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11 New Ecommerce Books for Spring 2020 - Being stuck indoors is an opportunity to catch up on ecommerce reading! Here is a batch of new ecommerce books for spring. There are titles on digital marketing, brand development, artificial intelligence, affiliate marketing, startup financing, and podcasting.
Topics: marketing, kindle, learn, trust, spring, ecommerce, brand, hardcover, guide, podcast, books, digital, business.
12 New Ecommerce Books for Fall 2019 - For your autumn reading list, here is a batch of new ecommerce books. There are titles on website design, dropshipping, marketing and sales strategies, the Amazon economy, and testing business ideas.
Topics: ecommerce, hardcover, fall, business, marketing, learn, digital, paperback, books, website, guide, amazon.
12 New Ecommerce Books for Summer 2019 - For your summer reading list, here's a batch of new ecommerce books. There are titles on multichannel marketing, blockchain technology, startup strategy, funding your business, and producing successful videos.
Topics: summer, ecommerce, business, learn, provides, hardcover, books, digital, success, kindle, blockchain, paperback, marketing.
14 Digital Marketing Podcasts for Merchants - Podcasts on digital marketing can provide free, expert insights on content marketing, social media, SEO, email marketing, and much more. Here is a list of podcasts on digital marketing.
Topics: episodes, weekly, merchants, digital, social, recent, podcast, marketing, podcasts, media, include, content, hosted.
14 Platforms to Sell Digital Downloads, Subscriptions - There are a variety of ecommerce platforms for merchants and creators of digital goods — videos, ebooks, software. Here is a list of platforms to sell digital products. There are simple, dedicated tools to sell basic digital goods, and there are advanced platforms to offer subscription systems, secure digital rights management, and even sell physical goods.
Topics: start, subscriptions, platform, products, month, website, digital, plans, price, platforms, downloads, sell, paypal.
15 of the Best Social Media Marketing Courses to Take Today - One of my favorite things to do in my free time (besides binge reality shows Love Island and Vanderpump Rules) is to take free marketing courses online. Industries change all the time, especially in marketing, and keeping fresh up on my skills is something I've found to be not only vital to excelling at my job, but really fun.
Topics: courses, marketing, media, today, course, freeplatform, content, social, free, great, digital, best.
16 Digital Marketing Ebooks You Can Download Today - About 60% of marketers believe that content marketing is important to their overall marketing strategies. When you think about your marketing strategies, what are the tools you're using to deepen your understanding of the current landscape of digital marketing?
Topics: digital, strategy, media, youll, today, influencer, ebooks, learn, content, marketing, guide, download, ebook.
16 Fascinating Tracks and Sessions You Can’t Miss at eTail West 2020 - It’s that time of year again — eTail West is right around the corner! While there are many ecommerce conferences…
Topics: west, industry, learn, tracks, brands, customer, ecommerce, conference, sessions, etail, marketing, attend, digital.
17 Clever Print Ad Examples To Complement Your Digital Campaign - You would think print advertising is void of innovation today, but that's actually not the case. In fact, many brands are finding new ways to merge the digital and physical world through magazine and newspaper ads.
Topics: campaign, ads, freedom, phone, advertising, readers, digital, complement, wanted, clever, examples, print, interactive, ad.
18 Tools to Publish and Sell an Ebook - Here is a list of tools to publish an ebook. There are tools to create and format ebooks and platforms to publish and distribute ebooks. Most are do-it-yourself tools, though there are also advanced professional services.
Topics: digital, publish, platform, sell, tools, ebook, book, distribution, free, ebooks.
20 Best Remote Working Locations Around the World for Digital Nomads - Want to work from anywhere in the world? Check out these 20 remote working locations around the world that are perfect for the digital nomad lifestyle!
Topics: digital, working, average, coworking, city, cost, cheap, night, month, locations, best, remote, food, world, plenty, nomads, temperatures.
23 Twitter Feeds for Ecommerce Merchants to Follow - Here is a list of Twitter feeds for online merchants to follow. Most feeds are from individuals although a few are from application platforms. The feeds are separated into ecommerce, marketing, and design categories.
Topics: twitter, ecommerce, follow, content, merchants, digital, tweets, founder, design, podcast, marketing, feeds, blog, email.
30 B2B ecommerce experts to follow - Today's B2B ecommerce leaders are driving radical changes and digital transformations inside some of the leading organizations. We've pulled together the 30 most influential experts in the B2B commerce space that we follow and why we think you need to be following them too.
Topics: leader, b2b, experts, ecommerce, vp, business, follow, marketing, strategy, global, speaker, digital.
5 Digital Commerce Trends To Watch In 2020 - The digital commerce trends we’ve identified for 2020 are primed to make a direct impact on your business – or, on the flip side, an impact on your competitors’ business if you choose not to adopt them. Read more.
Topics: commerce, customer, ar, woosley, mobile, pwas, watch, personalized, digital, customers, content, trends.
5 Free Marketing Channels You Should Prioritize in 2019 - Which marketing channel should you use? You don’t want to get this wrong. A good marketing channel will work with you to grow your business. A bad one can work against you. And time is of the essence. When your marketing budget is close to zero, you can’t afford to […]
Topics: digital, prioritize, example, social, content, target, free, media, channels, email, marketing.
6 Low Investment Business Ideas for Online Entrepreneurs - No cash flow? No problem. These 6 low investment business ideas require very little cash to get up and running. Check them out!
Topics: need, product, youll, ideas, create, youre, entrepreneurs, dropshipping, online, digital, business, low, investment, products.
8 ways to digitally enable sales reps through B2B ecommerce [+ Infographic] - Equipping sales with digital tools helps them do their job faster, serve accounts better and close more deals. Don’t miss these 8 digital tools that can help empower B2B salespeople.
Topics: reps, digital, ecommerce, sales, b2b, pricing, infographic, management, ways, mobile, customers, enable, digitally, order.
Adjusting Digital Media Strategies in a Changing Business Climate - We've all been experiencing recent lifestyle changes in 2020 — both personally and professionally.
Topics: campaigns, adjusting, inventory, business, important, climate, strategies, brands, changing, digital, focus, brand, increase, media, continue.
Adobe turns it up to 11, surpassing $11B in revenue - Yesterday, Adobe submitted its quarterly earnings report — and the results were quite good. The company generated a tad under $3 billion for the quarter, at $2.99 billion, and reported that revenue exceeded $11 billion for FY 2019, its highest-ever mark. “Fiscal 2019 was a phenomenal year for Adobe as we exceeded $11 billion in […]
Topics: digital, platform, good, turns, adobe, surpassing, billion, techcrunch, 11b, company, growth, experience, helped, revenue.
Alibaba GMV surpasses US$1 trillion - Chinese retail behemoth Alibaba Group shrugged off the impact of the Covid-19 crisis to report a 35-per-cent increase in sales in the year to March, and achieving its five-year-old goal of surpassing US$1 trillion in GMV.
Topics: alibaba, transformation, chinese, domestic, revenue, covid19, surpasses, cent, crisis, digital, enterprise, us1, billion, trillion, gmv.
Alibaba Group eyes 1 billion users within five years - Alibaba Group says it aims to serve more than 1 billion consumers and exceed RMB10 trillion gross merchandise volume by 2024.
Topics: alibaba, consumer, digital, consumers, million, technology, billion, business, annual, users, zhang, group, china, eyes.
Alibaba launches Luxury Soho, a digital fashion community and outlet centre - Alibaba has launched a new platform Luxury Soho, targeting young, value-conscious aspirational shoppers, and helping high-end brands quit surplus inventory.
Topics: digital, ways, consumers, china, online, fashion, able, outlet, centre, luxury, community, stores, alibaba, products, soho, brands, launches.
Amazon raises seller fees in France - After France approved a new digital tax on American tech giants, Amazon reacted by passing along the costs to French Amazon sellers. The marketplace is raising seller fees by 3 percent for thousands of small and medium-sized businesses in France. Last month, France passed a 3 percent tax to the… Continue reading
Topics: fees, france, small, seller, tax, digital, french, raises, higher, amazon, conversions.
Another 11.11 record boosts Alibaba’s quarterly results - Alibaba Group has reported top-line revenue growth of 38 per cent in the December quarter.
Topics: active, growth, services, quarter, alibabas, support, billion, quarterly, results, boosts, million, revenue, alibaba, digital, record.
Ant Financial Services targets 40 million service providers - Ant Financial Services subsidiary Alipay says it will spend the next three years opening up its online payments platform to support the digital transformation of 40 million service providers across China.
Topics: financial, ant, digital, transformation, million, targets, providers, service, outbreak, users, alipay, mini, services, platform.
At Disrupt SF, learn how to take a digital brand offline from Brooklinen, Framebridge and thredUP - Over the past couple decades, retail has fundamentally changed. Amazon has swept in and devoured mom and pop stores, while incumbent brands face increased competition from a new crop of digital-first companies. But not everything changes. People still want to see and feel the goods they’ll purchase, and most brands still see huge benefits from […]
Topics: brand, digital, online, company, learn, thredup, disrupt, stores, users, physical, ceo, offline, brooklinen, things, brands, framebridge, tynan, sf, techcrunch.
Awakening Better Sleep Through Digital Experiences: How a Global Leader In Sleep Health Is Empowering Customers To Improve Their Sleep Online - Sleep science has come a long way in the past few decades. When ResMed first got its roots, sleep science…
Topics: health, awareness, sleep, way, problems, help, resmed, australia, better, online, need, experiences, digital.
B2B Ecommerce: Walk First, Then Run - B2B ecommerce is expanding rapidly with innovative new services and marketing strategies. Much of the innovation focuses on improving personalization. However, that is typically the last step. There are prerequisites to address first.
Topics: ecommerce, companies, stage, run, b2b, customer, support, data, walk, processes, digital, customers.
B2B ecommerce: start with a plan - Carla Gonzales, Ecommerce Business Manager at Würth Louis & Company is sharing her best practices. This article highlights how in order to meet the demands of the emerging digital-first B2B buyer, organizations need to take a hard look at their current digital offerings and make a change.
Topics: ecommerce, start, project, digital, help, plan, business, b2b, need, organization, website, online.
Businesses Must Strive To Make Every Experience Shoppable - As COVID-19 changes everything about life and work, digital commerce is becoming the only way business can be done for thousands of companies around the world.
Topics: digital, strategy, shoppable, customer, ecommerce, commerce, adobe, customers, journey, businesses, strive, chakravarthy, experience.
China’s growing digital influence in Africa - There’s been a heap of China in Africa coverage over the last decade, but very little of it is focused on tech. In part, because the country’s engagement with African startups is light compared to its deal-making on infrastructure and commodities. Now, that all looks to be shifting. TechCrunch has tracked moves by a number […]
Topics: china, strategic, shiftingtechcrunch, africa, chinas, theres, influence, digital, startups, signal, tracked, sector, techcrunch, growing, tech.
Comscore raises $20M with an option to bump it to $50M, in a bid to rebuild its digital measurement business - Comscore’s name is usually in the news because of its widely-cited research and stats around media traffic and other analysis charting digital consumer behavior. More recently, it’s been coming up for another reason: ongoing corporate upheaval and its tumbling stock price. Today comes the latest development in that story: the company announced that it has […]
Topics: bid, business, month, stock, price, measurement, option, raises, million, rebuild, today, ceo, share, media, digital, bump, techcrunch, company, comscore.
Congratulations to our Adobe Digital Experience Partner of the Year Award Winners - Magento and Marketo partners are expanding their expertise to drive continued success for customers. Read more.
Topics: marketing, customers, adobe, winners, congratulations, partner, magento, commerce, customer, experience, commercialmagento, marketo, americas, award, digital.
Covid-19 Accelerates Change for B2B Distributors - Last year, in "How to Prosper as a B2B Distributor," I addressed the urgent need for wholesale distributors to evolve. I explained the necessity of migrating to a self-serve digital shopping experience. Covid-19 has accelerated that need.
Topics: ask, b2b, card, pandemic, change, distributors, accelerates, covid19, shipping, customer, service, digital, orders, distributor.
Deutsche Post DHL announces new digital services - Deutsche Post and DHL Paket have announced a variety of new digital services and improvements of existing solutions, which should make the use of mail and parcel services easier and more transparent. The new services include letter tracking, pictures of envelops and a new Post & Paket 24/7 machine. Deutsche… Continue reading
Topics: customers, announces, deutsche, machine, digital, delivery, post, parcel, dhl, services, paket, mail.
Digital payments in India rise as consumers stay home - Digital payments in India have risen by 10 per cent over the last month, despite a 30-per-cent decline in online travel spending.
Topics: india, stay, cent, payments, sectors, utility, spending, platform, consumers, grocery, digital, travel, razorpay, rise.
Digital transformation driving demand for Asia’s IT vendors - The demand for digital transformation is presenting Asia-Pacific IT retailers with a substantial revenue growth opportunity in the medium to long-term, according to new research.
Topics: data, transformation, security, enterprises, sunil, growth, apac, vendors, demand, driving, asias, capabilities, digital.
EQT acquires freemium graphics and stock photo marketplace, Freepik - Freepik, a Malaga-Spain based website which offers a curated freemium marketplace of vector graphics and stock photos fed by a community of contributing designers and photographers, is being acquired by investment and private equity firm EQT. The EQT Mid Market Europe fund has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake of Freepik from […]
Topics: freemium, global, freepik, graphics, marketplace, digital, content, stock, users, partner, techcrunch, network, acquires, freepiks, eqt, management.
Ecommerce Product Releases: April 16, 2020 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-April from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on email marketing, automated product recommendations, social media toolkits, logistics, social commerce, and tracking the digital economy.
Topics: product, sales, ecommerce, digital, users, service, online, shop, recommendations, announced, releases, delivery.
Ecommerce Product Releases: January 2, 2020 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for late December from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on shipping, digital currencies, peer-to-peer payments, growth financing, chatbots, cybersecurity, and supply chain innovation.
Topics: merchants, startup, releases, shape, digital, paypal, online, product, supply, chain, curve, ecommerce, data.
Ecommerce Product Releases: July 1, 2019 - Here is a list of product releases and updates from late June from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on digital currencies, shipping and logistics, multichannel marketing, security, and augmented-reality advertising.
Topics: ecommerce, security, amazon, air, customer, aws, digital, announced, network, releases, product.
Emerge raises $20M to take its digital freight marketplace for truckers up a gear - Trucking is currently the most popular mode of transporting freight in the U.S., accounting for around $12.5 billion of the $17 billion freight market, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. But with thousands of small and single-vehicle operators and legacy (often paper-based) systems underpinning communications, it’s also one of the most inefficient. Now there […]
Topics: 20m, trucks, truckers, marketplace, million, raises, freight, market, gear, truck, shippers, platform, leto, techcrunch, emerge, digital.
Facebook and Libra are Preparing to Shakeup the E-commerce World - Libra would allow even the unbanked to shop online.
Topics: merchants, ecommerce, unbanked, financial, shakeup, preparing, world, facebook, data, libra, stores, digital, technology, aml.
Flutterwave and Alipay partner on payments between Africa and China - San Francisco and Lagos-based fintech startup Flutterwave has partnered with Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba’s Alipay to offer digital payments between Africa and China.
Topics: digital, alibabas, africa, network, flutterwave, companies, partner, payments, china, alipay.
Follow These 6 Steps to Bulletproof Your Digital Business Strategy - If this time has taught us anything, it's the importance of taking your business online.
Topics: bulletproof, sales, ecommerce, digital, steps, online, follow, customers, strategy, need, items, business, way, businesses, shipping.
From selling to buying: what insurance can learn from retail - Customers of insurance companies are starting to demand the same style of customer experience and convenience they have come to expect from retailers.
Topics: buying, channels, retail, learn, work, easier, insurance, selling, customer, working, customers, digital, way.
Headless Commerce: A Digital Differentiator - When anything loses its head, the results are typically less than pleasant, but that’s not the case with headless commerce. Read on to learn why many merchants are warming up to the idea.
Topics: management, apis, approach, digital, commerce, differentiator, development, headless, ecommerce, experience, merchants.
How Alibaba has refined and expanded its Freshippo New Retail concept - Unmanned checkout kiosks, mobile-scanned product details, fast-running fulfillment conveyor belts – these are just some of the features engaging customers of Freshippo, by Alibaba.
Topics: delivery, alibaba, refined, store, experience, digital, consumers, freshippo, stores, shopping, concept, retail, formats, expanded, supermarket.
How Brick-and-Mortar Stores Can Move Online in a Hurry - Shifting to digital has become instantly mandatory to adapt and survive.
Topics: shift, brickandmortar, hurry, store, digital, online, times, customers, delivery, zones, customer, stores, shipping.
How Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) Help Brands Create Memorable Experiences (Through Multiple Customer Channels) - You’re watching a basketball game on your favorite sports app. Your favorite player hits a game winner. You celebrate on…
Topics: business, touchpoints, platforms, multiple, dxp, content, customer, brands, help, memorable, digital, deliver, experiences, experience, create, dxps.
How Digital Minimalism Helps Focus, Attention, and Productivity - How much time do you spend online each day? If we're honest with ourselves, we know it's probably too much. In fact, one recent study found that we spend 6 hours and 42 minutes online every day. Imagine if you could put that time toward accomplishing your goals. That's why we love the digital minimalism movement.
Topics: online, set, youre, helps, social, media, help, digital, minimalism, attention, productivity, spend, focus, tools.
How Much You Should Actually Spend on Digital Advertising in 2020 - If you clicked on this post hoping to read something like "If you spend $1,000 dollars on digital advertising a month, you'll hit your marketing goals easily!" I'm sorry to disappoint.
Topics: digital, advertising, average, business, ads, actually, customer, spend, revenue, ad, rate.
How Technology Can Help You Create A Winning Product Content Strategy in 2019 - Product content has always been key to standing out on the very cluttered, very competitive digital shelf. Consumers expect an…
Topics: strategy, digital, brands, team, help, brand, sales, create, technology, content, information, management, winning, product.
How True Value improved online conversions with 360º images - This article offers an overview of how True Value added 360-degree images to their marketing mix and improved outcomes for their online channels, along with some insight on the structures they had in place that made their success possible.
Topics: improved, digital, conversions, customers, 360º, marketing, images, online, customer, true, value, content, example, 360degree.
How a 23-Year-Old Earned Over $20 Million in Ecommerce in Less Than One Year - Three ways to replicate Kevin Zhang's success.
Topics: 23yearold, entrepreneurs, business, million, sales, sharp, importance, started, zhang, digital, earned, ecommerce, success.
How a fast digital pivot saved Williams-Sonoma’s top line when Covid-19 hit - Take a look at US kitchen and homewares retailer Williams-Sonoma’s latest sales figures and you would hardly know there has been a pandemic.
Topics: williamssonomas, cent, stores, sales, strong, line, saved, digital, online, customers, quarter, group, fast, covid19, williamssonoma, hit, pivot.
How e-ang bao and digital gold are modernising traditional gifts - Gifts of money are born of a tradition dating back centuries, progressing from Imperial Chinese gold coins to paper notes and now virtual gold.
Topics: asia, virtual, bao, packets, red, modernising, digital, gift, gifting, gold, gifts, eang, traditional.
How location-based technology can bridge the gap between online and in-store shopping - Retail marketers are increasingly using location-based technology to bridge the gap between online and in-store shopping.
Topics: online, instore, locationbased, gap, customers, digital, brands, shopping, physical, data, strategy, retail, omnichannel, customer, technology, bridge.
How to Create and Sell Digital Products: A Roadmap With 6 Ideas to Get You Started - Digital products can be created and sold repeatedly to different customers without having to replenish your inventory, making them ideal for creatives, artists, educators, and freelancers looking for new income streams that require less effort to maintain. Here’s how you can start selling your own digital products, along with some ideas for businesses you can build around these intangible goods.More
Topics: started, youre, sell, customers, product, idea, free, digital, content, create, products, ideas, roadmap.
How to Get on Board With the Digital Transformation [+ Templates] - Ten years ago, I couldn't have cared less if the new burger place downtown had a website. Now, I don't trust one that doesn't. Consumer buying behavior has drastically changed -- today, the majority of consumers are purchasing products online, including almost 70% of millennials.
Topics: digital, business, online, help, businesses, sales, process, free, software, templates, board, transformation.
How to Prosper as a B2B Distributor - Distributors are easily replaced in the digital landscape. But many are prospering by emphasizing their expertise and by offering unique, value-add services. Here are a few ideas and examples.
Topics: prosper, customers, uniqueness, ideas, b2b, company, products, electronics, distributor, need, offer, digital, service.
How to Use WooCommerce as a Creative Market Alternative - No commissions and greater flexibility - just two reasons why WooCommerce is the best alternative to selling on Creative Market. See the pros and cons.
Topics: create, creative, store, products, customers, market, add, digital, product, alternative, woocommerce.
Ikea buys AI innovator Geomagical Labs - International furniture and homewares retailer Ikea’s investment arm Ingka has bought US-based AI innovator Geomagical Labs, known for its hi-tech solutions that inspire consumers shopping for furnishings.
Topics: design, ikea, work, furnishing, innovator, purchase, geomagical, solutions, buys, technology, labs, digital, ai.
Informa Markets and Saladplate launch Food & Hotel Digital Week - B2B events organiser Informa Markets and online marketplace Saladplate are to launch a series of bi-monthly online events to help food and hospitality businesses connect and fast-track recovery following the coronavirus pandemic.
Topics: informa, hotel, food, markets, digital, launch, saladplate, marketplace, online, week.
Italy wants 3% tax for big ecommerce companies - Italy has plans to introduce a so-called web tax in 2020. The Southern European country has announced plans to introduce this tax in its new budget draft. The web tax is aimed at online giants like Amazon and Google. If the tax plans get through, major online retailers and other… Continue reading
Topics: million, digital, italy, ecommerce, online, euros, plans, web, big, wants, companies, tax.
JD takes stake in retailer chain Beijing Digital Telecom - Chinese online retail platform JD is acquiring 9 per cent of Beijing Digital Telecom.
Topics: suqian, telecom, jd, million, digital, chain, retailer, venture, stake, jiashi, value, wholly, cent, beijing, takes.
Managing Your Digital Commerce Investment For Long-Term Success - The old adage that drastic times call for drastic measures holds true as never before. It has never been more important to act fast and to be decisive. But it’s also more important than ever to not lose sight of your long-term business objectives. Read more.
Topics: digital, coffee, magento, investment, youre, managing, online, sell, commerce, customers, success, need, buying, longterm.
Maximizing Your Adobe Summit & Magento Imagine Digital Experiences - We are grateful for the understanding, support, and flexibility our customers, partners, and developers have shown us over the past couple of weeks as our teams have worked around the clock to reimagine Adobe Summit and Magento Imagine as a set of digital experiences. Read more.
Topics: adobe, content, digital, sessions, experiences, maximizing, magento, breakout, imagine, weeks, summit, experience.
Microservices: to implement or not to implement? That is the question. - While both microservice and monolithic architectures have their own benefits, we’re seeing companies like Uber, Walmart, Netflix and Amazon adopt microservices frameworks to create operational efficiencies and reduce risk while continuing to evolve.
Topics: organization, digital, implement, architecture, advisory, business, work, monolithic, best, applications, question, microservices.
November: ecommerce events in Europe - It’s almost the end of the year, so less ecommerce events to visit. But still, we’ve made a handy overview for you, so you know when and where an ecommerce event takes place this month in Europe. November 4-5: GPeC Summit – Romania GPeC Summit is one of the biggest… Continue reading
Topics: event, label, expo, ecommerce, visit, online, digital, events, europe.
Online remote payments for digital and physical goods to hit $6 trillion - New research shows the total transaction value of online remote payments for digital and physical goods will exceed US$6 trillion by 2024.
Topics: remote, transaction, digital, payments, trillion, retailers, research, mobile, cent, hit, online, goods, physical.
Optimizing Your Magento Commerce Site for the 2019 Holiday Season - Tips that Merchants who use Magento Commerce should consider employing to ensure a robust digital holiday season
Topics: cloud, advantage, season, magento, holiday, article, deployment, site, management, commerce, digital, optimizing.
Pan-African e-tailer Jumia grows 3Q revenue, e-payments and losses - Pan-African e-commerce startup Jumia released its third-quarter financial results today. The numbers and presentation reflected some of the same past trends, with a dash of new, and nary a mention of a declining share price. The results Jumia — with online goods and service verticals in 14 countries — posted third-quarter revenue growth of 19% […]
Topics: techcrunch, losses, jumia, grows, 3q, million, revenue, etailer, online, goods, jumias, panafrican, digital, companys, revenues, share, epayments.
SMCP launches Sandro on Farfetch - Chinese-controlled, French-based affordable luxury retailer SMCP is to launch its Sandro brand on Farfetch.
Topics: global, sandro, luxury, brand, worldwide, digital, worldthe, farfetch, partnership, group, smcp, launches.
Sailing brand Henri Lloyd relaunches online store - Henri Lloyd, a brand from the UK that’s specialized in sailing clothing, has relaunched its online store. This is the result of a digital transformation the brand has gone through since it was acquired by Aligro Group last year. Henri Lloyd became one of the retail victims that had to… Continue reading
Topics: relaunches, lloyd, henri, stores, sailing, brand, swedish, digital, flagship, physical, online, store.
Shopee Malaysia starts selling Covid-19 test kits, booking online consultations - Malaysian online medical service DoctorOnCall has entered into a partnership with Shopee Malaysia to sell Covid-19 tests online.
Topics: tests, malaysia, digital, selling, vouchers, starts, shopees, work, booking, test, health, kits, covid19, consultations, live, shopee, medical, online, doctoroncall.
Shopping malls in the Philippines ‘stronger than ever’ - Shopping malls in the Philippines are bucking international trends and are trading stronger than ever, says retail technology expert Nikki Baird.
Topics: offer, stronger, retailers, innovations, consumer, shopping, store, global, digital, retail, malls, philippines.
Starbucks China and Sequoia Capital launch technology investment plan - Starbucks is to partner with investment company Sequoia Capital to invest in new technologies which will propel the company’s digital innovation in Mainland China.
Topics: innovations, digital, retail, investment, starbucks, china, sequoia, launch, companies, technologies, technology, capital, plan.
Study Shows Digital Commerce Maturity Among Consumer Brand Manufacturers Leads To Revenue Growth - A new report, commissioned by Adobe in partnership with 451 Research, focuses on the high-level IT trends, digital transformation pain points and opportunities, and technologies exerting influence over the digital commerce experience. It also offers a road map to achieving global digital commerce excellence. Read more.
Topics: customer, technologies, experiences, transformation, revenue, shows, leads, consumer, maturity, commerce, study, leaders, growth, manufacturers, digital, strategy, businesses.
Succeeding In The New Normal Using Digital Commerce - Creating a winning eCommerce experience for these times involves evaluating your service strengths and limitations, then constructively applying those insights to where they’re needed most. Read more.
Topics: business, order, using, customers, digital, site, ecommerce, commerce, social, customer, succeeding, strategy, media, shipping, normal.
Taking ecommerce innovation to the next level: a Savant eCommerce Barcelona recap - Award-winning marketer and thought leader, Oisin Lunny, recently chaired the Savant eCommerce Barcelona event. Read on for his insightful recap of the two immersive days of networking and learning.
Topics: innovation, director, savant, sales, omnichannel, customer, head, level, digital, experience, ecommerce, taking, recap, barcelona, business, online.
Target marketing: Taking digital knowledge into real-life experiences - While it’s an exciting time for marketers as we leverage personal insights to add relevance to modern marketing experiences, we also need to be mindful that we upkeep the highest standards of both content and privacy.
Topics: experiences, taking, advertise, technology, knowledge, ad, digital, target, networks, reallife, exciting, marketers, companies, marketing, advertising, customers.
Thai bank invests in Go-Jek to take on Grab - Siam Commercial Bank has made a “significant investment” in Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek.
Topics: invests, app, products, bank, services, gojek, valuation, grab, us10, digital, thailand, scb, thai, ridehailing.
The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Strategies & How to Improve Your Digital Presence - It's probably safe to assume a major part of your marketing strategy today is digital. Consumers and businesses alike are almost always online and on-the-go — and you want to be able to reach them and observe their behavior where they spend their time.
Topics: guide, owned, digital, content, presence, earned, marketing, youre, strategy, improve, customers, strategies, paid, ultimate, media.
The Who, What, Why, & How of Digital Marketing - With how accessible the internet is today, would you believe me if I told you the number of people who go online every day is still increasing? It is. In fact, "constant" internet usage among adults increased by 5% in just the last three years, according to Pew Research. And although we say it a lot, the way people shop and buy really has changed along with it -- meaning offline marketing isn't as effective as it used to be.
Topics: company, media, social, channels, digital, marketing, content, seo, online, website.
The best investment every digital brand can make during the COVID-19 pandemic - Customers don’t just forget about the companies that treated them well — and post-crisis, they’ll be more likely to return to the vendors who gave them a good experience.
Topics: investment, brand, stores, challenges, smaller, pandemic, digital, online, revenue, techcrunch, customers, resolving, best, covid19, theyre, team.
The pros and cons of headless for B2B ecommerce - As Business Manager at Würth Louis & Company, Carla Gonzales is no stranger when it comes to B2B digital transformations. She recently shared her experience in the ebook, Getting Started with B2B Ecommerce and we're featuring an excerpt from the book on the benefits of going headless with your commerce initiative.
Topics: ecommerce, platform, digital, b2b, headless, layer, pros, frontend, commerce, business, cons, need.
The state of digital payments in B2B ecommerce - It’s long been said today’s B2B buyers want and expect a B2C experience from manufacturers and wholesalers. Though B2B suppliers are increasingly embracing digital -- from ecatalogs to configure price quote (CPQ) and online checkout, supporting the diversity and complexity of B2B payments remains a challenge. How are B2B merchants handling digital payments?
Topics: payments, b2b, suppliers, payment, state, purchase, checks, buyers, cards, ecommerce, credit, virtual, digital.
Three reasons why Asian retailers are upgrading their e-commerce platforms - There is currently an almost endless array of technologies and innovations that Asian retailers can invest in as they look to future-proof their business.
Topics: ecommerce, retail, investment, invest, retailers, reasons, stores, upgrading, online, asian, technology, digital, platforms, omnichannel.
Today’s top 3 ecommerce marketing strategies - We are in the height of the digital age, spearheaded by the internet, and all that comes with it. Along with having massive socio-political effects, the internet has an enormous impact on the way business is conducted. Ecommerce is now the mainstream way of doing business, and digital marketing is the primary method for advertisement. This article highlights today's top three ecommerce marketing strategies practitioners need to keep top of mind.
Topics: email, design, customer, digital, content, emails, business, marketing, strategies, todays, ecommerce, website, web.
Traditional Marketing vs. Digital Marketing: Why Not Both? - “Disgraceland” by Jake Brennan has been one of my favorite podcasts since the first episode. Last year, it got a feature in The Boston Globe, where the primary audience is between the ages of 50 and 69, and 48% male. These are the kinds of numbers you won’t see about Twitter — an app 24% of adults use. But because of this mix of traditional and digital marketing, “Disgraceland” has over 100 million downloads for a podcast that’s less than two years old.
Topics: ads, marketers, businesses, media, cant, traditional, social, way, marketing, vs, digital.
Unbanked Consumers May Not Need Facebook's Libra Currency - In emerging markets, more local solutions are likely to hold their own against the social-media giant’s Libra currency.
Topics: facebook, unbanked, partnership, libra, currency, need, facebooks, help, money, razer, digital, prepaid, consumers.
Verified Expert Growth Marketing Agency: Factorial Digital - SEO has been around for decades, but it’s still one of the most important growth channels for early-stage startups. Factorial Digital is a growth marketing agency based in NYC that specializes in search and startups. Co-founder Corey Eulas shares his philosophy for growth marketing and how his distributed team collaborates with companies across a variety […]
Topics: factorial, expert, founders, verified, marketing, techcrunch, agency, digital, worked, survey, team, nyc, work, growth.
Walmart launches two new credit cards offering 5% back on digital purchases - Walmart is partnering with Capital One to launch a new credit card program, which rolls out on September 24, and includes both co-branded and private-label cards. The former, the Capital One Walmart Mastercard, includes 5% back on purchases made on Walmart.com or paid for in-store using Walmart Pay (the latter for the first 12 months). […]
Topics: cards, launches, digital, techcrunch, card, capital, purchases, walmartcom, offering, rewards, mastercard, credit, pay, walmart.
WhatsApp and JioMart commence e-commerce rollout - Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries has partnered with Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service to pilot its new online food and grocery channel JioMart in an attempt to redesign Indian retail.
Topics: whatsapp, consumers, billion, digital, rollout, ecommerce, online, indian, service, stores, retailers, jiomart, commence.
Why Digital Media is Killing TV Advertising - In 2018, research conducted by the Leichtman Research Group found that 78% of households still watch traditional satellite or cable TV.
Topics: digital, advertising, killing, video, need, viewing, ad, methods, tv, media, ads.
Why Digital Teams Risk Losing Empathy and Trust, and How to Fight It - Welcome to The Science Behind Success -- a new blog series that explores the best ways to help our brains perform better at work. With psychological research and interviews with leaders in the field, we're showing you how psychology can help you overcome workplace obstacles and excel in your career. Because a little mindset change could go a long way.
Topics: empathy, workplace, team, losing, digital, communication, teams, respond, risk, fight, inperson, dont, dhawan, sense, trust.
Why You Should Bet On the Future of Ecommerce - In a world of economic uncertainty, the long-term outlook for buying and selling online is bright.
Topics: total, online, shopping, bet, retail, habits, entrepreneurs, market, sales, digital, ecommerce, future.
Why am I seeing this ad? AI, ML & human error in advertising - Ad platforms create equal opportunities for businesses but not equal outcomes. They’re mostly marketed as self-service and easy to use, however, there are new features added regularly and...
Topics: advertising, seeing, machines, digital, techcrunch, ml, company, ad, ads, ways, irrelevant, served, ai, error, human.
Why commerce companies are the advertising players to watch in a privacy-centric world - The unchecked digital land grab for consumers’ personal data that has been going on for more than a decade is coming to an end, and the dominoes have begun to fall when it comes to the regulation...
Topics: watch, companies, players, advertising, regulation, edge, privacy, techcrunch, consumer, regulatory, data, commerce, landscape, privacycentric, world, digital.