Former Borderfree Leaders Join Cross-Border Shopping Site iguama

| Tim Parry

Former Borderfree executives Michael DeSimone and Kris Green have taken on leadership roles at iguama, a Latin American online cross-border mall featuring popular U.S. brands and products. Read why DeSimone and Green are high on the start-up marketplace, and the Latin America market.

Week in Review: Ecommerce Sales Outpaced Store Growth

| Tim Parry

Ecommerce sales far outpaced the growth of sales at bricks-and-mortar stores, according to the results of Multichannel Merchant’s MCM Outlook 2016 survey. Find out what else can you learn from the MCM Outlook 2016 results.

China, chinese shopping, chinese ecommerce, chinese market, global, global ecommerce, Growing Global, ecommerce, buying online, online marketplace, Marketplaces, tmall.com, Taobao, Shipping/Delivery, shipping, logistics

Catchpoint Systems Expands Node Coverage In China

| Tim Parry

Catchpoint Systems has announced the addition of over 50 monitoring nodes in the last quarter, bringing its total to more than 500 worldwide. This expansion of new monitoring locations focuses on China, where the company has already invested heavily, as well as Africa and Iran.

Victoria’s Secret CEO Sharen Jester Turney Resigns

| Tim Parry

Turney has been with the company for nearly 16 years, joining as President and CEO of Victoria’s Secret Direct in 2000 and assuming responsibility for the brand as CEO in 2006. Here’s more about Turney’s replacement, and about how the brand has fared this year.

NRF, National Retail Federation

NRF Predicts Retail Sales to Grow 3.1% in 2016

| MCM Staff

As wage stagnation eases, job growth continues and consumer confidence remains steady, the National Retail Federation is calling for 3.1% growth in retail industry spending, despite economic headwinds such as ongoing concerns about China, according to NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay.

SEM, SEO, digital marketing, digital marketing trends 2016

Elite SEM Launches Division To Help Marketers Reach Active Shoppers

| MCM Staff

Operating from Philadelphia, Elite SEM’s Shopping & Feed Division manages a number of different services including Google Shopping and Bing Shopping, Data Feed Management, and Comparison Shopping Engines (CSEs) for clients that feature anywhere from a few thousand to tens of millions of products in online stores.