O+F Advisor 10-29-14

| Chris Intili

View Web Version O+F Advisor Operations & Fulfillment Strategies & Tactics October 28 , 2014 Retailers Preparing for Surge in Omnichannel Holiday Shopping Free Returns, Cyber Monday Shipping Times Trending … Continue Reading →

Retailers Preparing for Surge in Omnichannel Holiday Shopping

| MCM Staff

With expectations higher than ever for a merry omnichannel holiday season, retailers are assertively preparing their shipping operations to avoid delivery and service hiccups. According to Shop.org’s eHoliday survey, more merchants are not going to push guaranteed deliveries to the brink this holiday season.

PIM System Helps Speed Up Schneider Electric Buildings Business

| Daniela Forte

In an effort to speed up system upload times and deliver richer product information through all customer touch points, Schneider Electric Buildings Business (SEBB) partnered with data management provider Riversand and now sees a 75% reduction in product information upload time.

China and Alibaba: Ecommerce News Dominators

| Daniela Forte

When I was setting up our MCM Global Ecommerce newsletter, I was trying keep a balanced list of our top global articles and couldn’t help but see so many of them were about companies making active plans to go into the Chinese market.

MCM Thursday 10/23/14

| Chris Intili

Chief Direct Marketer View Web Version MCM THURSDAY News and Intelligence for the Multichannel Merchant October 23, 2014 Hobo Launches Responsive Ecommerce Site Search, Social Campaigns Show Strong Efficiency Rates … Continue Reading →

Will Apple Pay Launch This Week?

| Daniela Forte

For customers using Apple Pay wanting to pay for something in an app, can just tap “Pay with Apple Pay” by putting their finger on the fingerprint reader. The charge will go straight to the credit or debit card.

MCM Tuesday 10-21-14

| Chris Intili

Chief Direct Marketer View Web Version MCM TUESDAY News and Intelligence for the Multichannel Merchant October 21, 2014 Making the Most of Seasonal Peaks in Consumer Shopping Digital Drives the … Continue Reading →

4 Ways to Enhance Your Omnichannel Holiday Strategy

| Sue Chapman

An omnichannel strategy allowes shoppers to buy online, pick up in-store, make returns and price match with other stores and sites. Here are four areas to plan for to enhance your omnichannel strategy for the holidays.

What to Make of Amazon’s Brick-and-Mortar Store Launch

| Tim Parry

What we know is that the Amazon store has two loading docks, and a tremendous amount of foot traffic. It’s speculated that Amazon will use the store as a same-day delivery hub, and to process returns.