Omnichannel Crystal Ball: What’s Ahead in 2014?
What will retail look like in 2014? Contributing writer Jonathan Levitt sees two major emerging trends occurring in the New Year: the rise of the ubiquitous shopper and wide-scale retail automation.
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China’s Single’s Day Breaks World Record with $5.7 Billion in Sales
China’s largest shopping event, Single’s Day, topped nearly $6 billion in sales in just 24-hours, making it the largest single shopping day event in the world.
Avoiding IT Outages During the Holiday Season
For online retailers, the holiday selling season is critical to their financial strength and even survival. That’s why it’s imperative to keep your IT operations up and running and to recognize and repel cyber-attackers. While it’s probably too late to take major actions this holiday season, retailers can still take some steps to minimize such disruptions.
Responsive Design: Friend or Foe?
As smartphones and tablets catch up to the desktop as a popular shopping device for consumers, more and more retailers are revamping their marketing strategies and ecommerce websites to include responsive design. But is that a good thing?
7 Tips for Selecting Your Next Ecommerce Platform
With so many choices available, how do you decide which ecommerce platform best suits your company’s needs?
Small Merchants Strike Out with Mobile Optimization
While mobile traffic is becoming a major player when it comes to ecommerce, nearly half of the small retailers out there are unaware of exactly how much traffic is coming from smartphones or tablets.
SAP to Acquire hybris
In what SAP is calling an effort to deliver the next-generation ecommerce platform, the software firm has announced plans to acquire the Swiss-based omnichannel technology company hybris.
Making the Decision to Replatform
Swapping out your first ecommerce platform and transitioning to a new one can be scary and daunting. So where do you begin?
10 Tips on SEO Tactics
SEO is an important part of customer engagement and brand recognition. Adam Audette, president of Rimm-Kaufman Group offered these 10 tips on tried and true SEO tactics.
Amazon Launches Marketplace in India
Amazon has officially launched Amazon.in in India, making it the tenth marketplace for the global ecommerce company.