Business Ideas
3 Ways to Create Community in Experience-Driven Retail
Agile tech platforms that work in the background are the key to scaling while maintaining brand quality.
Online Retail
Marketing
Your Website’s Success Depends on Collaboration. Here’s How to Get It Right (and Make More Sales in Return).
A website's performance depends on a group of passionate, cross-functional champions who can get the right things done fast. Here are three ways I've helped dozens of teams balance competing priorities and get the most out of their most important digital asset.
Marketing
How Online Retailers Can Recreate the In-Store Experience and Drive Sales
Customers are prioritizing experience when it comes to online shopping, and to meet those expectations, business leaders and entrepreneurs need to focus on these two things.
By Sean Whitley
Thought Leaders
You Can Launch An Online Store for $20.00 a Month…But Can You? These 3 Ecommerce Myths Are Hurting You
The idea of small businesses creating their own websites and seeing immediate returns is touted by all of the ecommerce service providers. The reality of the investment and time it takes to develop and grow an online business is much different from an entrepreneur's perspective.
By Kate Isler
Business Ideas
A Practical Guide to Navigating Economic Uncertainty in the Retail Industry
During periods of economic uncertainty, it's essential to have a solid foundation on which to run your business. Now is a good time to return to the basics and get your retail ducks in a row.
By Ana Wight
Tech
5 Ways Ecommerce Businesses Can Keep Their Customer Data Safe
Data security in ecommerce is of utmost importance if you want repeat customers. Here are five ways to help ecommerce businesses keep their customer's data safe.
Tech
Chatbots Are Changing the Client-Service Game. Here’s What You Need to Know.
The advantages of the chatbot apps emerging in some fields seem promising, but they come with some concerns.
Building a Business
Drive Your Online Business’s Sales With 5 Simple Strategies
Here are five strategies for growing your online business.
By Murali Nethi
Thought Leaders
Thinking About Writing a Book? Here’s Why You Should Publish it Yourself.
You may be better off taking the DIY approach.
By J.J. Hebert
Thought Leaders
A Complete Guide to Selling on Facebook Shops for Small Businesses (Infographic)
With online shopping more critical than ever, here's how to out-sell the competition on Facebook.
Business News
Feds: Amazon Staffers Took Bribes to Prop Up Sketchy Merchants, Products
According to the indictment, the bribes went to at least 10 Amazon employees and contractors, who could reinstate merchants and products previously suspended over safety and counterfeit complaints.
By Michael Kan
Tech
What Comes Next for Ecommerce and Digital Retail?
How can you prepare for the future of online retail?
By John Rampton
Building a Business
This Startup Bought Lord & Taylor. Can It Change the Way We Shop?
Online clothing-rental startup Le Tote recently bought Lord & Taylor, and has ambitious plans to reinvent its business. Welcome to the craziest bet in retail.
Building a Business
How to Remain Competitive in a Saturated Online Retail Market
Strategies for staying ahead amid a dizzying e-commerce landscape.
Marketing
Why Digital Marketers Should Be More Like Personal Shoppers
When you customize the experience to fit the customer, everyone wins.
By Karl Wirth
Thought Leaders
Here’s How Small Businesses Beat the Ecommerce Big Guys
Offer flawless service, and your customers will keep coming back.
By Jake Rheude
Business Ideas
These 2 Graphs Explain the Retail ‘Apocalypse’
Brick-and-mortar stores can't beat the convenience of online shopping, and they shouldn't try. Customers come through their doors for something else.
Business News
Amazon Lowers Free Shipping Threshold to $25
The $10 drop is a boon for non-Prime customers who don't mind waiting for their shipments to arrive, but it comes as Walmart has upped the free shipping ante.
By Tom Brant
Tech
The Challenges of Omnichannel and How Retailers Might Solve Them
Customers are among the biggest challenge for retailers aiming to maximize their omnichannel potential.
Marketing
4 Ways Brick-and-Mortar Stores Can Outsell Online Retailers
Follow these steps to beat Amazon at its own game.
Business Accounting
8 Security Tips for Small Businesses Accepting Online Payments in 2017
Consumers have high expectations that businesses will keep their credit card information secure.
By John Rampton
Building a Business
Bold, New Ecommerce Businesses Are the Ones Holding Sway in the Online Marketplace
Customers have more online choices than ever before -- and shoppers are buying into the concept.
Business News
Wal-Mart to Buy Jet.com for About $3.3 Billion
The deal would help Wal-Mart better compete with Amazon.com and other online retailers.
By Reuters
Building a Business
A Smart Retail Return Policy Is Much More Than Free Shipping
The more retailers can learn about why products get returned, the more they can do to prevent them.
Business News
Amazon Is Bringing Back ‘Prime Day,’ a Day of Shopping With Special Deals Every 5 Minutes
Starting at midnight PT on July 12 , Amazon Prime members will be able to shop across nearly all product categories and take advantage of new deals.
By Eugene Kim
Building a Business
5 Easy Strategies to Prevent Costly Retail Returns
No longer seen as a cost of doing business, product returns are a real threat to the bottom line of all retailers.
Building a Business
The Road From Product to Experience for Luxury Offerings
People prefer to spend their money on experiences over things and access over ownership.
By Toby Bottorf