5 Reasons Retailers Should Be Using Beacon Technology
Our always on, always connected world has reached a point where there are now 2.6 billion smartphone subscriptions globally.
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Essential Hardware Launches New Mobile-Friendly Website
With the amount of shopping done over mobile phones these days, Essential Hardware feels it’s pivotal to be at the forefront of usability and technology to make shopping an enjoyable experience no matter where you are. Here’s how Essential Hardware relaunched its ecommerce site with mobile in mind.
Home Depot Opens Massive Ohio Distribution Center
Home Depot has opened a 1.6 million square foot fulfillment center in Ohio to support its growing ecommerce business, which represents about 5% of sales.
There’s Free Shipping, Then There’s Stupidity
Actress Melissa Joan Hart should’ve known better than to exploit the Sept. 11 tragedy to promote her clothing line via a free shipping offer using “911.”
How Ecommerce Marketers Are Boosting Checkout Conversion
When a consumer gets to the checkout section of your website, you’re this close to closing the deal. See how ecommerce marketers are making the checkout process seamless.
Toys R Us Slashes Free Shipping Threshold from $49 to $19
Toys R Us, ahead of the holiday crowd, slashed its free shipping threshold for Toys R Us and Babies R Us from $49 to $19 except for some heavy/large items.
Uber Reportedly Working with Retailers on Same-Day Delivery
Uber plans to provide dozens of retail and apparel brands in New York and San Francisco with same-day delivery, and is in talks with ecommerce platforms.
Sole Society Opens First Retail Store
Sole Society, a leading lifestyle brand of women’s shoes, handbags, and accessories, opened its doors to their first brick-and-mortar retail store at Santa Monica Place. See what this will mean for the brand.
Ecommerce, Same-Day Delivery Driving More Spec DCs
Driven by the growth in ecommerce and same-day delivery, more distribution centers are being built on spec as demand causes available space to tighten up.
L.L. Bean Ecommerce Pioneer Leon A. Gorman Dies at 80
Leon A. Gorman, who ran L.L. Bean for 30 years and grew it into an outdoor catalog and ecommerce juggernaut, died Thursday at his home in Yarmouth, ME.