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• 12 Outstanding Digital Media Campaigns from 2020 - Reviewing the year’s best digital marketing campaigns from established brands can generate ideas for your own efforts. Here is a list of outstanding digital marketing campaigns from 2020. The campaigns are mostly tied to Covid-19, working remotely, the presidential election, and social injustice.
  Topics: inspired, campaign, shared, million, meal, response, game, ripeanut, campaigns, instagram, outstanding, digital, media.
• 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.
• 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.
• 3 ways the pandemic is transforming tech spending - We don’t believe enterprises or consumers will revert to the old ways of doing things when the pandemic subsides. Welcome to the next phase of tech spending.
  Topics: companies, tech, business, digital, pandemic, cloud, techcrunch, ways, technology, company, wave, transforming, spending.
• 4 Data-Driven Ways to Create More Targeted Ad Campaigns - Digital marketing is undergoing a revolution. Agencies have more granular insight than ever before into how their campaigns are performing. The days of selecting media channels based on broad demographic data and relying on generalized ad impression numbers are over.
  Topics: digital, create, ad, buying, way, targeted, data, track, datadriven, campaigns, based, right, media, user, ways.
• 4 Digital Payment Trends for 2021 - COVID-19 promoted the adoption of technological models that generate alternatives to the use of physical money and that this new year will be consolidated as a real alternative in people's daily lives.
  Topics: banking, beginning, methods, bpc, solutions, pay, cash, digital, payment, trends, payments.
• 5 reforms necessary to create a truly cashless society - Innovation is necessary in the digital wallet space to pioneer the movement to change the outdated fee models for the simple act of money exchange.
  Topics: cashless, paying, truly, wallet, money, digital, cost, transactions, necessary, credit, techcrunch, create, cash, fees, society, reforms.
• 53% of Companies Increased Their Online Sales After Lockdown According to the Association of Entrepreneurs of Mexico - Ecommerce platforms have been used by companies throughout the pandemic.
  Topics: association, pandemic, sales, lockdown, according, digital, business, entrepreneurs, tools, online, asem, companies, increased, mexico.
• 8 Ways Digital Rewards Can Help Marketers to Stand Out - Many of us scroll past ads in our newsfeed, delete emails, or even run to the bathroom during commercial breaks.
  Topics: rewards, marketing, ways, reward, customers, brand, looks, marketers, stand, digital, customer, consumers, product, help.
• 9 B2B Ecommerce Trends to Drive Your Long-Term Sales Strategy - Ecommerce drove 13% of total B2B sales in the U.S. in 2019. Forrester projected in December that share would reach…
  Topics: drive, using, b2b, strategy, digital, buyers, trends, longterm, customer, important, customers, sales, process, ecommerce.
• A conversation with Tunde Kehinde of Lidya on finance and the digital divide - Small and medium businesses have been some of the hardest hit in the COVID-19 pandemic. And all that has been as true in emerging markets as it has been for SMBs in the developed world. Tunde Kehinde has had a front-row seat witnessing and responding to that crisis. He’s the CEO and co-founder of Lidya, […]
  Topics: lidya, finance, kehinde, digital, jumia, startups, conversation, divide, markets, services, tech, lot, vcs, smbs, tunde, techcrunch, continent.
• Achieving E-Commerce Success Is Easier Than You Think - To help companies of all sizes jump-start and accelerate their digital growth, Adobe worked with a number of solution integrators and agencies to develop Rapid Deployment Packages (RDPs). What started as proofs of concept in late 2019 gathered huge momentum through February and March 2020 and is accelerating into 2021. Red more.
  Topics: ecommerce, strategy, starter, achieving, digital, set, think, solution, partners, packages, easier, sizes, businesses, success, growth.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• Argos stops printing its catalogue - It’s the end of an era for Argos fans. The retailer will stop printing its famous catalogue after almost 50 years. Of course, this is the result of its focus on ecommerce. The most recent Argos catalogue accounted for 3.9 million printed copies. Argos started with its printed catalogue in… Continue reading
  Topics: argos, stops, focus, printed, threequarters, retailer, catalogue, shopping, united, printing, digital.
• B2B Commerce Best Practices During COVID-19 — and Beyond - During a recent panel discussion, industry experts pointed to the significant transformation happening in B2B commerce and outlined strategies for success. The panel, which was sponsored by Adobe, left attendees with the following four key takeaways. Read more.
  Topics: companies, help, product, best, digital, customers, panel, site, b2b, commerce, practices, covid19, search.
• B2B Lessons from 2020 - Covid-19 forced all of us to change. Companies and employees who had resisted digital innovation suddenly had no choice. Some of the changes have created value and are worth keeping. Others not so much. What follows are pandemic-induced B2B changes that will likely become permanent.
  Topics: ecommerce, lessons, shifted, value, processes, digital, sales, pandemic, b2b, companies, systems.
• B2B’s Digital Shift Is Permanent and Incomplete - The pandemic has forced many B2B companies to add ecommerce capabilities quickly to keep orders flowing. The transformation is almost certainly permanent, changing how the companies operate. It's also incomplete.
  Topics: sales, video, sms, shift, b2bs, pandemic, mckinsey, b2b, chat, digital, permanent, incomplete, buyers.
• Boost ROI with intent data and personalized multichannel marketing campaigns - With automation and intent data, brands can more easily connect with leads, prospects, and customers at a personal, intimate level.
  Topics: intent, campaigns, real, personalization, roi, marketing, direct, mail, data, digital, personalized, multichannel, automation, boost, marketers, techcrunch.
• Can E-Commerce Save Retail? - Get physical, social, and digital. It's time to integrate.
  Topics: digital, shopping, stores, customers, social, pandemic, physical, retail, ecommerce, save, online, retailers.
• Covid-19 Accelerates Retail’s Digital Transformation - Retail's digital transformation, which is the concept of using new digital technology to address business performance, has been ongoing for decades. Covid-19 has forced retailers to invest more money into new technologies and implement those technologies much more quickly than otherwise planned.
  Topics: retails, twilio, digital, businesses, covid19, pandemic, retail, customers, ecommerce, retailers, transformation, accelerates.
• Current and upcoming trends in Latin America’s mobile growth - Mobile companies that seize on the progress already taking place and learn from or integrate trends like digital wallets, QR codes, on-demand delivery and 5G will be poised for the biggest success in LATAM — and quite possibly, on a global stage.
  Topics: current, wallets, venezuela, growth, latam, upcoming, access, latin, users, techcrunch, trends, financial, americas, digital, mobile.
• Cyber Monday 2020: Here’s How To Conquer the Busiest Day of the Year - In 2019, U.S. online holiday sales reached $135.35 billion and average order value reached $152.95.The infamous Cyber Monday continues to…
  Topics: online, cyber, shopping, tips, site, sales, marketing, digital, create, customers, drive, holidays, holiday.
• Did COVID-19 steal your sales? This is how 9 Latin American startups successfully entered e-commerce - Latin America will have 191.7 million digital buyers and more than 10.8 million consumers will make a digital purchase for the first time this year.
  Topics: successfully, startups, entered, solutions, steal, wayrait, information, logistics, latin, digital, sales, companies, ecommerce, delivery, processes, american, covid19.
• Diesel unveils Hyperoom, a 360-degree selling platform and virtual showroom - Diesel has unveiled Hyperoom, a 360-degree selling platform and exhibition space, which resembles the Diesel’s physical showroom in Milan.
  Topics: hyperoom, virtual, digital, physical, showroom, platform, unveils, products, selling, possible, diesel, diesels, 360degree.
• Digital Payments in China Are Cheap and Convenient - In "China Is Dominating Ecommerce," contributor Marcia Kaplan addressed that country's innovation in online shopping. Digital payments in China are equally innovative. I'll address what that could mean for North American merchants in this post.
  Topics: credit, fees, consumers, payment, merchants, china, cheap, card, north, pay, payments, convenient, digital.
• 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.
• Don't close your restaurant !: Better put it online - The new normal will increasingly rely on digital. Do you already have a plan?
  Topics: digital, digitization, technology, online, close, better, services, business, dont, delivery, restaurants, service, restaurant, sales.
• 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: February 1, 2021 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for late January from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on user experience tools, monetizing newsletters, promotional incentives, fulfillment, and hiring a developer.
  Topics: digital, content, amazon, ecommerce, releases, platform, product, instagram, publishing, items, fulfillment, experience, retailers.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: February 15, 2021 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-February from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on headless commerce, payment options, live-video shopping, artificial intelligence, collaborative web development, and more.
  Topics: digital, million, pickup, facebook, commerce, product, ecommerce, platform, releases, announced, pay, customers.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: January 3, 2021 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for late-December from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on augmented reality, fraud prevention, customizable product services,
  Topics: video, ecommerce, platform, digital, users, releases, commerce, shoppable, product, launches, services, shopping.
• Europe urges e-commerce platforms to share data in fight against coronavirus scams - European lawmakers are pressing major e-commerce and media platforms to share more data with each other as a tool to fight rogue traders who are targeting consumers with coronavirus scams. After the pandemic spread to the West, internet platforms were flooded with local ads for PPE of unknown and/or dubious quality and other dubious coronavirus […]
  Topics: platforms, scams, coronavirus, techcrunch, urges, today, commission, share, europe, content, consumers, ecommerce, digital, fight, data, illegal, disinformation, pandemic.
• 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.
• France and the Netherlands signal support for EU body to clip the wings of big tech - The French and Dutch governments have signalled support for EU rules that can proactively intervene against so-called gatekeepers, aka “structuring platforms” or “large digital platforms with significant network effects acting as gatekeepers” — or, more colloquially, ‘big tech’. They have also called for a single European body with enforcement powers over such platforms — and […]
  Topics: commission, support, techcrunch, wings, france, clip, intervention, market, netherlands, digital, platforms, breaking, press, eu, tech, position, recent, signal, body, rules.
• Free On-Demand Webinar: Former Yahoo COO & Silicon Valley Veteran on How He Digitally Transformed Chegg into an $11B Powerhouse - Watch Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig as his discusses how he transformed the popular textbook rental model into today's digital age.
  Topics: webinar, powerhouse, ondemand, learning, coo, transformed, free, silicon, valley, veteran, digitally, leading, growth, chegg, dan, ceo, students, digital.
• Free Webinar | August 13: How to Adapt Your Brick and Mortar Business to Thrive and Make More Money - Join us as we discuss how to redefine the customer experience, understand and put data to work, and pick the best tools to help your business adjust.
  Topics: mortar, money, getupside, wayne, university, help, webinar, developing, customers, lin, digital, brick, business, free, thrive, personalization, adapt.
• French administration suspects Wish of selling counterfeit products - A French administration in charge of consumer rights and fraud has investigated Wish, the mobile e-commerce platform that recently filed to go public. While the company generated $1.9 billion in revenue in 2019, the French administration believes Wish could be selling products, such as sneakers and perfumes, with images incorrectly showing the logos of famous […]
  Topics: digital, products, suspects, french, la, selling, counterfeit, y, court, des, cédric, wish, techcrunch, administration.
• Full Suite Monolith or Best-of-Breed Solution- Part 2: Digital Maturity - Choosing between a Full Suite Monolith or Best-of-Breed Solution can be a difficult discussion. Some brands are looking for an all in one solution while other brands are looking for a more customizable solution. So which will be the right fit for you? In this episode of Taco 'Bout Composable Commerce, Devon Hillard from Black Magic Consulting gives us the first consideration for choosing full suite monolith or best-of-breed solution: Digital Maturity Shaneil Full Suite monolith or best-of- breed. This can be such a tricky one for brands to decide on, because on one hand, some businesses want something that's quick and easy to set up, so they'd rather have one vendor provide everything. Only to find out that set up can be a bit too rigid for their requirements. Now, on the other hand, we have businesses that want something that's highly innovative and highly customizable, like best of breeds solutions. But that's usually associated with more complexity and can seem a little bit more daunting to compose. So, which one is going to be right for you? Well, today we have Devon Hillard, from Black Magic Consulting, and he's here to Taco' Bout it! So with these pros and cons, what are the main things that businesses should be looking out for in deciding whether or not they should go with full suite or best-of-breed? So speed, flexibility, agility. Those are becoming even more important. So now that we've spoken about features, what's next?   Devon I think the next thing really is for company to understand their digital maturity. And you mentioned that earlier in our discussion. But when we talk about Composable Commerce or best-of-breed commerce solutions, we are really talking about taking, you know, could be two or it could be dozens of independent solutions and weaving them together into a complete offering. And that requires either a kind of strong in house technical team and knowledge and investment in being a technology company, as well as, a commerce company and a retail company. Or it means a very strong partnership with a system integration partner who has that leadership, that knowledge and that technical skill set to design, build, and maintain that integration network of those kind of components to build the overall solution. So, I think digital maturity is a really big piece of whether or not a company could be successful with a Composable Commerce approach or not. And there's no shame in saying, "Hey, we're focused on being a retailer. We're not, you know, really invested in being a technology company, and we don't have you know, that level of strong technical team in house and we don't have that kind of partnership with a third party integrator." There's no shame in that. Better to admit that upfront than to stumble down a road that you simply can't maintain as you're going.   Shaneil Absolutely, I think we've echoed that point so much, we're not saying one is necessarily better than the other. But based on the circumstance that you're in or the situation that you're in, you may not be at the level of digital maturity required to deliver a Composable Commerce approach. Absolutely. And the last thing that you mentioned, I believe, is cost. So what? What are your thoughts on that    
  Topics: suite, composable, youre, solution, really, company, bestofbreed, monolith, commerce, thats, right, think, digital.
• Get Ready for Digital-first Credit Cards - In September 2020, Mastercard announced the expansion of its Digital First Card Program. Introduced in 2019, the program is a series of systems and procedures that enable credit card info to be downloaded directly to a mobile wallet. The expansion aims to increase awareness and improve access to existing digital card-issuing technology.
  Topics: mobile, credit, program, digitalfirst, digital, cards, expiration, plastic, wallets, process, card, ready.
• Getting Your B2B Team on the Digital Train - The pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of many B2B companies. Implementing ecommerce and other digital tools requires rethinking how your organization operates and how it interacts with customers. It's an opportunity to improve sales and back-office efficiencies.
  Topics: train, b2b, ecommerce, leaders, team, skills, digital, change, employees, marketing, getting, learning.
• Hong Kong e-commerce market tipped to reach $25 billion by 2023 - The Hong Kong e-commerce market is expected to expand 40 per cent to a value of $25 billion by 2023 on the back of consumer adoption of bank transfers and digital wallets.
  Topics: billion, declining, cagr, market, cent, digital, purchases, hong, wallets, reach, ecommerce, online, kong, fis, tipped.
• 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 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 Do People Find You? Take Your Business Where Your Customers Are - Whether you have a brick-and-mortar business or are thinking of taking advantage of the big Good End or Cyber Monday sales, now is the best time to be online.
  Topics: business, digital, online, sales, store, customers, website, social, products, help.
• How Guideposts Successfully Scaled Its Business with Magento Commerce - In early 2020, Guideposts, a leading source for faith-based media products, partnered with Rave Digital to help with a rapid upgrade from Magento 1 to Magento Commerce, hosted in the cloud. Read more.
  Topics: increase, scaled, business, platform, partner, guideposts, successfully, magento, ecommerce, digital, commerce, core.
• 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 Remote Work Presents New Data-Driven Business Opportunities in Latin America - As Latin American businesses increasingly come online, here's a look at some of the biggest opportunities to keep an eye on.
  Topics: america, services, work, opportunities, business, data, delivery, businesses, presents, datadriven, online, payment, latin, remote, ecommerce, digital.
• How Retail Companies Are Adapting to Improve Profitability ⁠⁠ - While many continue to struggle, impressively, a select few are still seeing improved revenues.
  Topics: retail, adapting, customers, sales, store, stores, way, clothing, retailers, product, digital, profitability, improve, ecommerce, companies.
• 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 to Blend Web Analytics and Digital Marketing Analytics to Grow Better - Measuring the effectiveness of digital marketing is one of the greatest challenges facing organizations today.
  Topics: data, grow, digital, page, email, metrics, analytics, web, number, blend, total, leads, better, marketing.
• 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 [+ Examples] - 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. If your business is online, you're a part of the digital transformation. But it's not enough these days to just "be online." Businesses that will thrive in 2021 that are operating online — and the COVID-19 pandemic has proved this. 
  Topics: online, process, digital, tools, need, examples, business, customer, transformation, help, board, businesses.
• How to Make Digital Credentials Your Most Impactful Marketing Tool - Marketing can have an enormous, positive impact on both revenue and brand recognition. Which is why organizations spend so much time, energy, and resources trying to reach their target audience.
  Topics: emails, digital, brand, impactful, credentials, awareness, tool, social, email, way, marketing, help.
• How to Succeed in Account-Based Advertising - Right now, Account-based Marketing (ABM) is the hottest B2B ticket in town — with 87% of marketers stating that it delivers better ROI than other marketing activities.
  Topics: accountbased, succeed, messaging, marketing, accounts, content, account, target, abm, digital, advertising.
• How to Work with Digital Influencers to Increase Your Instagram Followers - If you’re wondering how new brands go from 0 - 100,000 followers super fast we’re here to spill the secrets: They work with digital influencers.
  Topics: following, rate, media, work, increase, influencers, instagram, followers, influencer, digital, social, youll.
• How will EC plans to reboot rules for digital services impact startups? - There's a chance for broader perspectives on platform power to shape the next decades online, and much more besides.
  Topics: platform, rules, speech, safety, content, scale, plans, online, public, services, reboot, startups, digital, impact, illegal, lawmakers, ec, techcrunch.
• 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.
• JD hosts shows from first digital London Fashion Week with British brands - JD has hosted shows with British brands to support the first digital London Fashion Week: A-Cold-Wall*, Smythson and Paul Smith.
  Topics: hosts, shows, luxury, acoldwall, collaboration, brands, smythson, london, digital, jd, british, fashion, week.
• Learn Facebook Ads, SEO, Google Analytics, and More in this $40 Digital Marketing Bootcamp - Plus, YouTube, Reddit, Mailchimp, and Amazon, too.
  Topics: google, online, marketing, business, trillion, seo, bootcamp, bundle, course, stack, analytics, ads, facebook, digital, youll, learn.
• Less Cash and More Electronic Payments: the Financial Changes That the Pandemic Brought - Reports indicate that the 2020 health emergency has increased the use of digital transactions while decreasing the use of physical money.
  Topics: digital, payments, users, changes, brought, electronic, billion, pandemic, financial, services, using, cash, transactions, report, growth.
• Li & Fung, JD to invest $100 million in developing digital supply chain - Chinese e-commerce giant JD has invested US$100 million in Li & Fung via newly issued capital as a move to further develop its digital supply chain.
  Topics: jd, retail, supplychain, fung, global, partnership, li, supply, digital, developing, chain, million, invest.
• Logistics startup Saloodo expands to Turkey - Saloodo, a digital freight platform from Germany, is expanding. The startup, which connects shippers and carriers with a solution for ordering and handling shipments, will now launch its platform in Turkey. Turkey isn’t the first market abroad for the German startup, which was launched by DHL Group in 2017. The… Continue reading
  Topics: turkey, dhl, saloodo, platform, market, logistics, shippers, smart, digital, carriers, expands, startup, freight.
• Magento Training and Certification Now Integrated with Adobe Resources - We continue to make great progress with our integration of Magento and Adobe Experience Cloud operations, including a number of exciting recent changes related to Magento training and certification.
  Topics: credential, experience, digital, learning, partners, integrated, developers, adobe, training, resources, magento, certification, certified.
• 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.
• Marketing Trends to Watch in 2021, According to 21 Experts - Marketers are community-minded people. We collaborate across multiple departments in our own companies, while keeping track of competitive players and ensuring we're deeply connected to the needs and goals of our customers.
  Topics: experts, virtual, according, companies, watch, marketers, data, customer, marketing, digital, events, brands, trends.
• Mexican online grocer Jüsto raises $65M in General Atlantic-led Series A - Jüsto, an online supermarket based in Mexico City, announced Tuesday it has raised $65 million in a Series A round led by General Atlantic. The amount is sizable for a Series A in general, but supersized for a LatAm startup. In fact, according to PitchBook data cited by General Atlantic, the round represents the largest […]
  Topics: online, atlanticled, techcrunch, capital, 65m, latin, round, raised, jüsto, grocer, mexican, series, digital, suppliers, mexico, general, raises.
• Microsoft is closing all of its retail stores for good - As other retailers begin the slow, cautious move to reopen, Microsoft has announced that it will be permanently shutting down the vast majority of its retail stores. There are some exceptions, including flagships in urban hubs including London, New York City, Sydney and its own campus in Redmond, Washington, but the remainder of the locations […]
  Topics: online, closing, microsoft, team, including, digital, retail, sales, locations, good, stores, company, techcrunch.
• Navigating The New Normal In eCommerce - The new normal isn't here yet, but it will be here - whether it's weeks or months, once we start to venture outside more and more. Inevitably, brands that make investments in technology today to reimagine the customer experience online will find themselves better placed for the new normal than those that do not. Read more.
  Topics: navigating, ecommerce, media, stage, consumers, consumer, shopping, digital, products, experience, living, normal.
• New Lazada CEO named - Southeast Asian e-commerce platform Lazada has appointed Chun Li as its new CEO, succeeding Pierre Poignant, who will head to parent Alibaba Group.
  Topics: technology, southeast, named, li, region, ecommerce, lazadas, group, digital, ceo, lazada.
• Online shopping in Singapore soars in Covid-19’s shadow - Online shopping in Singapore has surged since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and GlobalData research suggests the effect may endure.
  Topics: soars, shadow, singapores, opportunities, behaviour, online, singapore, digital, shift, reach, shopping, covid19s, consumers.
• PayPal allows cryptocurrencies - PayPal has announced it will allow customers to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin and other crypto coins using its online wallets. Starting in early 2021, customers will also be able to use these virtual coins to shop at the 26 million connected merchants. With PayPal joining the cryptocurrency market today,… Continue reading
  Topics: customers, paypal, buy, coins, hold, wallets, allows, cryptocurrencies, payments, digital, virtual, sell.
• PayPal details its digital wallet plans for 2021, including crypto, Honey integration and more - PayPal this week laid out its vision for the future of its digital wallet platform and its PayPal and Venmo apps. During its third-quarter earnings call on Monday, the company said it plans to roll out substantial changes to its mobile apps over the next year to integrate a range of new features, including enhanced […]
  Topics: integration, tools, crypto, company, techcrunch, digital, wallet, honey, roll, pay, plans, including, paypal, details, honeys, experience, apps, users.
• Richemont suffers slump in online sales - After dismal updates from luxury goods groups this week, Richemont, the company behind Cartier could be forgiven for a 47-per-cent slump in sales in its first financial quarter.
  Topics: slump, ynap, sales, suffers, digital, richemont, cartier, luxury, platform, online, cent, richemonts, group.
• September: ecommerce events in Europe - Due to the covid-19 outbreak, many events got canceled in the last few months. But now it’s September and there are several virtual ecommerce events in Europe you can attend. Let’s have a look. September 2-3: InternetRetailing Expo IRX is where the retail and technology industries converge. Get ready to… Continue reading
  Topics: technology, key, events, digital, virtual, europe, visit, event, world, ecommerce.
• 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.
• SimilarWeb raises $120M for its AI-based market intelligence platform for sites and apps - Israeli startup SimilarWeb has made a name for itself with an AI-based platform that lets sites and apps track and understand traffic not just on their own sites, but those of its competitors. Now, it’s taking the next step in its growth. The startup has raised $120 million, funding it will use to continue expanding […]
  Topics: aibased, companies, business, market, techcrunch, digital, apps, offer, big, sites, analytics, platform, data, 120m, similarweb, intelligence, raises, company.
• Singapore virtual fashion festival planned for August - The Front Row, a Singapore virtual fashion festival, has been announced for August 20, showcasing regional and local labels.
  Topics: boey, planned, virtual, festival, technology, row, visitors, singapore, digital, fashion, platform, regional.
• 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.
• Target sets sales record in Q2 as same-day services grow 273% - Following Walmart’s pandemic-fueled earnings beat posted on Tuesday, Target today also handily beat Wall Street expectations to deliver a record-setting quarter across a number of key metrics. The retailer on Wednesday announced its strongest quarter to date for comparable sales, which grew 24.3% in Q2, driving Target’s profit up 80.3% year-over-year to $1.69 billion. Online […]
  Topics: pandemic, techcrunch, sales, targets, digital, growth, sameday, grow, stores, record, target, services, drive, q2, customers, quarter, sets.
• The 5 Kinds of Digital Marketing Collateral You Should Be Creating - It goes without saying, but your marketing materials shouldn't be limited to conventional outbound advertisements — particularly if your business is B2B. Sure, capturing attention is part of the battle, but what happens when a prospect visits your website and sees nothing but some product descriptions and a pricing page?
  Topics: service, kinds, company, collateral, example, case, creating, digital, industry, prospects, product, blog, marketing.
• The Future of Advertising [Expert Predictions & Data] - In a world of banner blindness, I'm sure you're concerned about the future of advertising. If you're in marketing, I'll bet it's one of your bigger concerns. But it's a new dawn and it's a new day. And as technology and advertising continue to evolve, so will your strategies.
  Topics: data, mobile, advertising, digital, ad, tv, expert, billion, ads, future, programmatic, predictions, video.
• The Painful Change Coming to Facebook Ads - With Apple rolling out iOS 14 in the spring, users will be able to opt out of being tracked by apps. So where will this leave Facebook ads or other online marketing services? Today Miracle Wanzo of DiscoveryMarketing.io joins the show to discuss this topic, diving into the serious implications this will have for marketing in […]
  Topics: means, facebook, geographical, ios, wanzo, today, miracle, targeting, coming, marketing, digital, painful, change, ads, tracking.
• The Salesperson of the Year Is Your Digital Storefront: A Guide to Perfecting Your Customer Experience for Peak Season - There’s an important reason the Magento Site Self-Assessment Checklist starts with asking whether your customers can easily shop your site on their mobile devices. Read more.
  Topics: customer, peak, digital, storefront, experience, site, search, media, salesperson, customers, social, guide, preparing, season, sure, perfecting.
• The Ultimate Guide to Marketing Strategies & How to Improve Your Digital Presence - Would I be correct to assume a major part of your marketing strategy today is digital? Probably 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: owned, digital, marketing, content, media, customers, earned, improve, youre, ultimate, strategy, paid, presence, strategies, guide.
• 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?
  Topics: company, website, digital, strategy, content, marketing, seo, media, online, social.
• The Wirecard Fiasco: Digital Payments Gone Wrong - What would you do if your credit card processor and merchant account provider were fraudulent? That's the reality for many thousands of worldwide businesses that relied on Wirecard, the Germany-based financial technology firm that is now in bankruptcy proceedings, having committed, allegedly, sham practices for years.
  Topics: gone, payments, fiasco, billion, german, wirecards, wirecard, company, wrong, singapore, fake, financial, digital, times.
• 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 status of ecommerce within manufacturing - Manufacturers increasingly want to digitize their sales- and buying processes. But what is the current maturity level of their online sales- and services capabilities? And how does it come that manufacturers act so protective in the after-sales business? Technology keeps on growing exponentially and this has consequences for the b2b… Continue reading
  Topics: manufacturers, status, b2b, customers, online, companies, sales, manufacturing, ecommerce, improve, experience, digital, customer.
• What Comes Next for Ecommerce and Digital Retail? - How can you prepare for the future of online retail?
  Topics: world, players, sales, pandemic, comes, digital, ecommerce, retail, help, week, need, order.
• What Is Performance Marketing? - With performance marketing, businesses pay only when they get results. While it doesn't necessarily guarantee a good return on investment, performance marketing is often a contributor to success for ecommerce merchants.
  Topics: engine, media, search, display, ads, digital, social, advertising, performance, marketing.
• 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 A Digital PR Specialist Should Always Be Involved in Content Creation - If you've been on the creative side of content marketing, you know not every idea is a winner. Sometimes projects gather a few links and then vanish under a pile of other content.
  Topics: idea, work, specialists, digital, content, data, information, team, creation, pr, outreach, specialist, involved.
• 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.
• e-Conomy Africa 2020 - Africa's $180 Billion Internet Economy Future: Google & IFC (Infographic & Report) - Africa’s Internet economy is transforming development on the continent by fostering economic opportunities, creating jobs, and providing innovative solutions to complex challenges, like access to healthcare, education, and finance.
  Topics: startups, infographic, digital, african, economy, africa, future, billion, report, ifc, google, venture, potential, growing, internet, africas.
• eComm Weekly: PayPal's New Digital Wallet Features - PayPal is adding brand new features to increase convenience for their customers. Do you have them as a part of your ecosystem yet? Check it out. eCommerce Weekly. What's new and what's noteworthy? Next on the list is PayPal. We know PayPal as a convenient payment solution But their aim is actually to get even more convenient. Now, with the roll out of their new digital wallet they'll have some new features like budgeting tools, support for cryptocurrency, the Buy Now, Pay Later functionality, and to top it off, they'll have a seamless integration with all the shopping tools from their newly-acquired company, Honey. So what does it mean for merchants and consumers? Well, with the new shopping tools from honey, PayPal will now be able to track consumers from their initial phase, their initial interest in a product and target them with promotions and savings and then have all of the checkout experience be in one place. And now with this data, they're going to be actually providing anonymous data to merchants to help them with driving sales. Next, customers have the access to a new digital currency, as now you'll be able to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrency across 28 million different merchants, without any new integrations on the merchant side. And lastly, They'll be doing a complete overhaul transformation on all of their newly acquired companies, to bring all the features together in one place. So no more switching between apps or having to use a desktop experience to get what you need. I don't know, to me this screams convenience. So are brands actually ensuring that they have PayPal as a part of their ecosystem? Because if you're not, you could be missing out on customers that want convenience. That's all for eComm weekly. Tell me what you think!   Source: https://tcrn.ch/3giogKm
  Topics: paypal, whats, paypals, tools, actually, customers, weekly, merchants, wallet, digital, theyll, convenience, features, ecomm.
• ‘Starbucks Now’ to join four Alibaba apps - Starbucks Coffee is introducing its own mobile order and payment system in the Mainland Chinese market as a feature on four Alibaba platforms.
  Topics: alibaba, mobile, system, starbucks, china, beverages, online, feature, digital, join, apps, service.