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7 Targeted Retail Strategies for Revenue Growth and Margin Improvement

Retail TouchPoints

The Index reveals that 33% offer help via SMS, 63% send cart abandonment reminders and 64% offer customer service assistance during checkout, including live chat, phone, email and click-to-call, which can convert an ordinary experience into a pleasant and helpful one that a customer will remember.

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Squarespace vs Bigcommerce: Which is Best for Your Online Store?

Ecommerce Platforms

Very limited App Store Limited payment processing options More of a “this is what you get” setup (the features are plentiful, but you’re restricted when it comes to scaling) Only live chat and email support Not a platform that focuses primarily on ecommerce One of the plans has transaction fees. Bigcommerce Pros. Let’s take a look.

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How Consumer Electronics Brands Can Reduce Holiday Shopping Returns

ESW

Unsurprisingly, every January, brands and retailers see an excessive number of holiday shopping returns as millions of gift recipients and gift-givers took to the mail centre to send back unwanted products. Gift return: 9.9% Impacted Supply Chains Managing returns doesn’t just take up time, resources and money.

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Supercharge Your Loyalty Rewards Program with Subscriptions

Groove

They receive free gifts with their purchases, and discounts when it is time to purchase again. Is it a “free gift” with every purchase? Or is it weekly members-only live chats that you can leverage to interact with your audience? At Groove Commerce, our favorite subscription management platform is Recharge.

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The Best Loyalty Apps for Shopify to Boost Customer Relationships

Ecommerce Platforms

The “Premium” plan is $49 per month for unlimited customers, referrals, dashboards and data reports, live chat support and automated fraud protection. The “Plus” plan is $299 per month for everything in Premium, plus SLAs, premium support, a dedicated account manager and quarterly review. You can also manage unlimited orders.

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The Best Rewards Apps for Shopify Store Owners

Ecommerce Platforms

These points can be traded in for anything you choose, from discounts, to free gifts and shipping. You also get automated fraud protection, and live chat customer service. Starter: $19 per month for all the Basic features plus support for 150 orders and live chat customer service.

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Shopify vs Medusa (2023) – Can Open Source Ecommerce Compete with an Industry Giant?

Ecommerce Platforms

Once you pick a theme , you can customize it to suit your brand and use a wide range of in-built selling, order, and inventory management features to launch and govern your online store. As a result, you can apply Medusa’s backend capabilities, like its shopping cart, order management features, etc., to an existing website or blog.

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