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Here’s What Happened On The Biggest Online Shopping Day Of The Year

Forrester eCommerce

This blog post is part of Forrester’s Holiday 2019 retail series. Retailers (and consumers) have been talking about all things holiday for months, but the “official” kick-off of the highly anticipated shopping season took place this past weekend. By many counts, it was a success. The National Retail Federation (NRF) reported that a record breaking 189.6 […].

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The Ecommerce Guide for Marketing to Millennials: Stats, Tips, and Case Study

BigCommerce

Despite being a generation that is often stereotyped as ‘lazy, entitled, and narcissistic,’ numerous corporations recognize that millennials have tremendous buying power.

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Get Prepared: CCPA for eCommerce Marketers

Optimizely

Any new privacy compliance framework can be overwhelming—but one going into place right after the holiday season can seem downright impossible. With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) going into effect on January 1, 2020 , most of our clients have new responsibilities as a business, and Zaius has responsibilities as your service provider to help you remain compliant in your storage and use of customer data.

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The One Thing Every Marketer Should Do

Kissmetrics

Marketers tend to be very reactive. And it makes sense because every time a search engine or a social network changes their algorithm we jump as marketers. We are conditioned to be very reactive. Whether it’s your boss who is pissed that your traffic dips or even yourself… everyone hates when sales and income drop because of something you can’t fully control.

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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.

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How To Prove That Fixing Customer Experience Problems Cuts Costs

Forrester eCommerce

There’s an alternative approach to proving the economic value of CX, and it has some advantages: The math is simple and it’s hard to argue against. What’s more, you’ll be measuring something that executives like in good times and love in bad times: cost savings.

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283: How To Segment Your Email List The Right Way With Alexandra Edelstein

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Today, I’m thrilled to have Alexandra Edelstein on the show. Alexandra is a senior product manager at Klaviyo and she was also a speaker at my annual ecommerce conference The Sellers Summit. At Klaviyo, she’s known as the resident expert when it comes to email list segmentation. So today we’re going to talk about the right way to segment your email list to maximize revenue for your ecommerce store.

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Facebook eCommerce Ads: How to Skyrocket Revenue

Groove

Digital eCommerce advertising offer brands a significant opportunity to reach their consumers. Whether through platforms like Snapchat, Google Ads or Facebook, this approach has become a proven part of the eCommerce inbound marketing playbook. According to Pew Research Center , 69% of Americans are Facebook users. Of that, 74% log-in multiple times a day and are looking at more than posts from friends and family.

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A Roundup Of Key Machine-Learning Announcements From AWS re:Invent

Forrester eCommerce

For data science practitioners, machine learning developers or insights-driven business leaders, here are the key announcements from Amazon's AWS re:invent 2019 show that you should care about.

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Leverage CRM Data To Boost Traffic And In-Store Revenue

RTP blog

By David le Douarin, Advalo The rise of marketing overpressure practices has proven destructive for both profit margin and brand image and negatively affects the relationship of trust between retailers and customers. It thus has given rise to some consumer dislike for emails and, inevitably has led email click-through and open rates and customer contact ability to plummet.

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Point Line Trend on… Best Customers

Optimizely

Forget the pareto principle of 80/20, here’s some real shopper math for you: 1.2% = 80%. While your very best customers — those that have bought twice or more from you in the past year — contribute only 1.2% of your visits, they account for 80% of your revenue. The challenge, though, is that your connection with far too many of these best customers is fading.

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Is Your Business AI-Ready? Find Out with Orium’s Maturity Model

Generative AI is poised to redefine B2B, but scaling AI success in this space isn’t without obstacles. From fragmented data sources and complex buyer journeys to operational inefficiencies, the road to AI-powered growth can be challenging. To achieve a competitive edge, understanding your organization’s AI-readiness is essential. Orium's Data & AI Maturity Model provides a quick, actionable way to assess your starting point.

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Mailchimp Alternatives – 4 Competitors That Are Cheaper & Better

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Chances are, you are searching for Mailchimp alternatives for one of the following reasons. You had your Mailchimp account banned without any warning. You were a victim of Mailchimp’s recent price increase. You have exceeded Mailchimp’s free subscriber limit and realized that Mailchimp is expensive for what you get. I’m not going to lie.

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Retailers: Make Your Website Accessible Or Leave Money On The Table

Forrester eCommerce

This blog post is part of Forrester’s Holiday 2019 retail series You want anyone to be able to buy from your retail website, right? News flash: You’re missing out on entire segments of your target market because of how your website is designed and coded — unless you’re part of the few brands (just 2.2% […].

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Costco’s Minimal Communications Following Thanksgiving Site Outage: A Mistake Or A Strategy?

RTP blog

Costco’s e-Commerce site went down for more than 16 hours on Thanksgiving Day , impacting an estimated 2.65 million customers who were trying to access the web site and creating sales losses that neared $11 million. ( Nordstrom Rack and H&M also experienced technical difficulties, but neither was of the duration of Costco’s.) Costco acknowledged on its home page that its site was “currently experiencing longer than normal response times" during the day and even extended its Thanksgiving

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Monetate vs Certona: A Comparison of Kibo’s eCommerce Personalization Platforms

Inflow Insights

In this post, we’ll compare the two highest-rated software providers in the personalization engine space: Monetate and Certona. Monetate and Certona are respectively rated the #2 and #1 Personalization Providers according to the Internet Retailer Top 1000. In the process of writing this article Kibo Commerce (which owns Certona) actually acquired Monetate.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Black Friday to Cyber Monday 2019 Statistics [Infographic]

GetElastic

How’d online shopping perform this past Cyber Week? We’ve compiled the stats from pre-Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday 2019. Highlights: Thanksgiving revenue rose 17% YOY in the US and 24% globally. 68% of consumers say they pay more attention to retail email during the holiday shopping season. Black Friday shoppers spent 14% more online and 6% less in store YOY. 78% of online retailers offered Free Shipping on Black Friday.

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FORRward: A Weekly Read For Tech And Marketing Execs

Forrester eCommerce

LVMH Acquires Tiffany & Co.: Why It’s A Prudent Match LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) is acquiring Tiffany & Co. for approximately €14.7 billion (or $16.2 billion). For LVMH this will strengthen its presence in the US market and position in the jewelry category. For Tiffany & Co., it presents an opportunity to turn around […].

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Open Workforce Models Drive Retail Innovation

RTP blog

By Michael P. Morris, Topcoder Tech skills are critical to essential retail business functions, such as warehouse management and supply chain optimization. The role of software developer is now the third most common job in retail , as well as one of the fastest growing. With the traditional brick-and-mortar model continually challenged, technology isn’t just essential to growth, it’s essential to survival.

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Mailjet Review: Everything You Need to Know

Ecommerce Platforms

Recently acquired by Mailgun, Mailjet is an email solution based in Europe. Founded in France back in 2010, they now have offices all over Europe and boast more than 130,000 active accounts. Their goal is quite simple: to make email more collaborative for development and marketing teams, and to be more accessible for international companies. Put simply, Mailjet is used by businesses that rely on email marketing campaigns.

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Omnichannel E-Commerce: Drive More Revenue at Less Cost

Today’s e-commerce landscape is vast and it’s moving fast and is fiercely competitive. To thrive you need to offer the right products to the right customers on the best channels. Learn how to successfully harness the power of omnichannel selling to reach more online buyers, diversify and grow revenue, and reduce cost – while delivering a seamless "shop to ship" customer experience across all channels.

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The Nike-Amazon break up and what brands can (and can’t) do to manage Amazon

GetElastic

The late George Carlin said, “if you can’t beat them — have them arranged to be beaten.”. For brands and manufacturers struggling against the rise of counterfeit goods, unauthorized reselling and MAP policy violations on Amazon, supplying Amazon directly through Vendor Central and participating in Brand Registry offers hope Amazon might play enforcer on behalf of trademark owners.

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Retailers Now Choose Commerce Tech Based on How Providers Engage, Not What They Are

Forrester eCommerce

Legacy suites and platforms have reinvented themselves and a new component-based model has entered the ring. Gone are the days of take-it-or-leave-it, prefab, legacy commerce suites and isolated, minimally integrated platforms. As we’ve seen business models adapt to rapidly shifting customer needs and expectations, retailers’ demands of their commerce technology models have evolved at the […].

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How to Reduce Walmart Marketplace Returns and Cancellations

SellBrite

Nearly 93% of the products available on Walmart.com are part of Walmart Marketplace, which allows third-party sellers to sell items on the retail giant’s website and reach millions of customers worldwide. Since it was established in 2009, Walmart Marketplace has been working to improve its customer experience and streamline its Walmart Marketplace return policy, and today, most orders purchased in the marketplace can be returned to Walmart stores.

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Managed WordPress Hosting Vs Regular Shared WordPress Hosting Vs VPS WordPress Hosting

Ecommerce Platforms

Lately, there has been a lot of noise about managed WordPress hosting, shared WordPress hosting, and VPS WordPress hosting. Three completely different types of services you can purchase from the best WordPress hosting providers. Don’t get me wrong though. That’s not all there is to WordPress hosting. Some of the WordPress hosts offer additional options like dedicated hosting, cloud hosting, and reseller options.

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NEWS: SML RFID Delivers 98% Inventory Accuracy to Gina Tricot

I’m getting in touch with the news that fashion retailer, Gina Trictot, has achieved 98% inventory accuracy thanks to its partnership with SML RFID. Please see the full press release below, including exclusive quotes.

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List Price vs. Net Price: What You Need to Know to Optimize Your Pricing Strategies

Wiser

A price is never one number. In reality, prices are constantly changing. They have different names and purposes, and finding the right price for the right scenario is an important challenge to tackle for any successful brand or retailer. Today, two core price distinctions revolve around list prices and net prices. Let’s explore the difference between these two so you can better optimize your pricing strategies moving forward.

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2020 Marketing Trends

Forrester eCommerce

In the past three weeks, I have shared the key findings of our predictions research to different clients and at some Forrester events in London and in Amsterdam. It is always interesting to challenge clients on some of their assumptions, discuss what trends will accelerate next year or to be challenged on some of the […].

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The good, the bad and the ugly of 3P seller activity

Profitero

Part 1 of Profitero’s “3P Effect” series. The growing volume on Amazon being captured by third-party (3P) sellers is an issue that brands can’t ignore. In 2008, 30% of Amazon’s online sales were via 3P sellers. Fast forward a decade and that figure has practically doubled, to 58% in 2018. “When speaking to brand manufacturers about ‘losing sales to 3rd parties,’ I often get the push back that it doesn’t matter who sells the products, as long as they are selling.

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Managed WordPress Hosting Vs Regular Shared WordPress Hosting Vs VPS WordPress Hosting

Ecommerce Platforms

Lately, there has been a lot of noise about managed WordPress hosting, shared WordPress hosting, and VPS WordPress hosting. Three completely different types of services you can purchase from the best WordPress hosting providers. Don’t get me wrong though. That’s not all there is to WordPress hosting. Some of the WordPress hosts offer additional options like dedicated hosting, cloud hosting, and reseller options.

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Is Your Brand AI-Ready? Find Out with Orium’s Maturity Model

Generative AI is reshaping retail, but achieving true AI success isn’t simple. Many brands face hurdles—underdeveloped data strategies, limited AI-ready infrastructure, or lack of seamless integration across systems. As you explore how AI can boost efficiency and transform customer experiences, understanding your business’s readiness is key. Orium's Data & AI Maturity Model offers a clear starting point.

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How to Leverage Email at Every Stage of the Marketing Funnel

Liveintent

Brands and publishers looking to grow, understand, and retain their audiences should have one channel at the top of their list: email. It remains the most powerful way to reach target audiences, and is the go-to platform for both customers and marketers. Think about it. As consumers, email helps us stay up-to date with information from work, family, news outlets, and our favorite brands.

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Uberflip Acquires SnapApp: What It Means To B2B Marketers

Forrester eCommerce

Remember when saying “Content Is King” was all the rage and B2B marketers got excited about content marketing? It turns out marketing your ideas and product information via content only works if prospects and customers interact with that content. I’ve spent time showing why B2B marketers continue to miss the mark when it comes to […].

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3 Ways to Increase Your Business’s Facebook Presence

ecomdash

Facebook is one of the most influential social platforms when it comes to buying decision. Make it work for you with these 3 actionable ecommerce Facebook tips. . The post 3 Ways to Increase Your Business’s Facebook Presence appeared first on Ecomdash.

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5 Steps to Creating Personalized Marketing for Consumer Tribes

SheerID

Data privacy concerns are weakening personalized marketing. Learn how identity marketing is helping brands revive their efforts and acquire consumer tribes.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt