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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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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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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. Retailers large and small have transformed their businesses with the marketplace business model and technology. Some retailers launch their own marketplace to become the disruptor instead of the disrupted.

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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. Some are technological: “How can I represent the shininess of a product?

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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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RetailWire: Should Walmart Reinstate In-Store Returns During A Pandemic?

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart, however, is not taking in-store returns for apparel, cleaning supplies, health and beauty or pharmacy purchases, although customers can ship products back using the Walmart app or web site. Professor of Food Marketing, Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph’s University. Its competition clearly is. George, Ph.D.,

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4 Steps To Realising Your eCommerce Dream

365 Retail

You should already have a good idea of what you want to take to market. Researching will help you identify the product or service you sell. Take a long look at the existing market to see what other eCommerce businesses are selling and look at their data to get an idea of how successful they are.

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