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The Best Loyalty Apps for Shopify to Boost Customer Relationships

Ecommerce Platforms

The best loyalty apps for Shopify are an excellent way for business leaders to improve the lifetime value of their customers. After all, returning customers are one of the most important assets an ecommerce company can have. Repeat customers are easier to sell to than new visitors on your ecommerce store, and they spend more too (up to 67% more ). Unfortunately, convincing clients to return to your business and keep spending their hard-earned cash isn’t always easy.

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How brands are collapsing the e-commerce purchasing funnel with augmented reality

RetailDive

Brands are relying on WebAR to transform their e-commerce sites into powerful AR commerce destinations.

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How To Develop Your Expansion Strategy | Salsify

Salsify

Modern consumers around the world no longer limit their shopping to retailers in their home countries. They're increasingly turning to international retail websites to find the best products that fit their needs and lifestyles.

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How Privacy Issues in Mobile Apps Impact Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

The popular Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons recently experienced negative publicity after multiple government agencies shed light on the company’s mobile app privacy policies and data collection methods. An investigation concluded the Tim Hortons mobile app secretly collected sensitive user geolocation data without consent even when the app wasn’t in use.

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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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For Marketing Operations Leaders, 2023 Brings Opportunity Amid Uncertainty

Forrester eCommerce

Data-driven, actionable insights will be critical for weathering economic turbulence. Providing these insights ranks high among marketing operations teams’ priorities in the year ahead.

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Rules & Requirements For Selling Food & Drinks Online

Groove

In recent years, consumer comfort in ordering perishable goods has exponentially increased. As eCommerce becomes mainstream in this vertical, merchants have a unique opportunity to capitalize on increased demand. In this blog, we will be describing the rules and requirements that eCommerce merchants need to follow before sending their perishables items directly to their customers’ front doors.

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Carhartt Launches Grant Program Aimed at Diversifying Skilled Trades Workforce

Retail TouchPoints

Through its new For the Love of Labor program, workwear retailer Carhartt will award $175,000 in grants to four organizations committed to serving women and/or diversifying the skilled trade workforce. The retailer is committing all online sales made on Labor Day, Sept. 5, to programs supporting education, training and placing workers into meaningful skilled trade jobs.

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Meet The New Analyst Focusing On Master Data Management, Data Governance and Data Quality: Jayesh Chaurasia

Forrester eCommerce

Who am I? Even though I was born in a small town in the northern part of India, I have spent most of my life in the glorious city of Mumbai where I earned my degree in mechanical engineering. Dancing on the high beats of Bollywood music rejuvenates me! I moved to the United States […].

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5 Returns KPIs That E-commerce Businesses Must Be Cognizant Of

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E-commerce returns have greatly evolved over the years. Businesses initially saw returns as just a cost-center for their business and planned to save a few bucks by not offering returns to their customers. Then e-commerce retailers began realizing that customers preferred to shop with businesses that offered returns and considered returns inevitable and a necessary evil that encouraged future marketing communications.

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The Best Accounting Software for Shopify Users

Ecommerce Platforms

The best accounting software for Shopify allows business owners to simplify the tasks of managing cash flow and finances for their online stores. Today’s entrepreneurs are often reliant on a huge selection of different apps and tools in their day-to-day lives, from collaboration services to website builders and payment systems. The more you can bring your various tools together into the same environment, the more efficient your workflows become.

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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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4 Keys to an Impactful Global Growth Strategy

Retail TouchPoints

Global cross-border ecommerce sales reached nearly $3.2 trillion in 2021, according to Euromonitor International, which means international expansion has a value simply too good to overlook. However, experts note that in times of economic volatility and fast-changing consumer behaviors, brands need to think strategically about their path to global growth.

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Three Key Areas For Sales Enablement To Focus On In 2023

Forrester eCommerce

Competencies, culture, and compensation — find out where you should invest your sales enablement budget in the year ahead with our new report, Planning Guide 2023: Sales Enablement.

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Setting Up Google Analytics Remarketing Audiences: A Guide

Store Growers

Last Updated on August 29, 2022. The importance of people that have been to your website before but didn’t buy shouldn’t be underestimated. After all, they were interested enough in what you offer at some point, so there might still be a chance of converting them. And Remarketing allows you to do exactly that. The two most popular ways to configure remarketing audiences are through Google Ads and Google Analytics.

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The Best Rewards Apps for Shopify Store Owners

Ecommerce Platforms

The best rewards apps for Shopify are an excellent way to improve engagement among customers, and boost your chances of repeat purchases. With rewards apps, you provide your consumers with points or bonuses every time they make a purchase or complete a certain action. Rewards apps allow you to implement different kinds of rewards based on customer behavior.

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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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Survey: 87% of Consumers Doubt Influencers Use Products They Promote

Retail TouchPoints

The size of the global influencer marketing market has more than doubled since 2019, to $16.4 billion in 2022, according to Statista. Despite this rapid growth rate, there are indications of a major credibility gap when it comes to influencers’ actual effectiveness. A recent consumer survey conducted by Wakefield Research for The Desire Company revealed some startling trends: 87% of consumers say it’s likely influencers don’t even use the products they advertise; 82% of consumers who have purcha

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Counting Down To Forrester’s Technology & Innovation APAC For 2022

Forrester eCommerce

Tech Execs: It Is Time To Take The Lead, Break Boundaries & Build The Future In today’s turbulent social and economic times, more is expected of business executives than ever before. But according to our research, most organizations have yet to unlock the full potential of technology. In fact, only 20% of organizations are currently […].

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Ecommerce Video Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices | Salsify

Salsify

If, as people say, a picture is worth a thousand words, smart marketers should realize: A video could be worth millions.

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Amazon offers sellers long-term inventory storage with new service

RetailDive

Amazon Warehousing & Distribution allows the company to capture more value from its fulfillment network, which has grappled with excess capacity this year.

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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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Reports: Chinese Ecommerce Player Pinduoduo Launches U.S. Site

Retail TouchPoints

Pinduoduo has made its most aggressive move yet into non-Chinese markets with the Sept. 1, 2022 launch of its Temu site, according to CNBC and other media reports. The site offers items across categories including apparel, jewelry, pet supplies and home and garden, many at bargain prices. Multiple women’s dresses are priced below $20 (some below $10 ) and only a few are above $50.

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Announcing The Forrester New Wave™: B2B Conversation Automation Solutions, Q3 2022

Forrester eCommerce

Marketers and technology vendors alike are rethinking approaches to engagement and enablement in response to the consumer-like behaviors of B2B buyers, heightened expectations for digital experiences, and the demands of a modernized workforce. The ability to automate conversational interactions using chatbots and virtual assistants (VAs) is one of many business requirements for organizations looking to […].

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UK small businesses squeezed by shrinking sales and unapproved debt

365 Retail

UK small businesses are navigating slowing sales growth, increasing payment waiting times and persistently soft jobs results, according to the latest data from Xero , the global small business platform. Xero’s Small Business Index is based on anonymised and aggregated data from hundreds of thousands of small businesses. In the UK, it fell to its lowest point (84 points) in July since February 2021.

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Amazon hits major setback in bid to overturn Staten Island union vote

RetailDive

An official with the National Labor Relations Board recommended the company’s objection to the voting process be rejected and the union certified.

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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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Reports: Amazon to Shut Down In-House Telehealth Service Following One Medical Acquisition

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon is planning to shutter its home-grown urgent and primary care offering, Amazon Care, following the July acquisition of the more advanced One Medical primary care business, multiple sources report. The news was announced in an internal memo to employees from Neil Lindsay, SVP of Amazon Health Services and Amazon Stores, according to GeekWire. In the letter, Lindsay said that after months of deliberation it was decided that Amazon Care was not “the right long-term solution for our enterpris

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Meet Zeid Khater, Forrester’s Newest Analyst Covering Customer Data and Analytics

Forrester eCommerce

Tell Us About Yourself I was born in Amman, Jordan. Some weeks after, my family relocated to the United States and settled in the Midwest. My childhood took me from Minneapolis to Milwaukee and eventually to the south suburbs of Chicago, where I currently reside. How Did You Get Interested in Data and Analytics? Growing […].

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Will inflation see a surge in supermarket loyalty schemes in the UK?

365 Retail

As Brits continue to face an inflation crisis with the cost-of-living continuing to surge, are supermarket loyalty schemes enough to retain customers? Cheetah Digital’s Jamshed Mughal, Global Head of Strategy, discusses. Are more customers likely to join loyalty schemes because of the cost-of-living crisis? According to pay.uk , most consumers have emerged from the pandemic with an unwavering sense of loyalty to the their favourite brands.

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Is Dillard’s setting the pace for mid-tier department stores?

RetailDive

As rivals struggle to redefine the legacy model, the Southern chain has stuck with its founding family — and retail fundamentals.

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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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Boxed Helps Shoppers Recycle Home Products With Mail-In Program

Retail TouchPoints

Boxed has partnered with TerraCycle to enable customers to recycle packaging for any brand of home essentials and personal care products. The effort, which is sponsored by Procter & Gamble, lets users mail in waste using a prepaid shipping label available online. Once collected, the packaging is cleaned, separated by material composition and reduced to pellets that can be remolded to make new recycled products.

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B2B Sales Leaders: Balance Strategic And Tactical Investments In 2023

Forrester eCommerce

Experience from past economic slumps indicates that B2B sales leaders’ budget plans must balance essential strategic investments with “quick win” tactical investments.

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Retail technology for building recession resilience

iVend

For retailers who weathered the pandemic storm, the lull has been short-lived, and they’re now battening down the hatches again in the face of the next assault – the predicted global recession. Driven by the impact of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, hikes in energy and food prices, and worldwide inflation, the world ‘ may soon be teetering on the edge of a global recession’ says the International Monetary Fund ( IMF).

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PVH to lay off 10% of its global workforce in coming months amid weak apparel demand

RetailDive

Trish Donnelly, who arrived from Urban Outfitters last year to lead Calvin Klein globally and all the company’s brands in North America, is leaving.

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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