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Shopify vs Pietra: Which is Best for Your Business?

Ecommerce Platforms

Not only does it provide everything you need to build an incredible store in one place, but it supports multi-channel selling, dropshipping, and fulfilment too. There’s a state-of-the-art fulfilment center for easy logistics, storage support, and the option to connect to other channels like Shopify and Instagram.

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Automation: The Driving Force Behind Warehouse Management Growth

Retail TouchPoints

A growing retail and ecommerce business can turn an efficient process into a multi-step nightmare with inaccurate purchasing, order fulfillment and returns processes. It all depends on multiple factors like the size of the warehouse, the quantity of inventory and the number of orders fulfilled. Sophisticated Automation.

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21 Sessions, Presentations and Workshops You Can’t Miss at IRCE 2018

BigCommerce

From workshops and boot camps to hearing from industry leaders you often read about in the news, these are the IRCE 2018 moments that aren’t to be missed. It is the industry’s most trafficked annual conference combining high-profile brand executive tracks down to workshops to train junior employees. Post-IRCE Workshops.

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Facebook ads for the holidays with 3 examples you can steal

Omnisend

With that in mind, it’s no surprise that Facebook’s average cost per 1,000 impressions (CPM) is highest in December and November. If you’re planning to be competitive in Q4, you should set aside a substantial portion of your advertising budget to cover those additional costs. Discounts and free shipping (Gap). Holiday CPM.

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19 Shopify Pros and Cons To Understand the Good and Bad

Ecommerce Platforms

From Shopify ’s all-in-one ecommerce offerings to its rather seamless fulfillment options, it definitely has more pros than cons. Competitors often only provide one or two payment gateway options, essentially forcing you into their pricing and policies. With that said, keep reading to explore all the Shopify pros and cons!

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Plot twist: Amazon’s future may soon be tied to physical stores

Steve Dennis

Skeptics challenge the high capital cost, the reliability of the underlying technology and whether the stores really offer enough added value to take on well established players like 7-Eleven. While the economics of these stores do look rather challenging, the costs are certain to come down. I think both miss the larger point.

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We’ve created a monster: Retail’s growing returns problem

Steve Dennis

Back in the good old days, while high return rates were definitely an area of concern, the fact that the customer often paid “shipping & handling” costs helped soften the damage to the bottom line. In fact, for some brands, shipping & handling was actually a profit center. .” In No. Well, not so much. sight unseen.