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Wholesale B2B eCommerce: Platforms, Trends & Tools You Need

Groove

The Growth of Wholesale B2B eCommerce Market Trends and Projections The wholesale B2B eCommerce sector is booming. Enhanced Customer Experience : Self-service portals and personalized recommendations empower B2B buyers to make informed decisions without delay. This improves initial conversion rates.

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Costco Bucks the Anti-DEI Trend

Retail TouchPoints

Costcos action is significant given the recent trend of companies to abandon or soft-pedal their DEI efforts, including Tractor Supply , Walmart , Target , John Deere, Harley-Davidson and Lowes. We believe that these efforts enhance our capacity to attract and retain employees who will help our business succeed.

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Private Label Everything: Why ‘Off-Brand’ is On-Trend

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers like Walmart, Target and most recently Albertsons are adjusting their strategy in response to a sea change in consumer preference, driven largely by Gen Z, who eschew logos and name recognition for store brands that espouse premium quality and on-trend products that meet their needs and preferences.

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Holiday Shopping Trends and Payments Innovations: Experience as Competitive Advantage

Retail TouchPoints

We’ve compiled a list of payments innovations that align with holiday shopping trends, highlighting why this is a critical time for retailers aiming to win consumer loyalty. How can retailers update their payments systems to meet rapidly changing consumer behavior during peak demand?

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Why Offshoring is Better than Outsourcing

But these trends of non-traditional employment are creating as many questions as they answer. Offshoring and outsourcing are becoming more mainstream across organizations of all industries and sizes. One question that’s positioned to answer many others is this: Is offshoring or outsourcing the better option?

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The Ten Most Important Cloud Trends For 2024

Forrester eCommerce

Forrester’s top ten cloud trends for 2024 report is out. Tracking these trends was a collective effort with all of my […] No one will be surprised that AI figures prominently. Yet there are other fundamental shifts in play — the rise of the intelligent edge, increased cloud compliance complexity, and (finally!)

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2025 Trends: AI Continues its Rise, Tariffs’ Uncertain Impact, Circular Commerce Blossoms

Retail TouchPoints

at KYMA at Hudson Yards, to discuss a few of the key trends retail will be grappling with in 2025 for this blog post. [Editors note: I sat down with the folks at PAN, our co-host for an exclusive event that will take place Monday, Jan. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. Read on to take a look at the issues we plan to watch and cover onRetail TouchPoints.

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Learn Today, Sell Tomorrow: Increasing ROI & Conversions Through Search Metrics

Tracking this trend data can demonstrate what content or products offer the most value to your visitors, making it easier to improve upon the user experience as a whole. The right site search solution will help drive traffic by providing relevant results to visitors' search queries.

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How to Address the Needs of the Next Generation of e-Commerce Customers

Speaker: Jenn VandeZande, Head of Digital Engagement Strategy at SAP Customer Experience | Beth Scott, VP, Business Operations - Supply Chain | Nikki Grigsby, PHR, Chief Operations Officer at Syndigo | Levana Wang, Content Creator, Gen Z Expert

Furthermore, there's the growth of social commerce, evolution of omnichannel commerce, in-store transformation, and online/offline hybridization, all of which are becoming e-Commerce trends that will inevitably shape the 2022 innovation landscape.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back.

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Emerging Trends That Will Move Commerce in 2022

We’ve compiled the predictions into a guide: Commerce Trends in 2022. The B2C and B2B eCommerce trends that we expect to accelerate. Download your complimentary copy of the Commerce Trends in 2022 guide now. In this guide, you’ll get insights into: When and how supply chain woes could ease up.

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Industry Shake-Up: 2023 Commerce Trends To Rock Your World

Speaker: Ashlee Aldridge - Reach Partners LLC | Bill Mirabito - Chameleon Collective | Ronak Shah - PSA Retail & CPG, Amazon Web Services | Wayne Teigen - Pivotree

What trends can online merchants expect after more than two years of exponential growth? Companies must expand on the trends that exploded during the pandemic if they want to see continued growth in their businesses while facing a recessionary economy.

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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.

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Post-Pandemic eCommerce Growth: Leverage Product Data, Market Research & Shopping Trends

Speaker: Phil Irvine, VP & Director of Audience Intelligence

How to create an environment to stay ahead of key macro shopper trends to help inform evolutions with marketing strategy development. Thoughts around how to leverage persona development to put in practice new marketing experiences to drive more growth. August 26th, 2021 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm GMT

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Management Techniques for Offshore Employees

International remote hiring is trending up, fueled by a rise in the global talent pool and more cost-effective candidates outside of the United States. Here we take a closer look at how HR departments and leaders are evolving with this trend.