JustFab and ShoeDazzle Agree to Merger

| MCM Staff

With the merger, JustFab and ShoeDazzle will be able to expand their customer base in the United States and further accelerate international and category expansion plans, as well as leverage significant scale and operational synergies.

Infographic Using Big Data To Your Advantage

| Daniela Forte

With Big Data all the buzz these days, merchants are have the opportunity to make real what was once too costly or visionary to achieve a possibility, especially with the use of innovative analytics slutions according to an infographic by SAP.

J.C. Penney Grows Ecommerce Sales 14% in July

| Tim Parry

Net sales at J.C. Penney continue to decline, but the general merchants’ second-quarter results show sudden double-digit growth in its ecommerce channel. Here’s why sales at jcp.com have improved each month within the second quarter, and July sales are up over 14% to last year.

Dick’s Sporting Goods Says Cooler Temps Behind Sluggish Sales

| Erin Lynch

Dick’s Sporting Goods reported a lower-than-expected second quarter, which the sports retailer said was due in large part to “higher levels of precipitation and cooler temperatures.” Dick’s, however, did report that net sales for the second quarter increased 6.6% to $1.5 billion.

Tweets from eTail East, Day 2

| Tim Parry

Did you miss eTail East this week in Philadelphia? Here’s a recap of the top tweets of Day 2: [View the story “Day 2 – #eTailEast 2013 Tweets” on Storify]

Infographic B2B Social Media is Not Dead

| Erin Lynch

Contrary to popular belief, social media in the business-to-business community is not dead. In fact, to many B2Bers, social media is an excellent tool used for gaining brand awareness, customer acquisition, lead generation, customer loyalty/retention, and thought leadership.

Infographic Give The Consumers What They Want: Video

| Daniela Forte

What merchants are offering with product videos and what shoppers are expecting may be two different things. This infographic by Invodo takes a look at what merchants are offering versus what consumers want in a product video.
The infographic shows that 71% of consumers say video the best way to bring product features to life and 40% of retailers are aware that videos actually work when it comes to increased purchases.