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Shopify Strikes a Deal with Chinese Ecommerce Giant JD.com to Unlock the Trillion-Dollar Market

Ecommerce Platforms

In this collaboration, JD has offered a particular boarding channel, JD Marketplace, simplifying entry to the Chinese market for Shopify merchants. By joining forces, these two companies have created a new ecommerce channel, opening up the world's biggest market for millions of merchants. The market is gigantic and complex.

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The Secret Behind Quick-Turn Merch: A Strong Partner

Retail TouchPoints

This versatility is a key tool in appealing to your target customers and creating items they actually want, so it’s important to find a company that offers an extensive product line. While you may not be shipping products worldwide, the benefit of an international company is its extensive network of suppliers, sourcing and tools.

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38 SMS Marketing Statistics That Will Blow Your Mind

Email Audience

SMS messaging is a powerful tool for marketing. Here are 38 of the most important SMS marketing stats that will blow your mind. SMS marketing statistics: 1. 81% of consumers will ignore phone calls that look like they are from marketers or businesses. SMS messaging for marketing has grown by 197%.

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Khronos Group Goal: ‘Create One 3D Model That Works for Everyone’

Retail TouchPoints

One reason was that with in-person interactions and travel severely restricted, creating and shipping product samples internationally became if not impossible then cost-prohibitive. Tackling Tech Challenges to Create Rich Product Images. But as with many other elements of ecommerce, they got a big boost from COVID-19.

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How to Launch a Marketplace to be the Disruptor, not the Disrupted

Retail TouchPoints

Some retailers lament the woes of Amazon and other marketplaces cutting into their sales, profit, market share and valuation. Massive amounts of data can be collected, monitored and used to fine-tune processes such as seller management, product curation and user experience (among other aspects).

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How Rent the Runway Boosted Talent, Sustainability and CX by Moving to the Cloud

Retail TouchPoints

Attracting Top Talent in a Tight Labor Market. The competition for tech talent is fierce within the retail sector, and Rent the Runway needs that great talent to be able to compete and win in a rapidly growing space,” added Drew Bradstock, Product Director for Google Kubernetes Engine, who worked with the company on its migration.

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Why Curacao ‘Zags’ When Other Retailers ‘Zig’ — and How This Drives its Success

Retail TouchPoints

He quickly realized that this community paid up, and they would come back and make their small payments that could be $5 or $10 at a time ,” said Ariela Nerubay, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Curacao in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Then he started building his company on credit, little by little.

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