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5 Analytics-Driven Strategies to Meet Holiday Shopper Expectations

| Nick Leeper

To satisfy consumer demand and expectations this holiday season, retailers must determine what the customer wants, when they want it, to make it available via the channel they want, at the exact moment they want it. Here are five strategies to meet your customer’s expectations this holiday season.

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Beyond the Jargon: the Future of IoT and Retail

| Ilan Hertz

Cost savings play a major role in the IoT messaging of major software vendors. But in a recent survey, retailers valued IoT data analytics as a way to improve merchandising, not operations. See what is happening and what does IoT data analytics offer retailers.

Trump Beating Clinton… In Ecommerce Merchandise Searches

| Tim Parry

The number of Americans who have searched for Donald Trump merchandise since April outnumbers those who have searched for Hillary Clinton merchandise by a margin of almost five-to-one. But when looking at the boost in online searches for such merchandise prior to and just after each candidate’s nominating convention, Clinton received the bigger “bounce.” Here’s a deep dive into presidential ecommerce merchandise search stats from Hitwise, a division of Connexity.

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Mobile Searches Continue to Play Major Role for In-Store Customers

| Daniela Forte

Mobile searches are important to customers even after they enter the thresholds of stores. A new study revealed that 77% of retail searches that mention “coupon” are initiated on a smartphone or tablet. Comparison searches that have the potential to close a sale, such as those focused on “return policy,” “price match” or “reviews” were initiated on a mobile device at least 77% of the time. See why it is important to understand the device that the searches are coming when it comes to completing the sale.

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Walmart Testing Drones for DC Inventory Management

| Mike O'Brien

Walmart has begun testing drones in its distribution centers for scanning inventory, completing in an hour what it would take two associates a month to do. This seems a more practical and easier to achieve use of the technology than home delivery, and will aid the company in its ecommerce fulfillment battle with Amazon.

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Natural Language Generation Is Coming to Ecommerce

| Adam Long

If you ask an ecommerce professional to list the most important skills in their industry, writing may not be at the top of the list. But well-written copy is essential to the business, both for describing products and reaching out to customers.

6 Best Practices for Ecommerce Site Search

| James Van Arsdale III

If you’re building your brand successfully, site traffic should be rising. It’s been estimated that up to 30% of ecommerce site visitors utilize site search. Here’s how to ensure your customers can search for and find exactly what they want.

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