So what can you do to improve your chances of winning the buy box? While Amazon looks at many variables, there are a few things merchants can do today to increase their chances of winning the buy box over the upcoming holiday period:
Shop.org today released its 2014 online holiday sales forecast, expecting sales in November and December to grow between 8% and 11% over last holiday season to as much as $105 billion.
Reaching the shopper today is not just about engagement through conversation, but it is about how a consumer is visually stimulated when engaging with a brand on social media that could eventually lead them down the path to purchase.
UPS announced last week it launched a customer pickup program trial in mid-July that allows people to pick up parcels from 172 retail locations in Chicago and New York.
Amazon announced it was opening a fifth California fulfillment center in Redlands, giving it nearly 5 million square feet of fulfillment space in the state.
Retailers are diving into online retail as consumers across the globe in both developed and devloping markets across the globe, according to this infographic by SnapParcel. Global online retail sales has seen an increase of 17% since 2007.
Rue La La has hired JP Morgan Chase to seek strategic alternatives, including finding a buyer, and Gilt Groupe is seen as the leading contender.
Attendees at Multichannel Merchant’s Growing Global conference last week heard again and again that the global ecommerce window is wide open.
Data from its PowerUp rewards program has helped fuel omnichannel growth for retailer GameStop.
Retailers and retail experts contacted by Multichannel Merchant were mixed in terms of the impact of the new Amazon Fire phone.