Get Social with the Multichannel Merchant Editors
Want to get social with the Multichannel Merchant editorial staff? Here’s how you can reach Tim Parry, Erin Lynch, Daniela Forte and Ellen Shannon through various social media channels.
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Funniest Amazon Product Reviews of All Time… Or At Least Today
If you’re Amazon, you can turn funny reviews into comic gold. Even before the Three Moon Wolf T-Shirt became a viral wonder, trolls and customers alike have used their wit and wisdom to create fake product reviews on Amazon.com. Here’s our gallery of the funniest Amazon product reviews of all time.
Catalogers Speak Out Against Marketplace Fairness Act
Executives from 11 companies share their reasons why the Marketplace Fairness Act would be a burden to their companies – and to their customers.
J.C. Penney Grows Ecommerce Sales 14% in July
Net sales at J.C. Penney continue to decline, but the general merchants’ second-quarter results show sudden double-digit growth in its ecommerce channel. Here’s why sales at jcp.com have improved each month within the second quarter, and July sales are up over 14% to last year.
Free Shipping Doesn’t Kill the Bottom Line
The words “free shipping” may make operations managers cringe, but it doesn’t mean it has to kill a merchant’s bottom line. Here’s what motivates customers of Vermont Teddy Bear and Spreadshirt to pull the trigger on free shipping deals, and why it’s okay to have free shipping as a regular, every day option.
Amazon Outage Causes Tweetnado
Amazon had an outage Aug. 19, for about an hour. And the Twittersphere lost its mind! Here’s a look at some of the top tweets about the day Amazon stood still.
Tweets from eTail East, Day 2
Did you miss eTail East this week in Philadelphia? Here’s a recap of the top tweets of Day 2: [View the story “Day 2 – #eTailEast 2013 Tweets” on Storify]
Top Tweets from #eTailEast Day 1
Couldn’t make it to eTail East? Here’s our Storify recap of August 13, 2013, which was Day 1 of eTail East. [View the story “Tweets from #eTailEast 2013 – Day … Continue Reading →
A Sampling of Reactions to @childrensplace’s Sexist T-shirt
[View the story “Sampling of Reactions to @childrensplace’s Sexist T-shirt” on Storify]
Proposed Legislation Could Keep Seniors from Catalog Shopping
My recently-widowed father has become addicted to catalog shopping. But if Congress has its way, he, and a lot of other senior citizens, could change their shopping habits. Here’s why, if your business caters to seniors, you need to step up to Congress and fight for your customers.