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Benefits of Cross-Channel Tracking in eCommerce

Algopix

Cross-channel tracking, also known as cross-device tracking, involves monitoring customer interactions and behaviors across multiple online channels and devices. These channels can include websites, mobile apps, social media platforms, email, and more. The goal is to create a cohesive and unified view of the customer journey, regardless of how and where customers interact with a brand.

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Capture the Early Bird Holiday Shopper | Salsify

Salsify

Tweet, tweet! Just as the early bird rises before dawn to hunt for its proverbial worm, today’s holiday shoppers are on the prowl earlier than ever.

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Klarna adds AI-driven shopping lens to app

RetailDive

The tool, which lets users search for items based on a photo, comes amid a slew of new features.

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Managing Browser Extensions to Protect Your Ecommerce Site

UpSellIt

Retailers understand the importance of controlling their website experience, but there’s one common disrupter that remains unaddressed – unwanted third-party browser extensions. These extensions disrupt the user experience by providing unnecessary discounts, reviews, ads, or comparison shopping features that negatively impact your conversions and revenue.

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The Pragmatic Path to Composability: Adapting to the Future through Modularity

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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Amazon, Expedia, Glassdoor Launch Coalition to Fight Fake Reviews

Retail TouchPoints

Some of the biggest names in online commerce have formed the Coalition for Trusted Reviews, a cross-industry collaboration seeking to define best practices for hosting online reviews and sharing methods of fake review detection. Founding Coalition members Amazon , Booking.com, Expedia Group, Glassdoor, Tripadvisor and Trustpilot met in San Francisco in October 2022 at the first-ever Fake Reviews Conference, organized by Tripadvisor, where they heard from government, academic and industry profess

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Holiday spending to surpass pre-pandemic levels: Deloitte

RetailDive

Shoppers are increasing their holiday budgets across income levels despite inflation and the resumption student loan payments.

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3 Ways to Maximize Zero-Party Data Collection During Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Retail TouchPoints

In today’s hyper-competitive ecommerce landscape, data isn’t just a buzzword. It’s the most important weapon for success in your arsenal. However, as stringent consumer privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA make collecting customer data more difficult, brands are having to adapt their data collection strategies to adhere to new standards. The advent of these constraints has propelled the value of zero-party data (ZPD) to new heights.

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The Innovative Digital Marketing Strategies Leveraging AI

Digital Doughnut

This article will assist digital marketers in grasping the advantages and disadvantages of employing artificial intelligence in their online marketing tactics. You will learn about the effects of AI on online marketing strategies.

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Newly-formed Heavy Duty eCommerce Committee shares insights at MEMA Technology Conference

Pivotree Blog

Fresh from the 2023 MEMA Technology Conference , I feel re-energized and even more passionate about my love for this industry, if that is even possible! I can’t help but praise how much I enjoyed the panel discussion from members of the newly formed Heavy Duty eCommerce Committee (HDeCC). The panel consisted of Collin Shaw, Chief Commercial Vehicle Officer of MEMA, Matthew Wolfe, VP & GM Aftermarket, Americas at SAF-Holland, and Marylou Hornung, Director, Sales Operations at Bendix Commerci

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Meet Izola: Accelerating Forrester’s GenAI Future

Forrester eCommerce

Izola synthesizes Forrester’s research to enable clients to move faster on their top priorities and have more informed conversations with Forrester experts who apply and contextualize Forrester insights to their business-critical initiatives.

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Turn Payments Into Personalization: Unlock the Value of Transaction Data

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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With Supply Chain Still in Flux, Executives Focus on Sustainability, Automation

Retail TouchPoints

For almost as long as retail has existed, the supply chain has contentedly operated behind the curtain. But that all changed with the COVID pandemic, the ripple effects of which brought supply chains into the spotlight. Now the supply chain is a top consideration not just for retail executives but consumers as well. As geopolitical disputes and fragile infrastructures continue to disrupt the global flow of goods, sustainability and automation topped the list of topics among supply chain professi

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500: The BIG 500th Episode Twist: My WIFE Takes the Mic To Discuss Business Family And Life

My Wife Quit Her Job

This is episode 500 of the podcast and I just celebrated my 20-year wedding anniversary so I invited my wife to come back on the show to talk about business, family, and life. What does it take to stay married for so long? How does my wife put up with me? Get the juicy details in this tell all episode. What You’ll Learn The secret to living a balanced life Our 5 year plan How to stay married for 20 years Sponsors SellersSummit.com – The Sellers Summit is the ecommerce conference

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Lost And Damaged Packages Causing Trouble During The Holidays? Here Are 5 Simple Ways To Avoid Them

lateshipment

The holiday season should be a time for e-commerce businesses to celebrate after making successful sales but not stress about the possibility of your customers holding you accountable for their packages getting lost and damaged in transit. On-time deliveries are a critical factor when it comes to e-commerce deliveries but in most cases, an apology paired with a replacement or a discount can make up for the delay.

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Will Generative AI Replace Frontline B2B Marketers?

Forrester eCommerce

What if your CMO said that you could hire 500 new frontline marketers for your B2B organization? What would you be able to accomplish with such an infusion of resources? Maybe you should ask ChatGPT.

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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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Integrate Pricing, Promotions and Markdowns to Drive Profitability

Retail TouchPoints

Despite a positive job market and a stabilized economic environment, most consumers ( 96% ) are looking to save money in the short term, according to a recent study from PwC. But at the same time merchants’ margins are being squeezed, making intelligent pricing and promotions strategies even more critical for success. Lifecycle pricing , which integrates base pricing, promotions and markdowns into one holistic strategy, can help merchants optimize their approach — especially as they strive to lo

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Why Your Loyalties Should Lie With Amazon, Despite the FTC Lawsuit.

Algopix

If you sell goods on eCommerce and have not heard about FTC’s Lawsuit against Amazon- “The Big One” , then you’re probably living under a rock. To give you a summary, in September 2023, the Federal Trade Commission filed a significant complaint in a federal district court, asserting that Amazon operates as an unlawful monopoly. The FTC and its state partners say Amazon’s actions allow it to “stop rivals and sellers from lowering prices, degrade quality for shoppers, overcharge sellers, stifle in

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7 Quirky Social Media handles to get inspired from

lateshipment

As a brand, do you have social media handles? Of course, you do. Every brand has a social media handle which establishes its presence online and communicates with its customers from a social standpoint. Posting regularly on social media also informs the customer about what the brand has been doing. Many customers often search for a brand on social media platforms first, before they go to their official website.

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Embrace Storymaking To Change Your Sustainability Brand Narrative

Forrester eCommerce

In 1994, when he was CEO of Pixar, Steve Jobs said: “The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values, and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.” Fast-forward almost 30 years later, storytelling is still incredibly powerful.

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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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Retail, POS Finance and the Quest for ESG

Retail TouchPoints

Accusations of “greenwashing” can lead to irreversible damage to reputation and consumer trust, and with environmental social governance (ESG) now high on the agenda for public and private organizations worldwide, it’s changing how many retailers think about their businesses. In addition to the products and services they offer, retailers are reconsidering the environmental and social impacts of their supply chains, employee activity and even which partners they choose to work with in an effort t

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By the numbers: How retailers stack up on inventory

RetailDive

Going into Q3, many major players cleaned up their inventories after last year’s surge in stock levels, with benefits to margins. Not everyone fared equally, however.

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UK’s first digital proof of age card set to be trailed at c-stores

TalkingRetail

The UK’s first digital proof of age card has been launched by digital identity platform Luciditi with convenience stores set to be part of a testing programme. Age Proof has been designed to safeguard young people needing to verify their age and is accredited by the Home Office-endorsed Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS). The.

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Adobe’s GenAI Acceleration Bodes Well For Your Company’s Creativity

Forrester eCommerce

With generative AI expanding the ways that companies can create better customer experiences, Adobe last week reinforced its leadership position in genAI for business at its annual event for its core “creator” customer base, Adobe MAX.

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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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Goop Launches New Mass Beauty Brand at Target, Amazon 

Retail TouchPoints

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop brand has typically been synonymous with “exclusivity” and even “elitism.” But now, the actress is attempting to re-engage with everyday consumers by launching a new beauty brand that will be sold at Target and on Amazon starting Oct. 22, 2023. Aptly called Good.Clean.Goop , the line features a collection of 14 products, from a foaming jelly cleanser to exfoliating scrubs and daily “chews” for beauty, skin and even mood.

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Amazon outlines push to ‘eliminate packaging altogether’

RetailDive

As the company looks to remove added packaging from more orders in 2024, its packaging innovation director explains how Amazon identifies products fit to ship in their own packaging and works with vendors on redesigns.

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Just Eat Takeaway.com Unveils AI Assistant and Robot Deliveries in Tech-Driven Expansion

365 Retail

In an era where digitalisation allows consumers to order anything at any time, Just Eat Takeaway.com is stepping up its game. The company is continually evolving its technology to meet the growing consumer demand for convenience, choice, and a seamless experience. AI-Powered Assistant As part of its tech-driven initiatives, Just Eat Takeaway.com is developing an AI-powered assistant aimed at enhancing everyday convenience.

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Financial Services Marketing Effectiveness Lies In Data, Technology, And Creativity

Forrester eCommerce

According to Forrester’s Marketing Survey, 2023, financial services marketers in Asia Pacific (APAC) find improving marketing’s ROI or effectiveness more difficult than their peers in other regions and industries.

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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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Amazon Adds New Social Shopping Features Including ‘Consult-a-Friend’

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon is already the place where many consumers start their shopping journeys, and now the company wants to make shopping on its platform “more social and collaborative” with a growing slate of new experiential features. Late last year, Amazon introduced its social media-style Inspire shopping feed , and now anyone can create their own shopping content to post in Inspire.

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Toy retail rides pop culture wave to new heights

RetailDive

Leaders at Amazon and Mattel say movies and nostalgia help drive strong consumer interest for iconic brands ahead of the holiday shopping season.

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Søstrene Grene to Open Flagship Store in Central London Amid UK Expansion Plans

365 Retail

Søstrene Grene , the esteemed Danish homewares and hobby brand, has unveiled plans to open a flagship store in Central London. This development is part of the company’s aggressive strategy to launch 100 new stores across the UK by the end of the decade. Set to open its doors this winter, the new store will be the largest Søstrene Grene outlet in the UK.

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Influence, The Memo, and Good Old Project Management

Forrester eCommerce

It’s hard to believe I’ve just turned the corner on my first year at Forrester as a Security & Risk Executive Partner — and what year it has been! Working with top security leaders across all types of industries and incredibly talented co-workers has been rewarding and has challenged me in the best possible way.

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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.