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CommerceHub survey uncovers expanding product range is a top priority for UK retailers

Retail Technology Review

CommerceHub presented key research findings at The Internet Retailing Conference on 10 October 2019 from its survey of 200 online retail decision makers and workers, uncovering their current mindset around using drop ship or marketplace models to cost-effectively expand product range.

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[Guest Blog] How Some Marketplace Sellers Are Getting Ahead Through Co-opetition

ChannelAdvisor

And it changed the online retail landscape forever: fast and free shipping expectations. But shipping isn’t free — it’s eating your margins. To remain competitive, Walmart and other retailers are also focusing on 2-day shipping options. Nonetheless, customers have now come to expect fast, free shipping.

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IRCE Day 1 Recap- Personalization, Analytics, Mobile, and More!

ROI Revolution

So how were they able to take a brick-and-mortar industry, and convert it into an online powerhouse? They offered free shipping, 24 hour support, and the ability to test out 5 pairs of glasses for 5 days, with a free return label to send them back. But when it comes to online, the only way to show up is through competitive pricing.

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Online Grocery Shopping During the Pandemic: What Worked and What the Future Holds

ESW

Online retailers ship from warehouses designed for rapid pick-and-pack,” he says. The mismatch contributes to online grocery ordering’s current bottleneck. “By where online grocery shopping was already well established, stores failed to keep up with demand. The problem, writes The Atlantic’s Ian Bogost, Ph.D. ,

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

BigCommerce

IRCE – the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition – is an annual event held in June in Chicago, Illinois. For consumers, Rent the Runway is a luxury clothing rental company that allows regular folks to rent and wear expensive goods they’d otherwise never have access to. Don Davis , Editor at Large, Internet Retailer.

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The State of Ecommerce Platforms in 2018: Cloud Commerce, Open SaaS and The API Economy

BigCommerce

Understandably, this decision has wide-ranging implications –– to your customers in engaging with your brand and reducing friction of getting the product they need, to your employees that have to implement campaign strategies, and to your bottom line in terms of sales growth as well as cost of maintenance and installation.

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How to Set Up an Ecommerce Loyalty Program to Improve Retention, Build Community and Drive 5X in Sales

BigCommerce

For instance, if you spent $5 to earn a customer and you know that over the course of that customer’s lifetime with your brand, they will likely spend about $100, that’s a great lifetime value to churn (or cost to acquire a customer) ratio ( LTV to CAC ). These retailers have the following characteristics: 1. Reduce advertising costs.