Mobile conversion remains the crux of mobile adoption in retail
Ecommerce

Mobile conversion remains the crux of mobile adoption in retail

9y Evan Magliocca

Mobile conversion remains the crux of mobile adopt...

Despite the meteoric rise of ecommerce, mobile conversion rates are still a critical issue for retailers. Read More...

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Key insights from the ‘Mobile App vs Mobile Web’ webinar
Disruptive MarTech

Key insights from the ‘Mobile App vs Mobile Web’ webinar

9y Chris Camps

Key insights from the ‘Mobile App vs Mobile Web’ w...

Last week, a panel of ecommerce and mobile experts joined together for a webinar to discuss key topics surrounding the mobile app vs mobile web debate...

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Optimizing images for mobile: right format, right size, right place, right device
Ecommerce

Optimizing images for mobile: right format, right size, right place, right ...

9y Andy Favell

Optimizing images for mobile: right format, right ...

As we have learned from the previous columns in this series, images are the major contributor to bloated, slow-loading mobile pages. Read More...

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FedEx launches fulfillment service to take on Amazon
Ecommerce

FedEx launches fulfillment service to take on Amazon

9y Al Roberts

FedEx launches fulfillment service to take on Amaz...

From its $1.5 billion air cargo hub to its growing network of contract last-mile delivery drivers, Amazon is increasingly looking like a logistics com...

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How to fix your bloated mobile website: fewer, better, smaller images
Ecommerce

How to fix your bloated mobile website: fewer, better, smaller images

9y Andy Favell

How to fix your bloated mobile website: fewer, bet...

Images are the main culprit for causing oversized web pages (average size 2.2MB) that can perform slowly on mobile devices. Read More...

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Ads are now a billion-dollar business for Amazon
Display Advertising

Ads are now a billion-dollar business for Amazon

9y Al Roberts

Ads are now a billion-dollar business for Amazon

Yesterday, Amazon disappointed Wall Street when it reported its fourth-quarter earnings for 2016. But buried within its earnings report was data sugge...

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How countdown timers can be used to drive ecommerce sales
Ecommerce

How countdown timers can be used to drive ecommerce sales

9y Graham Charlton

How countdown timers can be used to drive ecommerc...

In this post, we’ll look at how countdown timers can be used on site and in email marketing to drive sales. Read More...

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Global cart abandonment rates on the rise
Ecommerce

Global cart abandonment rates on the rise

9y Graham Charlton

Global cart abandonment rates on the rise

Global cart abandonment rates rose by 2.4% between Q3 and Q4 2016, reaching 76.8% on average. Read More...

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eBay to launch authentication service for high-end merchandise
Ecommerce

eBay to launch authentication service for high-end merchandise

9y Al Roberts

eBay to launch authentication service for high-end...

Every year, eBay facilitates the purchase of hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods, but even though eBay is one of the web's ecommerce pionee...

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Amazon's latest Prime perk: a credit card with hefty cash back
Ecommerce

Amazon's latest Prime perk: a credit card with hefty cash back

9y Al Roberts

Amazon's latest Prime perk: a credit card with hef...

Amazon Prime was launched in 2005 as an express shipping membership program and more than a decade later it has tens of millions of subscribers who en...

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Four important ecommerce stats from Christmas 2016
Ecommerce

Four important ecommerce stats from Christmas 2016

9y Matthew Martindale

Four important ecommerce stats from Christmas 2016

Here we take a look at sales and abandonment data from the 2016 Christmas shopping season. Read More...

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Consumers continue to turn to Amazon first for product search
Ecommerce

Consumers continue to turn to Amazon first for product search

9y Al Roberts

Consumers continue to turn to Amazon first for pro...

Every year, Google handles more than a trillion search queries, making it the world's most popular search engine. But when it comes to searches relate...

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What can marketers learn from the best 2016 holiday gift guides?
Ecommerce

What can marketers learn from the best 2016 holiday gift guides?

9y Evan Magliocca

What can marketers learn from the best 2016 holida...

The holiday gift guide is mostly a loaded term in the retail world, with equal parts excitement and exhaustion, but these five retailers found success...

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Make New Friends, Keep The Old: How brands can create unique digital shopper experiences
Content

Make New Friends, Keep The Old: How brands can create unique digital shoppe...

9y John Federman

Make New Friends, Keep The Old: How brands can cre...

As an industry, we now have an expanded opportunity to amplify product stories by delivering content that drives commerce. Read More...

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Heavy discounts and post-Black Friday lull create challenges for retailers
Ecommerce

Heavy discounts and post-Black Friday lull create challenges for retailers

9y Al Roberts

Heavy discounts and post-Black Friday lull create ...

According to The NPD Group, many retailers could struggle to make the entire holiday shopping season a successful one compared to 2015. Read More...

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3 Ways Online Retailers Will Dominate the 2016 Holiday Season [Infographic]
Ecommerce

3 Ways Online Retailers Will Dominate the 2016 Holiday Season [Infographic]

9y Daniel Surmacz

3 Ways Online Retailers Will Dominate the 2016 Hol...

The upcoming season represents a huge business potential not only for physical shops but also ecommerce players as the shift from traditional in-store...

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The BOTS Act could help ticket sellers improve customer experience
Ecommerce

The BOTS Act could help ticket sellers improve customer experience

9y Al Roberts

The BOTS Act could help ticket sellers improve cus...

Once signed into law, the BOTS Act will make it illegal for ticket resellers to use automated software to purchase tickets for events with seating cap...

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Research-Backed Techniques to Boost Holiday Ecommerce Sales
Ecommerce

Research-Backed Techniques to Boost Holiday Ecommerce Sales

9y John Stevens

Research-Backed Techniques to Boost Holiday Ecomme...

If you don’t have a strategy yet, it’s not too late to have one. Here are some research-backed tips to help you boost ecommerce sales during this holi...

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Discount codes: 5 ways retailers can handle their deal addiction
Ecommerce

Discount codes: 5 ways retailers can handle their deal addiction

9y Jonathan Attwood

Discount codes: 5 ways retailers can handle their ...

Discount vouchers can be a great lever to grow top line revenues and engage new customers. However, they can also become a highly addictive and danger...

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Why Black Friday won’t be going anywhere for a while
Ecommerce

Why Black Friday won’t be going anywhere for a while

9y Robyn Croll

Why Black Friday won’t be going anywhere for a whi...

This year, 154 million consumers shopped over the long holiday weekend, an increase of 3 million from last year Read More...

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Three ways that AI is enhancing the ecommerce customer experience
AI & Automation

Three ways that AI is enhancing the ecommerce customer experience

9y Rebecca Sentance

Three ways that AI is enhancing the ecommerce cust...

Artificial Intelligence might seem like a high-tech and lofty concept, but recent advances in technology have given rise to a number of more everyday ...

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From Black Friday to Cyber Week: Winter Holiday 2016 Ad Trends
Acquisition

From Black Friday to Cyber Week: Winter Holiday 2016 Ad Trends

9y Jon Swallen

From Black Friday to Cyber Week: Winter Holiday 20...

Thanksgiving itself has now emerged as an important shopping day, and with Cyber Monday, Cyber Week and even Small Business Saturday all competing wit...

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A motivational message for retail email marketers (and everyone else, too)
Ecommerce

A motivational message for retail email marketers (and everyone else, too)

9y Ryan Phelan

A motivational message for retail email marketers ...

With Halloween, the US presidential election and Thanksgiving in the rear-view mirror, we're now headlong into the all-holiday-all-the-time stream. An...

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Three things we learnt from Black Friday 2016
Ecommerce

Three things we learnt from Black Friday 2016

9y Jonathan Attwood

Three things we learnt from Black Friday 2016

The figures are in, and all in all, Brits spent £2.9 billion this Black Friday. But beyond the figures, what lessons can retailers learn from the busi...

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Cyber Monday breaks record for biggest online sales day in history
Data insights

Cyber Monday breaks record for biggest online sales day in history

9y Al Roberts

Cyber Monday breaks record for biggest online sale...

It probably won't come as a surprise that 2016's Cyber Monday has earned the distinction of being the biggest online sales day in US history. Read Mor...

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Black Friday sets new online sales record with $3.34 billion
Ecommerce

Black Friday sets new online sales record with $3.34 billion

9y Tereza Litsa

Black Friday sets new online sales record with $3....

Black Friday 2016 saw an increased interest in online shopping, breaking last year's record with a 21.6% growth. Read More...

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How important is Black Friday?
Data insights

How important is Black Friday?

9y Al Roberts

How important is Black Friday?

Black Friday is here, but just how important is the day that has historically been the most watched of the holiday shopping season? Read More...

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