B2B ecommerce is valuable in describing transactions which happen between the online businesses. Notably, this refers to the B2B portals which allow advertising and buying of services and inventory amongst businesses in the same industry. Here are the six benefits of ecommerce for B2B firms.
1-800-Flowers is leveraging technology in a variety of ways to take advantage of its biggest shopping holiday, Valentine’s Day, including upgrades to voice ordering and to its mobile app and website.
In years past, the term “peak season” has typically referred to the higher sales, and in turn the higher profits, retailers see in late Q4. Here are just a few areas retailers are using peak season data to improve future strategies, as well as some questions to consider.
Amazon is making a push for the Middle East, particularly Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. CNBC reported the ecommerce giant has been reaching out to large third-party sellers in North America about the opportunity to expand in the underserved, oil-rich region.
AI and chatbots are changing the way retailers connect with customers, becoming even more integral to the online journey from beginning to end. Here are three ways they’re transforming retail in 2019.
Walmart is removing its products from the Google Express delivery service and the Google Shopping Actions platform, after offering them there for a little over a year in an effort to grow ecommerce sales and do battle with Amazon. Here is a look back at the Google and Walmart partnership.
Amazon has taken ownership of the U.S. ecommerce journey, with nearly nine out of 10 domestic shoppers visiting the marketplace during their purchase cycle and 50% of them beginning product searches there, according to data from Feedvisor.
David Kornberg, president and CEO of Columbus, OH-based retail chain Express, is stepping down from his job and relinquishing his seat on the board of directors, staying on in transition through Feb. 21, after a disappointing holiday season.
As an industry, retail’s reputation for providing software security has taken some hits. The top 15 data breaches of the current century include Target in 2013, with account information on an estimated 110 million customers compromised; TJX in 2006, with 94 million credit cards exposed; and Home Depot in September 2014, with about 56 million customer credit/debit cards compromised. Here is a look at how retailers can beef up their security to ensure that data breaches are a thing of the past.
There’s a disconnect between what retailers offer customers and what they want in terms of new technologies in the shopping experience, according to a study by Oracle + Netsuite, The Retail Doctor and Wakefield Research. The global study of 1,200 consumers and 400 retail executives across the U.S., UK and Australia found the disconnect spans retail, social media, personalization and the use of advanced technologies such as chatbots, AI and VR.