Vendor selection is extremely important in determining how well you serve customers in a multichannel environment. The key is to understand which vendors are trying to adopt a multichannel model, the effectiveness of their approach, and how well they are working with merchants to make it fit their business models.
After years in the supply chain consulting business, Tompkins International is launching the MonarchFx Alliance, a consortium of technology and service providers it says will eventually provide more efficient, faster ecommerce fulfillment across sectors including apparel, furniture and appliances, cross-border, cold storage and stores. See what else the alliance has in store, and who has partnered with it.
Augmented reality could very well change the face of online retail. This infographic by Augment offers an inside look at what augmented reality could mean for retailers in the future.
Add The Limited to the growing list of retail chains foundering on troubled waters as the company, a victim of changing tastes, ecommerce and fast fashion, announced it is closing all of its 250 U.S. stores. Find out which other retail chains are closing their store locations and what this will mean for the retail industry as a whole.
In a brutal retail environment, retail chains continue to shutter hundreds of store locations even as ecommerce growth continues to boom. See what is causing the store closures and how ecommerce is playing a role.
Jet.com through its parent company, Walmart, has acquired ShoeBuy.com for $70 million. See what this will mean for Jet.com and ShoeBuy.com.
Amazon shipped over 2 billion items worldwide in 2016 for third-party sellers on its marketplace using its fulfillment services – more than double the figure from 2015. See what other milestones the company achieved in 2016 and during the holiday season.
Omnichannel and mobile marketing is a phrase ecommerce brands have been hearing quite a bit lately. Both mobile and omnichannel go hand in hand, as mobile influences today’s shoppers with the omnichannel journey. Here is why marketers need to move from simply operating multiple channels to have a truly holistic strategy this year.
Speed is an essential ingredient of customer engagement. Here is how speed on your ecommerce site can improve sales.
To combat online fraud post-EMV, the Electronic Funds Transfer Association (EFTA) is calling for more stringent user authentication and urging industry stakeholders to push for wider adoption. See what else the EFTA found in terms of fraud and chargeback frequency, and what the industry is doing in response.