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Core Web Vitals: What Every CMO Should Know

| Jake Loveless

Website performance can be a complex topic, and with Google now throwing even more jargon into the mix (Core Web Vitals, anyone?) it’s easy to get lost. Here’s a breakdown of how page speed works, what metrics to pay attention to in order to retain consumers, and how to bring performance marketing into your CMO arsenal.

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Retail Technology for the Curious and the Cautious

| Michael Jaszczyk

Retailers are constantly being told to innovate and offer the latest and greatest tech in their stores whenever possible. While retail technology can move the needle on critical KPIs, change can also intimidate customers who are hesitant to try new technology. So how do you satisfy tech progressives and traditional shoppers?

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Walmart Marketplace: How Your Brand Can Win

| Nathan Rigby

A new marketplace creates opportunity, and you should develop a specific strategy for the Walmart marketplace. You should also measure the success of each campaign to determine what elements need optimization and the most effective ways to reach customers. Here are 3 ways to strategize for sales on Walmart.com.

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Amazon to Help Process Complaints on Defective 3P Products

| Mike O'Brien

Amazon is providing a new avenue for consumers who receive defective products sold by third parties that cause personal or property damage: Amazon itself will help facilitate the claim process, but the seller remains liable for any damages. Starting Sept. 1, Amazon’s policy calls for consumers to contact Amazon directly to file the claim.

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Back-to-School Booms, Faces Supply Challenges

| Mike O'Brien

While record spending is anticipated for back-to-school season this year, consumers may experience shortages in certain areas due to high demand, reduced inventories and ongoing pandemic-related supply chain and distribution issues, as well as fewer discounts.

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8 Steps to Increase Mobile App Security

| Gunjan Tripathi

In an age of apps, just creating one for your brand or ecommerce shop isn’t enough. You need to ensure your mobile app security and protect user data from a deadly hack leading to a loss of customers and a major hit to your business. So where to begin? Here are eight steps that must be taken to ensure mobile app security.

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Valuing and Selling Your Ecommerce Business

| Mark Goldfinger

Ecommerce has turned so mainstream that buyers are lining up to purchase them. So how to determine the value of yours? This is essential for getting to a sale but can also inform all kinds of decisions, from business expansion to estate management. Here are a few useful tools to determine how to best value your ecommerce business.

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BigCommerce Acquires Feedonomics

| Mike O'Brien

BigCommerce added a significant piece to its arsenal by acquiring the assets of feed management tool provider Feedonomics for $145M as it does battle with Shopify to be a platform of choice for everything from SMB, mid-market and enterprises. Observers said it brings BigCommerce closer but Shopify is still in a runaway lead.

Ecommerce Fraud Prevention Firm Riskified Goes Public

| Mike O'Brien

Ecommerce fraud prevention company Riskified has taken the major step into the public markets, launching an IPO today at $21 a share on the New York Stock Exchange as it looks to expand in Asia-Pacific, Latin America and western Europe and improve its technology for keeping bad actors out.

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The Future of Ecommerce Personalization is Context-Based

| Ofer Fryman

The traditional approach to personalized product recommendations will almost certainly miss the mark for customers and deliver weak business results. The true measure of effective personalization will be your ability to understand someone’s current contexts, and deliver exactly what they’re looking for in the moment of need.