How Subscriptions With Curation Are the Keys to CPGs’ Long-Term Success
Consumer packaged goods companies haven’t changed their stride in decades — not necessarily because they didn’t want to, but because they didn’t have to.
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Two Years In, Retailers Struggle to Fight Fraud Post EMV
It’s been two years since the EMV liability shift put merchants on the hook for any losses to online fraud. New data from Javelin Strategy & Research and Vesta Corp. suggests ecommerce fraud headaches for American retailers will be far worse than anything their foreign counterparts could have imagined.
Cyber Monday Sets New Record as Largest Online Sales Day
Cyber Monday hit a new record as the largest U.S. online sales day in history, with $6.59 billion in sales, up 16.8% from $5.6 billion in 2016. Here is an overview of how the rest of the weekend went for retailers.
Wayfair Sees 53% Increase in Direct Retail Sales Over the Holiday Weekend
Wayfair Inc. reported a 53% increase year-over-year in direct retail sales from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. Here are some other results reported by the home furnishings brand.
Big Data, Big Brands: The Data Network Effect Takes Hold
What do Amazon, Netflix and Tesla have in common? They’re all data-driven companies that rely heavily on analytics. Here are several business models are working data differently.
6 Tips for Retailers Transitioning to Lean UX Practices
A strong customer experience is the best way for retailers to cultivate positive consumer opinion. While that may seem turnkey, consumers’ expectations are constantly rising; no longer can a brand provide the best customer experience within their industry – the experience must transcend through verticals and be the best ever, period. Here are six ways to gain lean UX success.
5 Retail Security Tips: Don’t Let Hackers Ruin the Holiday Season
With the holiday shopping season well underway, many people are taking advantage of brick-and-mortar and online deals. That means hackers will be working overtime to gain access to consumers’ personal information through retailers for malicious purposes.
Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2017 – Lessons Learned from Years Past
History has shown that no retail ecommerce site, no matter how prominent, is immune to performance (speed, availability) problems under the weight of holiday web traffic. Here are several tips to think about in order to avoid any ecommerce issues during the busiest time of the year.
Black Friday Sees $5.03 Billion in Ecommerce Sales, Up 16.9%
A record $5.03 billion was spent online this Black Friday, up 16.9% from $4.3 billion in 2016, according to data from Adobe. It’s also been a very mobile holiday thus far, with more than half of ecommerce traffic coming through smartphones or tablets for the first time, Adobe reported.
Hincapie Sportswear Finds Omnichannel Success in the Cloud
As your omnichannel business continues to grow, how do you create a unified view of customer and sales data across channels? For Hincapie Sportswear, a cloud-based unified data solution helped it gain greater visibility into revenue streams, turning opportunities into sales more quickly while gaining overall operating efficiency.