Week in Review: A Mixed Bag of Retail Financials
In a week heavy with retail financials from major companies, there were some clear winners and losers.
Must Reads
ArtistBe.com Sees Success with Website Redesign
ArtistBe.com, an online artist community showcasing original art of both established and emerging artists from around the world announced the completion of its fully responsive design and optimization of its website. See what results it has gained since its roll out.
Target Aims at Being a Digital Leader
Target is making active plans to become a leader in digital as it moves forward to the rest of the year. See what plans Target has in place for the rest of 2015.
Shippers Weighing Options As Ports Jockey for Position
While cargo is flowing back to West coast ports after labor issues were settled, it’s growing faster at East and Gulf ports as shippers weigh their options.
6 Tips for Preventing Credit Card Chargebacks and Friendly Fraud
“Friendly fraud” or charge fraud occurs when consumers initiate unwarranted chargebacks for items they purchased in an attempt to avoid paying for them. Here are six tips to help you prevent credit card chargebacks and friendly fraud:
J.C. Penney Gears Up For Its Omnichannel Future
While J.C. Penney admits to still being behind curve with its transition to omnichannel, the company is satisfied with the progress it has made. See what plans it has for the year ahead.
Nordstrom Highlights Omnichannel Experience in Q2 Gains
Nordstrom is making the customer the center of its strategy as it focuses on creating a differentiated experience in each of its businesses, executives noted while delivering a strong second quarter report.
New Study Reveals Key Attributes of High-Performing Cross-Border Ecommerce Sites
PYMNTS.com and Digital River have released their third quarter X-Border Payments Optimization Index, which measures merchant readiness to capture the estimated $300 billion cross-border ecommerce opportunity.
Going Mobile to Capture the Impulse Buyer
Today’s impulse buyers are armed with smartphones. And if your ecommerce site is not mobile-friendly, and ready to handle the impulse buyer, you may be losing out on a sale. Here’s how you need to optimize your mobile commerce site to capture the impulse buyer.
B2B Ecommerce Can’t Completely Copy its B2C Counterparts
The notion of consumerization of B2B ecommerce comes up a lot because B2B customers are increasingly expecting that B2C experience. Yes, there are more bells and whistles than ever in B2B ecommerce, but there’s not a straight conversion between the B2B and B2C audiences, says Steven Baruch, Vice President of Strategy for MSC Industrial Supply.