Walmart to Open New Ecommerce Distribution Center in Indiana
Walmart will open a 1.2 million sf distribution center in Indiana by 2015 that will distribute goods to more than 160 million people in two days or less.
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ArtistBe.com Puts Artists Front and Center with Redesign
ArtistBe.com gives contemporary artists the platform to showcase their art. The redesign features more social tools including Facebook, Pinterest, Google+ and Twitter.
Why Not Pinterest?
Pinterest seems to be the social media channel of choice these days for direct-to-consumer retailers. How are you, as a direct-to-consumer retailer, using Pinterest to your advantage?
OverstockArt.com Celebrates Mom With a Pinterest Contest
OverstockArt.com is once again heading to Pinterest to celebrate mom with a Mother’s Day Pinterest contest.
Express Reports 14% Hike in Ecommerce Sales for 4Q 2013
Express saw an increase of 14% in its ecommerce sales in the fourth quarter of 2013 over 2012. For the entire year, the retailer reports a 25% increase in ecommerce sales over 2012.
Online Sales Rose 8% Before Valentine’s Day
Online shopping saw a rise of 8% during the week of Valentine’s Day compared to the same period in 2013, according to recent data from IBM.
The Top 5 Ecommerce Tests You Should be Running Right Now
Online retailers are always on the lookout for ways to drive additional revenue, accept during the holiday time, when merchants are generally focused on securing sales. But the smartest retailers are also concentrating on website performance and how to use the holiday shopping season to derive data. Here are 5 things you can do, right now, that will help increase conversion rates throughout 2014.
Walmart Sees One Billion Pages Views Over Cyber Weekend
Cyber Monday proved to be the biggest online sales day in the history of Walmart. In fact, according to the retailer, from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday was the highest five-day stretch in online sales for the retailer in its history with over one billion page views processed.
Walmart Serves 22 Million Thanksgiving Day Customers
Walmart.com processed nearly 400 million page views on Thanksgiving Day, including customers who used mobile devices and tablets.
Vitamin Shoppe Sees 17% Increase in Ecommerce Sales
Vitamin Shoppe has announced its preliminary results for the third quarter which ended on September 28. According to the results, total net sales this quarter increased by 14% and ecommerce sales increased by nearly 18% compared to 2012.