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Clean Data, Clean Planet: How Online Retailers can use Data Analytics to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

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Newly developed freight booking tools have made it easier and more efficient to book containers on large cargo ships, thereby reducing the need for air freight, which is generally seen as producing a larger carbon footprint. Shipping companies can obtain information through GPS tags to help locate containers and ships in real time.

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Holiday Season Marketing Calendar and Shipping Deadlines [2021]

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As a retailer, getting holiday spend insights is just one-half of the game. The other is being aware of the important dates and deadlines associated with shipping carriers and important eCommerce events. Data like important shipping dates, popular products on particular days, effective short-term marketing techniques, and sales data.

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SHEIN Hosts Sold Out Pop-Up Event in San Francisco

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Online fast fashion retailer SHEIN is hosting the latest in its traveling series of pop-up events at San Francisco’s Embarcadero Center from June 24 to 26, 2022. Shoppers had to sign up for a time slot online prior to the shop’s debut, with slots for all three days quickly selling out.

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Holiday Shopping: is it the Season of Joy Yet?

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The other part is customers being forced to give up experience-based spendings such as travel, movie, or restaurants in return for product purchases. The Supply Chain Disruption Has Been a Worry for Shoppers, Retailers, and Carriers Alike. Bottom Line. You can make use of a post-purchase solution that gets the work done for you.

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Policing Your Brand on Online Marketplaces: an Intellectual Property Guide for Retailers

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Given the rapid growth of online retail over the past few years, brand owners have become increasingly vigilant about the distribution of their products, in many instances by third-party resellers, on these online platforms. Another recurring issue in the context of online retail is listing sabotage.

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Engaging Strategies to Heat Up Your Summer Marketing

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In addition, since many brick-and-mortar businesses are closed, Independence Day has become a major shopping day for online retailers. Aside from hosting and planning a wedding, weddings generate sales through registry gifts, travel, and apparel for guests. Here are a few examples of email subject lines that do all three.

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How Coronavirus Is Impacting Ecommerce

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As traveling fears grow and countries like Italy extend travel restrictions , marketing events across the globe are feeling the impact. Many major in-person events are being postponed, canceled, or virtualized after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all businesses cancel non-essential company travel.

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