even in the face of raging competition. And taking the pace of eBay into account, serious sellers are advised to drop any idea on handling this otherwise critical process manually for very obvious reasons. Automated eBay listing services is therefore mandatory at all costs, which further emphasizes the importance of choosing these services very wisely.

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How To Beat The Competition With Mobile Location Data

RTP blog

Geographic information system (GIS) data already is used extensively by retailers for everything from site selection to reporting and business intelligence. But the addition of mobile behavioral data, in conjunction with cloud-based mapping programs, can uncover critical insights — such as shoppers’ activity before entering a store and their movements after leaving the store.

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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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Our initial descent

Steve Dennis

When we let a wildly inappropriate comment go because we don’t want to make waves or embarrass the person who made it. When we take a comment too personally and shift into argumentative mode because it’s more important to be right than to stay present and connected. When we stay stuck in habits that don’t serve us because we’re afraid to fail or look foolish.

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Sell on Amazon With Shopify: The Shopify Amazon Sales Channel

A Better Lemonade Stand

Learn more about the Shopify Amazon Sales Channel & how you can create product listings, track orders & manage inventory right from your Shopify dashboard. The post Sell on Amazon With Shopify: The Shopify Amazon Sales Channel appeared first on A Better Lemonade Stand.

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Three Things Your SaaS Platform is Missing for Rapid Growth

FastSpring

Does your SaaS platform set you up for success? Unfortunately, many platforms have flaws that limit the potential for maximum profitability. Let’s look at three critical capabilities your platform must have to support rapid growth that leads to long-term success.

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4 Ways eBay Scores More Than Walmart For Sellers

ChannelSale

Sellers that perform in top ecommerce platforms like eBay often find themselves over burdened with a number of hassles and hiccups, the origin of which can be traced to ever rising competition and complexity of the marketplaces. This is probably one of the reasons why many eBay sellers are in the process of shifting their base to Walmart.com, the newest star in the online selling firmament.

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Cross-Border Trade: Active or Passive Strategy?

ChannelAdvisor

Overseas expansion can be daunting. However, more and more businesses are realizing it’s a necessity, taking the plunge and seeing the benefits. . Thinking about venturing into CBT for the first time? The opportunity to explore expansion overseas with eBay is a fantastic way to remove the traditional barriers that have been in place for businesses.

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4 Factors That Make Your eBay Listing Stale

ChannelSale

Nature and quality of listing plays a very important role in fetching healthy traffic and sale in eBay. However, there have been many occasions when sellers in this marketplace have faced the chronic condition of stale listing that not only took a toll on their visibility but revenue generation as well. Learning the causes behind listing going stale is the first step to avoiding this otherwise unfortunate situation.

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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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Case Study: International Retailer Corrects Discrepancies

Dynamic Action

Leading Global Retailer uses DynamicAction to uncover a $3.28 million discrepancy—the difference between missing plan and making it. An international retailer, with a physical and online presence throughout EMEA, has cultivated a diverse breadth of product offerings that include technology, toys, books, clothing, home and more. Merchants overseeing the home furniture category were left confused and frustrated when, despite having eCommerce reports showing the contrary, they consistently missed m

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4 Loyalty Program Examples in Food and Beverage

Smile.io

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in September 20, 2016 and was updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness on November 17, 2017. If there is one industry that lives and dies by repeat purchases, it's the food and beverage industry. The ticket prices are relatively low and margins are slimmer than other industries, meaning you need to sell in high volumes!

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New York Post: Investors Drop Stitch Fix After Big Open

Dynamic Action

DynamicAction CMO Sarah Engel discussed the Stitch Fix IPO with New York Post editor Carleton English for his piece Investors drop Stitch Fix after big open. While Stitch Fix opened at a lower rate than expected and didn’t end the day terribly strong, Engel takes a positive outlook on data understanding: “What you’ll hopefully see with Stitch Fix is that there is an education process and a growth process over the next few months as investors gain a better understanding of the company’s model.

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The State of Personalization in Email: New Research Report

Dynamic Yield

To understand the habits, preferences, and opinions on email personalization, Dynamic Yield surveyed 550+ consumers in North America, Europe, and Asia. These were our findings. The post The State of Personalization in Email: New Research Report appeared first on Dynamic Yield.

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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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2018 Retail Executive Playbook

Dynamic Action

Download the 2018 Retail Executive Playbook for a comprehensive guide to modern decision-making and retail science. Your retail team’s experience, intuition, judgement and empathy remains critical to many core business decisions. However, there are many decisions about a retail business that are taken on a day-by-day, hour-by-hour, or minute-by-minute basis that need a completely new approach.

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How To Optimize Your eCommerce Site for Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales: Your 9-Step Checklist

ESW

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3 Tips for a Smooth Transition to EMV Chip Card Terminals

iQmetrix

The latest stats on EMV bring us good news about U.S. merchant chip card acceptance. The U.S. Payments Forum Fall 2017 Snapshot reports that 96% of the top 200 merchants are now fully EMV enabled and between 70 and 80% of small-and-medium-sized businesses are accepting chip-on-chip payments.

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Stories From the Road During ECF Week

eCommerceFuel

New post from eCommerceFuel : This Fall we hosted “ECF Week”, where community members in 20+ cities across the globe got together to connect. I couldn’t make all the events but I did my best and joined 8 meetups in 9 days. It was a roadtrip and the likes of which I’ve never attempted before. My itinerary was: Bozeman -> Denver -> Austin -> Charlotte -> Philadelphia -> NYC -> Detroit -> Toronto -> Bozeman. …again, all in 9 days!

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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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Why Good Product Content is Just Like Preparing Thanksgiving Dinner

ItemMaster

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Stories From the Road During ECF Week

eCommerceFuel

This Fall we hosted “ECF Week”, where community members in 20+ cities across the globe got together to connect. I couldn’t make all the events but I did my best and joined 8 meetups in 9 days. It was a roadtrip and the likes of which I’ve never attempted before. My itinerary was: Bozeman -> Denver -> Austin -> Charlotte -> Philadelphia -> NYC -> Detroit -> Toronto -> Bozeman. …again, all in 9 days!

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Capturing Omnichannel Holiday Shoppers – Leverage The Best Customer Shopping Experience

ItemMaster

$1 Trillion. Try and wrap your mind around that. That’s how much was spent by shoppers during the 2016 holiday season. A number expected to increase by 4% to 4.5% during the 2017 holiday season, and over half of that is expected to come from online channels. Imagine being able to capture even 1% of those incremental sales – it’s possible through strategic content and digital asset management strategies. .