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6 Steps To Take When An E-commerce Delivery Goes Wrong

lateshipment

With heightened order volumes and tight shipping deadlines, it is natural for e-commerce businesses to expect high customer service inquiries and frustrations from delivery issues during the holiday season. But you can’t let these things slide as ensuring a seamless delivery experience is essential to keep customers happy and coming back. While delays and other delivery issues cannot be prevented, you can definitely have a well-prepared customer service strategy to ensure a smooth post-purchase

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563: Email Marketing Hacks To Drive Engagement and Sales

My Wife Quit Her Job

Today, we’re continuing with our 4-part series on how to create content to promote your business. In this episode, we talk about what it takes build an engaging email list that converts to sales. What You’ll Learn How to keep your open rate high How to drive sales with every send How to keep your subscriber engaged with your list Sponsors SellersSummit.com – The Sellers Summit is the ecommerce conference that I’ve run for the past 8 years.

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How a Content Marketing Agency Drives eCommerce Blog Success

Groove

Creating an effective eCommerce blogging strategy is a powerful way to attract new customers and drive sales. Not only does it present an opportunity to communicate your brand's key messages, but it also helps improve your website's search engine optimization. This increases the likelihood that potential customers will discover it. Thanks to these dual benefits, blog content marketing for eCommerce remains one of the most effective digital marketing avenues for brands to consider.

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The Power, Persuasion, & ROI of Ecommerce Video Content

Fastr

Online shopping today is nothing like looking for a needle in a haystack. It's more like searching through a million-needle haystack for one that catches the eye. It's a fierce battle of the brands: Who will stand out? And how? One answer to the latter: video content.

eCommerce 173
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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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If You’re Not Using Data Pipeline Management (DPM) For Security And IT, You Need To 

Forrester eCommerce

Data ingestion into the SIEM is too expensive. In fact, it’s so expensive that, “How do we reduce our SIEM ingest costs?” is one of the top inquiry questions I get from Forrester clients. And the problem is not new – security leaders have struggled with managing their SIEM budget for over a decade.

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CVS, 7-Eleven Turn up the Volume on Retail Media Audio Offerings

Retail TouchPoints

Both CVS and 7-Eleven are expanding their retail media offerings to include in-store audio: CVS has partnered with The Trade Desk and Vibenomics to develop a self-service programmatic audio offering, while 7-Eleven is expanding its partnership with Qsic to bring audio advertising to all 12,000 of its U.S. stores by the end of 2025. CVS Media Exchange Adds Programmatic Audio Advertisers on the CVS Media Exchange (CMX) can now reach CVS shoppers with 30 -second audio spots across 6,900 stores, wit

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Why Asking the Right Questions Matters for Choosing a Price Intelligence Provider

Wiser

In previous posts , we’ve explored various levels and capabilities of price tracking tools. But when you’re evaluating price intelligence solutions, understanding the methodology isn’t enough. You also need to ask the right questions to ensure your vendor delivers long-term value. From our conversations with customers, we’ve identified three key questions you should ask every potential provider: Who is responsible for providing the matching?

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AI Governance Software Spend Will See 30% CAGR from 2024 to 2030

Forrester eCommerce

The global commercial AI software governance market is poised for exceptional growth. Forrester forecasts that by 2030, spending on off-the-shelf AI governance software will more than quadruple, reaching $15.8 billion and capturing 7% of overall AI software spending.

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New Web Design Tools, November 2024

Practical eCommerce

This month's rundown includes new video editors, page builders, whiteboards, drawing tools, testing platforms, and a selection of new fonts. The post New Web Design Tools, November 2024 appeared first on Practical Ecommerce.

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BigCommerce Headless Websites Offer New Options for eCommerce Stores

Groove

With headless commerce, companies can build the front ends and back ends of their sites separately. This allows for greater flexibility while helping businesses scale their efforts faster and more efficiently. BigCommerce provides ample options for retailers interested in building headless eCommerce sites. BigCommerce headless setups offer support so that businesses can better navigate the system's complexities, even if they are new to this option.

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AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype

AI is rapidly transforming digital commerce, but how do you separate real opportunities from hype? Moderated by Orium, AI for Commerce: Foundations, Aspirations, and Hype , experts from Bloomreach , commercetools , Contentstack , and Fluent Commerce explores where AI is already delivering results and where its potential is still unfolding. This masterclass dives into proven AI applications, emerging innovations , and the gaps between promise and reality in commerce.

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The Real Price of a Data Breach in Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Businesses today operate in a fast-moving cyber threat landscape. As digital operations become more complex and cybercriminals launch increasingly sophisticated phishing and malware attacks, data breaches have become common occurrences. In 2024 alone, several high-profile companies, including Dell, AT&T, Ticketmaster and Disney have suffered the consequences of a major breach.

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FastSpring Announces Partnership With Nexus to Help Game Publishers Quickly Succeed With D2C

FastSpring

FastSpring is proud to announce a partnership with Nexus , a leading platform for supporting content creators and monetizing games, where both companies have joined forces in order to help game publishers materially grow profits with their own creator-powered, custom designed, and hosted web shops. The companies have integrated FastSpring’s global localized payments and compliance platform with Nexus’ industry leading creator-powered web shops.

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Forrester’s US End Of Year Holiday Season Forecast

Forrester eCommerce

Forrester’s US end of year holiday season forecast for 2024 is live! Forrester defines holiday retail sales as the purchase of durable and nondurable goods that consumers make during November and December. These sales don’t include automotive and gasoline sales or spending on services, such as food and drink services at restaurants.

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Primark Brings Back the Grinch Cafe

365 Retail

This festive season, Primark has teamed up with Dr. Seuss once again to deliver a Grinch-tastic experience for customers. The retailer has launched its largest-ever Grinch collection, available now in stores across all 17 Primark markets, and opened themed Grinch Cafes at six UK locations, making it easier than ever to celebrate a mischievous “Grinch-mas.

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Staying Ahead of UFLPA Enforcement: Best Practices for Retail Supply Chains

Speaker: Ethan Woolley, Director at Kharon

This webinar will explore how companies can proactively address compliance risks–rather than reactively responding to–UFLPA enforcement actions. Ethan Woolley will provide insights into the latest CBP enforcement trends, entity list updates, and industries under increased scrutiny, with a look at potential shifts under the Trump administration. Ethan will also explore how predictive data and strategic due diligence can help organizations stay ahead of regulatory challenges and strengthen complia

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How QR Codes Modernize Holiday Shopping Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

1WorldSync’s 2024 Consumer Product Content Benchmark report revealed that 64% of shoppers have scanned a QR code on a product while shopping in-store. With a quick click on a smartphone, these customers have accessed hidden content, exclusive deals and lightning-fast checkouts. The result? Static shelves are morphing into dynamic, interactive shopping hubs, bridging the physical-digital divide in retail.

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Nirvana launches ‘Best’ and new look 

TalkingRetail

Nirvana has launched ‘Nirvana Best’, its first-ever Amber Ale (0.5% ABV) and its take on a quintessentially British best bitter. Available in 500ml bottles and keg, the beer also features Nirvana’s new bold look – soon to be featured across its now eight-strong range.

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AppGen Is An Existential Threat To The Enterprise App Business

Forrester eCommerce

AI-powered enterprises will “build” software instead of “buy” it – and many applications in enterprise portfolios will consolidate onto low-code AppGen platforms.

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DPD Launches UK’s First Multi-Compartment Autonomous Locker Robot

365 Retail

DPD has become the first UK parcel delivery company to deploy Ottonomy’s multi-compartment, fully autonomous ‘Locker’ robot, Ottobot. Larger than DPD’s existing autonomous delivery robots, Ottobot has a maximum payload of 70kg, eight separate compartments that can carry parcel of varying sizes and can also facilitate collections. The robot features four-wheel powered swerve drive with independent steering and suspension, which provides maximum manoeuvrability. while multiple se

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Future-Proofing Enterprise Commerce: Why Extensibility Wins with Shopify

Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón

Enterprise commerce is evolving fast, and brands relying on rigid, one-size-fits-all solutions risk losing agility. But modernization doesn’t have to mean disruption. In this webinar, we’ll explore how an extensible, modular approach empowers brands to integrate new capabilities, enhance performance, and scale efficiently—all while leveraging Shopify’s strengths.

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Low Prices, Slow Deliveries: Amazon Beta Launches ‘Haul’ Ecommerce Site

Retail TouchPoints

Seeking to compete with ultra-low-price sites such as Shein and Temu , Amazon has introduced Amazon Haul , featuring maximum prices of $20 and one- to two-week shipping times. There have been rumors of the move for months, and now the new shop is officially rolling out in beta. It will be available to U.S. Amazon customers when they next update their Amazon Shopping app.

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Cambridgeshire crackdown nets nearly a tonne of illegal vapes

TalkingRetail

Stores in three different Cambridgeshire towns were found to be selling illegal vapes and tobacco in a series of raids last week. Cambridgeshire County Council announced that the seizures were made on 6 November from shops in Whittlesey, March and Charteris.

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The 3 Signs of Ad Fatigue [& How to Prevent It]

CPC Strategy

Measurement The 3 Signs of Ad Fatigue [& How to Prevent It] By Tinuiti Team Nov 13 2024 No matter how well-crafted your ad campaigns are, they can start to lose their impact over time because of a phenomenon known as ad fatigue. Understanding why this happens is crucial if you want to craft effective campaigns that resonate with your audience rather than frustrating them.

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The 5 Top Initiatives For B2C CMOs In 2025

Forrester eCommerce

With budgets set for 2025, CMOs are about to enter the new year with several critical initiatives. What’s bubbling to the top? Forrester’s Q4 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey, 2024 provided a list of 17 initiatives and we asked respondents (127 US B2C marketing executives) to select up to three.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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The House of Mouse: Inside Primark’s Mecca for All Things Disney and Marvel

Retail TouchPoints

Thematic retail stores and exclusive IP-focused product collections are hot in retail right now: Chinese lifestyle retailer Miniso has unveiled a series of themed character flagships around the world, while Camp has been known for its exclusive brand collaborations and entertainment-driven activations for Trolls , Frozen and more. Most recently, when fashion and accessories retailer Primark unveiled its 450 th store worldwide at the Florida Mall in Orlando, it announced it would have an entire f

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Post offices continue to fill the cash gap left by bank closures

TalkingRetail

The amount of cash handled by post offices in the UK was up more than 10% in October compared to the same month last year. The total deposits and withdrawals was £3.69bn, which was also the highest since July’s £3.78bn.

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Achieving Promotional Compliance to Drive In-Store Success

Wiser

Promotional compliance is a critical driver of in-store success, yet many brands struggle to accurately track whether their promotions are executed as planned—or fail to track them at all. Traditional methods often rely on field teams or retailer feedback, which can be slow, incomplete, and biased. Issues like missing promotional signage, misplaced products, or incorrect pricing can severely impact a campaign’s effectiveness.

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Media Scale And Media Skill Collide In The Full-Funnel Agencies of The Future

Forrester eCommerce

Marketers are ready to move beyond choosing between full-service media generalists and channel specialists. Insights from our newly published media management services Wave shed light on what to look for when evaluating your current agency or looking for a provider.

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🚀Future-Proof Your Salesforce B2C Commerce: Modernization Strategies Inside!

Outdated platforms are costing you sales. Legacy platforms like Salesforce SiteGenesis and SFRA can slow innovation, increase maintenance costs, and frustrate customers. This playbook provides a strategic roadmap to modernizing your Salesforce B2C Commerce platform using a composable approach to transition to faster, scalable, and flexible e-commerce solutions —without disrupting your business.

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Citing Costs, Saks Fifth Avenue Dims the Lights on its Holiday Show

Retail TouchPoints

After more than 20 years, Saks Fifth Avenue is cancelling the renowned holiday light show at its Fifth Avenue flagship store. The light show has become something of a cultural fixture in Manhattan during the holiday season, serving as the perfect complement to Saks’ famed holiday window displays as well as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Last year’s show, sponsored by Christian Dior, was the retailer’s most dynamic yet.

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Läderach Expands UK Presence with New High Street Kensington Store

365 Retail

Swiss premium chocolatier Läderach is expanding its UK footprint with a new store opening at 135 High Street Kensington in early November, celebrating its 200th global location. This marks a major milestone for the brand, which has already established flagship sites on Regent Street, in Westfield London, and within Harrods’ renowned Chocolate Hall.

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A retail future of more QR codes and no tills, says report

TalkingRetail

Declining brand loyalty means that QR codes will become even more important in future, according to a new report.

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Everything is getting more expensive – BI is no exception

Forrester eCommerce

When clients inquire about enterprise business intelligence (BI) platform pricing, I always advise them to simply divide the annual contract price by the number of expected users. If the resulting number is around $10 per user per month, I tell the client they are in a good spot. Why?

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The Trends You Need to Succeed This Holiday Season

October Prime Day is usually an early sign of how consumer spending trends ahead of the holidays. This one was no exception. Our October Prime Day Report breaks down what’s working: the products flying off the shelves, the categories winning big, big brands, and the search terms defining demand. All brought to you via Similarweb’s Shopper Intelligence platform.