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Amazon Continues Push Beyond its Own Ecosystem with Debut of ‘Supply Chain by Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

Ahead of its annual sellers’ conference, Amazon Accelerate , the tech giant announced the debut of a new suite of solutions for sellers called “Supply Chain by Amazon” (which we are assuming will be acronymized as “SCA” if history is any indicator). Yes, that means brick-and-mortar stores.

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#RICE24 Solution Spotlight: Shopify Creates a Unified Commerce Platform for Merchants

Retail TouchPoints

Shopify provides a unified commerce platform designed to enable seamless customer experiences across all channels while centralizing data and operations for multi-location retail businesses. Additionally, retailers will have a solid backend operation that empowers them to easily and cost-effectively keep pace with industry change.

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Amazon is Moving Beyond its Own Walls Like Never Before…What Will it Mean for Retail?

Retail TouchPoints

Last week, at the company’s fifth annual Accelerate conference for its third-party selling partners (which now account for 60% of its sales, by the way), Amazon continued down a path that it started on 24 years ago, when it first turned its website into a third-party marketplace. And the answer is maybe we are.

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Amazon’s Latest Ambition: ‘Full-Funnel Advertising at Scale, for Everyone’

Retail TouchPoints

Ad Sales for Amazon Ads kicks off the Day 2 Keynote at the Unboxed conference. Amazon also unveiled advanced multi-touch attribution (MTA) capabilities powered by “hundreds of thousands” of randomized control trials, to show advertisers how all the parts of their campaigns are contributing to conversions. Tanner Elton, VP of U.S.

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Top 10 Ecommerce Conferences to Attend in 2020

ROI Revolution

Ecommerce conferences are a great place to: Learn about the latest news and industry trends. We’ve curated a list of the top ten 2020 ecommerce conferences you should attend. These conferences offer unparalleled networking and learning opportunities to ensure you’re at the forefront of your industry. Published February 6, 2020.

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It’s Official – Amazon is an Ecommerce Enabler First and a Retailer Second

Retail TouchPoints

Dharmesh Mehta, VP of Worldwide Selling Partner Services at Amazon , is celebrating his 10th anniversary with the company this year, and so he kicked off the fourth annual Amazon Accelerate conference for sellers by comparing the differences between the ecommerce platform today and 10 years ago.

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Solutions Designed for Retail Associates Need to Keep the Customer Experience in Mind

Retail TouchPoints

Today’s retail workers almost need to have superpowers — moving as fast as The Flash would be helpful given how many different tasks a retail worker performs each day — but adaptable, multi-purpose solutions can provide that extra burst of needed speed. Associate apps also need to reflect operating conditions on the ground.