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Small Business Order Trends- A year-on-year growth comparision

TradeGecko

Over the past 2 months we’ve been looking at order trends across key industries to better understand which industries have been adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, which have seen growth week-on-week and where the opportunities lie for small companies looking to pivot and innovate.

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Why Selling On An Etsy Store Is A Bad Idea Compared To Running Your Own Shop

My Wife Quit Her Job

As part of my weekly ecommerce research routine, I like to read and participate in various small business forums and one of my favorites is the Etsy forum. For all of you who have never heard of Etsy, Etsy is a marketplace for do it yourself and handmade goods. Similar to Ebay, Etsy provides an easy way for talented crafters and artists to sell the fruits of their labor with an Etsy store.

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The Five Emerging Forces Of Retail?s New Normal

Steve Dennis

It’s anyone’s guess how quickly retail will mount any semblance of a meaningful rebound from the COVID-19 crisis. Yet, regardless of the pace and distribution of potential outcomes from such a recovery, five major forces are revealing themselves. I suspect few sectors will be untouched by their impact. #1: Bifurcation 2.0. As I touched on in a Forbes piece earlier his month, the retail world of the past decade or so has been characterized by a great bifurcation, where success has been found at

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I consumatori italiani si sono concentrati sul digitale. Ora tocca alle aziende.

Forrester eCommerce

La pandemia sta cambiando rapidamente le abitudini dei consumatori Italiani. Alcune di queste abitudini passeranno con il passare dell’emergenza, ma altre rimaranno. Per saperne di più, abbiamo appena completato una ricerca su un vasto campione di consumatori in Italia. I nostri dati suggeriscono che i consumatori italiani continuano ad essere preoccupati, ma non solo dal […].

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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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Ubersuggest Chrome Extension

Kissmetrics

Please note: Once you install the extension all you have to do is go to Google and perform a search. That is where you’ll see data. It’s been a long time coming. And now, it is finally here. Today, I want to introduce you to the Ubersuggest Chrome Extension. From being in the SEO industry for over 21 years now, I know that it would be more convenient to do your SEO research while you are browsing the web or searching Google than constantly having to come back to Ubersuggest.

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The Real Impact of Late Deliveries & How to Handle Them

lateshipment

Online shoppers are clear with their order delivery expectations. They want it free. They want it NOW. And they hate delays. How much, you ask? Read on to be truly astounded! The Human Cost of Late Deliveries. How would you feel if you were affected by any of the following situations? Critical medicines being delivered late. A birthday gift you send reaching the destination a day after the birthday.

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Citizen Developers Dominate Audience Q&A At A Recent Conference On Low Code

Forrester eCommerce

I recently participated in a low-code conference at the invitation of Ninox, a low-code vendor. My colleague John Rymer gave the keynote, and we then had a lively discussion largely focused on citizen developers. Conference attendees hailed from (literally) all over the world; many were young entrepreneurs building businesses on low-code platforms or businesspeople solving […].

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306: How My Student Angela Li Makes 6 Figures Selling Jewelry Without Advertising

My Wife Quit Her Job

Today I’m happy to have Angela Li on the show. Angela is a student in my Create A Profitable Online Store Course and she runs a 6 figure business selling jewelry over at AzuraJewelry.com. Jewelry is one of the hardest products to sell online because the internet is flooded with jewelry makers of all kinds. But Angela has managed to create a great jewelry brand.

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Spring 2020 Release: Improve Campaign Performance and Enrich Customer Profiles

Optimizely

With June just around the corner, it’s time for our Spring 2020 Release. The Zaius team spent most of the year’s second quarter building upon features that we released at the beginning of 2020, including On-Site Personalization, new Touchpoint Summary Reports, and our SMS & MMS solution. These new additions to the Zaius platform make campaign creation much quicker and easier and allow users to gain a deeper understanding of campaign performance. .

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Developing Your Ecommerce Site: How to Choose an Agency or Freelance Developer For Your Business

BigCommerce

Gone are the days of set-it-and-forget-it web design.

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From Data to Decisions: Maximizing Retail Potential with 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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COVID-19 Didn?t Break Your Business ? Data Did

Forrester eCommerce

If you really want to see the health of your business, watch what happens when a market shuts down. What did you wish you knew? What should you have been tracking? If you knew these things, could you have prepared differently? Could you have recovered differently? If your response is “How could anyone predict a […].

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Walmart Dives Into Hot Resale Market With ThredUP Partnership

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart continues its mission to elevate its reputation in fashion with its new ThredUP partnership, which gives e-Commerce shoppers access to secondhand merchandise across the full spectrum of prestige — from luxury names such as Chanel and Prada to middle-market Ann Taylor LOFT and Lands’ End to affordable Old Navy and fast-fashion leader H&M.

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Brick and Mortar to Ecommerce and Back Again

Optimizely

Whether you started as an Ecommerce experience and grew into having a brick and mortar presence or find yourself realizing that you need to put more energy into Ecommerce because your brick and mortar revenue has taken a hit, you are not alone. At Shopify’s (re)Unite Virtual Conference , they shared a jarring yet equally hopeful statistic: From the onset of COVID-19, 71% of retail sales processed through Shopify POS have disappeared.

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Understanding the Differences Between On-Premise vs Hosted vs SaaS + How to Pick the Right Choice for Your Ecommerce

BigCommerce

If you’re running an ecommerce business, there will likely be times when you need to find a new ecommerce platform.

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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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The 37 Major Machine Learning Tools For 2020

Forrester eCommerce

Enterprises need more artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions to drive value, transform their businesses, and outperform the competition. But firms find it challenging to navigate the lifecycle of developing, deploying and maintaining their ML models and AI solutions. A key problem? They don’t have the right PAML (predictive analytics and machine learning) solutions […].

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Retailers In The Eye Of The Storm During Twin Cities Unrest

Retail TouchPoints

On May 29, morning news reports aired scenes of fire crews dousing the smoldering remains of a Family Dollar and a Foot Locker. in south Minneapolis. These were two among dozens of retail establishments in Minneapolis and twin city St. Paul that had been damaged, looted and/or burned down after three nights of demonstrations erupted into widespread destruction.

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Win 12 Months of Advanced Shopify and SendinBlue Premium plus Free Enterprise-level Implementation Service from ShipBob, Worth $2900+

Ecommerce Platforms

Are you a budding entrepreneur ready to take that all-important step and launch your online business? If so, we have a treat in store for you today… that will save you loads of time and money! And, hopefully, provide the enthusiasm and motivation you need to get going with your new Shopify ecommerce store! This is your chance to build a top-notch online business for FREE!

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The Key To JCPenney?s Survival Isn?t Closing Stores. It?s Becoming Relevant.

Steve Dennis

The Relevancy Imperative is not a Jason Bourne novel turned into a cinematic action thriller—though with this report that Jeff Bezos might ride in on his white horse to save the day, perhaps truth will turn out to be stranger than fiction. Instead, while Wall Street may clamor for store closings and cost reductions, JC Penney has one core issue central to its survival: a woeful lack of customer relevancy.

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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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No Deploy, No Joy: Leverage ModelOps To Operationalize AI And Machine Learning

Forrester eCommerce

AI is hard. You know it, and we wouldn’t be writing about it if it wasn’t a mission-critical challenge facing businesses today. Unlike the software development lifecycle, where good code is built to last for some time, AI models are subject to the dynamism and vicissitudes of the world they’re designed to represent. AI models […].

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Bridging The Gap Between The Now And New Normal

Retail TouchPoints

While no industry has been left unscathed by the COVID-19 pandemic, for retail the impact and measures to stop the spread of the virus has already sent shock waves across the globe. Brands have closed their brick-and-mortar locations, with some also temporarily stopping e-Commerce due to concern about the safety of their employees, or other challenges.

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How to Make Money Dropshipping Without the Unrealistic Hype

Ecommerce Platforms

Perhaps one of your business associates or friends mentioned their dropshipping company in conversation. Maybe you saw a case study or YouTube video about how some guy from X country sold Y product to make Z figures in one month. How was it done? Dropshipping, of course! There are many myths, scams, and downright lies about this form of business, so we're here to explain the truths behind how to make money dropshipping and if it's worth considering.

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How to Use KPIs to Measure and Improve Product Page Performance

Omnisend

Reading Time: 9 minutes. If you’re looking to grow your ecommerce business, one of the best things you can do is find out how to extract more revenue from your existing traffic. To do this, you’ll need to measure product page performance with the help of KPIs, and then use your findings to make data-driven decisions that will help you generate better results.

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The Circular Product Journey: Powering a Sustainable, Data-Driven Future With PIM

The linear flow of make > use > dispose is unsustainable. Not only is it at odds with the realities of modern society, but it also fails to meet evolving demands from consumers and regulators. Linear is out. Circular is in. Going circular is not an overnight switch. It requires forward planning and data-driven decision-making. In this ebook, you’ll see how the right technology can help brands and manufacturers secure the product data governance they need to power this circular transition.

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Self-Triage Solutions Hold the Keys to the Healthcare Digital Front Door

Forrester eCommerce

If you have needed care over the last couple of months you likely have encountered a self-triage solution. These are designed to help you assess your symptoms and determine the next best step which may include a setting of care. Conversely, if you are a healthcare organization (HCO), you likely have had to deploy a self-triage solution to stem […].

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Costco, Nordstrom And Abercrombie Results Showcase Retail Fortunes Across Three Verticals

Retail TouchPoints

Q1 2020 financial results for Costco , Nordstrom and Abercrombie & Fitch encapsulate how three retail verticals — club, department and specialty apparel — are weathering the COVID-19 pandemic. Costco reported a successful quarter, while Nordstrom and Abercrombie discussed plans to handle the fallout. Costco posted a 7.3% sales increase for Q1 2020, largely fueled by a 66.1% jump in e-Commerce sales.

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Calculating ROI for Your Wholesale Business: A How-To Guide

TradeGecko

Do you own a wholesale business? If so, then knowing your ROI is a critical step to success. In this post, we're going to teach you everything you need to know about ROI: why it is essential, and how to calculate it for your wholesale business.

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Why eCommerce Partnerships Are Essential For Early-Stage Stores

ESW

Partnering with eCommerce experts can seem presumptuous when you’ve only just decided to sell online. Isn’t it better to wait until you’ve sold your first few products before reaching out for help? If your budget is tight and speed to market is no concern, that approach may well be the best. That’s not the case, however, for established brands that wish to scale or businesses that want to go DTC fast.

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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

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IoT Analytics Create New Edge Computing Value Props for Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)

Forrester eCommerce

Modern CDNs are unlocking new opportunities to pair endpoint deployed applications with end-point device content analysis. Rather than simply enabling clients to push their apps and data closer to the customer, these edge technologies are collecting data from IoT devices and end-user mobile devices, then enabling near-real-time AI/ML of this data to help your application best understand […].

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Aldi Will Expand Curbside Pickup To 600 Stores

Retail TouchPoints

By the end of July, approximately 600 Aldi stores, roughly one-third of the German low-price retailer’s U.S. locations, will offer Curbside Grocery Pickup. The rollout to stores in 35 states follows successful pilots in select markets. “Our Curbside Grocery Pickup pilot was quickly embraced by our customers and demand for this service has continued to increase,” said Jason Hart, CEO of Aldi U.S. in a statement.

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Best eCommerce Website Designs Of 2020 And What We Can Learn From Them

Omniconvert

The number of digital buyers will reach 2.14 billion by 2021. As the eCommerce market grows, so does the competition. The post Best eCommerce Website Designs Of 2020 And What We Can Learn From Them appeared first on ECOMMERCE GROWTH Blog.

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4 Tips To Take Your Retail Pharmacy Online Now

ecomdash

Here are tips to take your brick-and-mortar pharmacy online. Learn how to make your online pharmacy successful today. The post 4 Tips To Take Your Retail Pharmacy Online Now appeared first on Ecomdash.

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Predictions You Can Rely On: How Data Drives Successful Financial Forecasting

Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence

In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.