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Holiday 2022 Recap: Promotions, BOPIS Drove Late-Season Engagement as Overall Growth Slowed

Retail TouchPoints

The 2022 holiday season showed slow, but steady, improvement for the retail industry. As economic headwinds curbed spending capacity, online retail grew in the U.S. Inflation was a major factor in slower growth despite heavy discounting by retailers. but at its lowest rate in years: up 3.5% Global digital sales topped $1.1

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A Small Business Guide to Handling Cross-Border Payments

Korona

Small businesses can now easily find employees across the world for both part-time contract work and full-time positions. So retailers, too, need to be prepared to accept payments across borders. Read on the learn more about cross-border payments and how small businesses can make this process simple, reliable, and efficient.

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3 Things Every Retailer Can Learn from Amazon

Retail TouchPoints

This platform, with its humble beginnings selling used books, has gone on to power the careers and fortunes of countless small businesses. Amazon’s innovations also have inspired some of the most game-changing new business models in retail, adopted by Target , Walmart and Macy’s to name just a few.

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eCommerce Marketing Leaders: The 20 Most Influential of 2024

Algopix

His leadership has enabled the company to specialize in creating customized marketing solutions that significantly improve client engagement and profitability in a highly competitive market. His leadership has guided the company to create compelling and user-friendly websites that drive sales and improve customer interaction.

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2020 Holiday Marketing Calendar and Shipping Carrier Deadlines Retailers Must Know

lateshipment

Shipping carriers are already straining their capacity due to social distancing norms and supply-chain restrictions. Retailers, on the other hand, will need to put in efforts from their end to survive and have a good holiday season run. Small Business Saturday - Saturday, 28th November. of all businesses in the US.

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UK Product Safety Reform Looms: How Online Retailers Are Preparing

365 Retail

The UK’s appetite for buying online is the highest in Europe, with more than a quarter of retail sales now made through the internet. Whilst this presents an opportunity for small businesses to grow, ensuring the quality and safety of products sourced from overseas suppliers – particularly electrical items – has brought new challenges.

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Prime Day 2020: Top observations & Day 1 category winners

Profitero

The retailer wants all consumers, Prime members or not, as part of its Alexa ecosystem so it can continue to sell them add-on products and services and increase their lifetime customer value. 2) Competing retailers tried to steal the show. 3) Small businesses played a larger role this year. In the U.S., In the U.K.,