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Is Your Checkout Ready for the Cross-Border Customer?

| Tim Parry

If your checkout is not properly optimized for cross-border customers, you could see poor conversion rates and have missed deliveries due to poor data quality. Register for Growing Global by May 29 to receive a completely-free checkout review courtesy of our headline sponsor, PostcodeAnywhere.

Curing A Business of the Survey Addiction

| David Trice

Given that customers are the most important, most valuable asset a business can possess, knowing and managing the performance of this asset should be just as rigorous as efforts to measure sales and revenue. Unfortunately, the measurement of customers typically begins and ends with the survey. There are numerous flaws with this approach.

Rue La La, Gilt Groupe, flash sales, ecommerce, retail, online retail, Zulily, luxury goods, high end, high-end retail

Rue La La Sees Continuing Mobile Adoption

| Tim Parry

Rue La La has a leadership in mobile penetration because of the very nature of its flash sales business. In this video, Rue La La CEO Steve Davis talks about why Thanksgiving shows the ongoing adoption of that channel by consumers, and why retailers need to step up to the plate.

holiday shopping, peak holiday season, holiday shipping, holiday shipping peak, ecommerce orders

Small Businesses Face Big Challenges this Holiday Season

| Matt Winn

With more and more holiday purchases shifting from in-store to online, smaller retailers are looking forward to making the most of this highly profitable selling period, undergoing preparations to handle the rush. See what they are doing to prepare.

Online Prices to Hit Rock Bottom Thanksgiving Day

| Tim Parry

Online prices will hit rock bottom on Thanksgiving Day, lower than any other day during the holiday season, according to the 2014 Digital Index Online Shopping Forecast. Here’s a look at some of the other trends ecommerce merchants need to watch this holiday season.