Gilt Groupe Buys Decorati
To help it launch a broader home decor business, private sale ecommerce merchant Gilt Groupe has acquired social shopping site Decorati. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Ecommerce
Consumers Making Most of Mobile Search
Mobile search is on the rise, and this is a missed opportunity for merchants. According to a study released March 21 by performance marketing agency Performics, more than three-quarters of smartphone owners who use the mobile web more than once a day …
Too Much External Coding Can Slow Your Site
Script coming in from Facebook is not the only thing that can slow a site down, though it’s evident in this case when you load Shop Rite’s circular pages. Any time you add third-party coding, you have to deal with additional sets out outside servers.
Mobile App Push May Be Softening
Merchants seem to be shying away from creating apps for specific mobile devices and are instead creating sites that are native to mcommerce, according to Bernardine Wu, founder/CEO of ecommerce consultancy FitFotCommerce.
Groupon Delivered a Super Bowl Gaffe
IN GROUPON’S MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR SUPER GAFFE, Timothy Hutton trivialized Tibetan political strife. Elizabeth Hurley mocked deforestation. Cuba Gooding
Online Shoes Masters the Box Step
MULTICHANNEL MERCHANT THREE YEARS AGO RAN AN ARTICLE TITLED THE BOX STEP. This refers to the catalog box dance the happy jig customers do, hopefully,
Payment card industry standards: The rundown on 2.0
Version 2.0 of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) went into effect on Jan. 1. But thanks to some recent procedural changes, validation
Seven Steps For Long-Term Mobile Success
A successful mobile strategy requires an investment of time and resources and some long-term thinking, but the payback is an increase in revenue, branding and customer loyalty. Once your mobile channel is live and available for consumers to interact with, here are seven steps to ensure that it is a long-term success.
Nordstrom Jumps Into Private Sale Game
General merchandise retailer Nordstrom acquired online private-sale merchant HauteLook on Feb. 17. It hopes to better compete with the Rue La Las, Gilts and Ideelis for flash sales.
GSI Commerce Buying Sports Merchandise Retailer
To extend its reach in licensed sports merchandise, GSI Commerce announced Feb. 9 that it will acquire Fanatics for $277 million, including $171 million of cash and $106 million of GSI common stock.