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• 10 Ecommerce Trust Signals to Build Customer Confidence (+ Increase Conversions on Your Site!) - In 2020, everything was a piece of cake.  Crocs. Toilet paper. Plants. Pizza. They’re all literally cake!  The viral meme…
  Topics: product, customer, customers, reviews, signals, shopping, online, ecommerce, ways, include, site, trust, information.
• 20 Selling Sites and Marketplaces to Sell Your Stuff Online - The top online marketplaces in the world sold over $2 trillion in 2019, accounting for 57% of global web sales, according to Digital Commerce 360’s analysis. The growth of marketplace sales leaves small business owners asking one question: to sell or not to sell on online marketplaces?  In this guide, we'll walk you though some of the best online selling sites, the benefits of starting your own online store, and how using both can help reach new customers and make more sales. More
  Topics: stuff, online, items, ecommerce, marketplaces, sites, products, marketplace, fees, free, sell, selling, amazon.
• 2020 Top 25: Our Most Popular Posts of the Year - Contributor Marcia Kaplan emailed me in early February 2020. She described a sickness in China that appeared to be impacting global trade. She called it a virus and suggested that we address it. "Coronavirus Disrupting the Global Economy, Including Ecommerce," Marcia's piece, made our annual top 25 list — articles published during the year with the most page views.  It was the first of dozens of Covid-related stories.
  Topics: posts, ecommerce, video, product, popular, seo, shopify, read, content, google, data.
• 4 Pillars of the New eCommerce Frontier Entrepreneurs Need to Embrace - The new frontier of ecommerce is full of rapid innovation. As the face of the industry changes, entrepreneurs must change with it.
  Topics: pillars, frontier, entrepreneurs, video, sales, voice, ecommerce, businesses, need, marketing, ar, embrace, social, shopping, product.
• 4 Simple Ways Your Ecommerce Brand Can Better Serve Customers In 2021 - Improving customer experience is one of the most valuable ways you can stand out.
  Topics: simple, brand, live, experience, online, site, sales, ecommerce, brands, ways, shopping, serve, better, customers.
• 5 Essentials for Ecommerce Site Search in 2021 - Ecommerce site search is vital for navigation and conversions. Picking the right provider should be based on features, data, and measurability. Here are a few tips to help you decide.
  Topics: essentials, ecommerce, return, shoppers, provider, search, synonym, shopper, results, relevant, site.
• 5 Powerful Pre-Launch Strategies for Your Next eCommerce Brand - These strategies will help you build hype and win customers before your products are available.
  Topics: target, tip, prelaunch, need, sure, media, products, strategies, brand, marketing, ecommerce, powerful.
• 5 Reasons to Sell Your e-Commerce Goods at a Wholesale Price - Most entrepreneurs make the mistake of underestimating the benefits that a wholesale channel can add to their eCommerce business. Or assume that wholesale pricing is best executed by a brick and mortar wholesale businesses. But any eCommerce business, big or small, can sell to both consumers and retailers at a wholesale price. Unlike selling only […]
  Topics: customers, selling, retail, goods, product, retailers, business, price, ecommerce, reasons, wholesale, sell, customer.
• 5 Retail Insights from a Covid Christmas - Holiday consumer spending offers insights into the retail industry, including ecommerce's continued growth, consumer spending, and customer relationships. 2020 has been extraordinary — the pandemic, natural disasters, and a divisive U.S. election. What follows are five insights from the 2020 Christmas season.
  Topics: online, sales, ecommerce, covid, spending, retailers, insights, pandemic, retail, money, christmas, shoppers.
• 7 Customer Retention Strategies for 2021 - Retaining ecommerce customers lowers costs and boosts profits. In 2021, customer retention could be critical. “In 2020 we saw multiple years of ecommerce growth….And when we look at [2021], the big question is 'Will this shift to ecommerce last?'"
  Topics: customer, strategies, model, rfm, service, ecommerce, marketing, onboarding, customers, retention.
• 7 Simple Tips for Instagram eCommerce Success - The biggest question for every eCommerce store owner is: How do I get seen? In the online market, visibility is everything. Unlike a physical shop with a set location, your eCommerce store is surrounded by thousands of others that are highly similar. You constantly play a shuffling game on the expansive online market. One minute […]
  Topics: images, brand, business, instagram, tips, image, online, marketing, ecommerce, simple, products, content, success, posts.
• A Data Studio Template to Automate Ecommerce KPIs - Automating key performance indicators streamlines data collection and enables real-time reporting. Collecting and reporting from multiple data sources is possible in Google Data Studio, an excellent platform. To help, I've created a free Data Studio template that you can use for your business. I'll explain the template in this post.
  Topics: ive, automate, kpis, reporting, data, sources, studio, google, source, template, collection, ecommerce, analytics.
• Active Ants wants to expand across Europe - Dutch fulfillment company Active Ants is growing fast. In October 2020, the company opened its second fulfillment center in the Netherlands, and the opening of two other sites are already planned. Ecommerce News Europe spoke with managing partner Jeroen Dekker about their ambitions. In the Netherlands, Active Ants is widely… Continue reading
  Topics: active, dekker, center, ants, company, fulfillment, ecommerce, wants, netherlands, expand, million, europe.
• Adding SMS to an Ecommerce Marketing Mix - Text messaging can help ecommerce marketers engage and retain customers, but it is not a replacement for email communication or mobile apps. How does an ecommerce marketer use SMS? Here are seven tips to help.
  Topics: messages, message, adding, customers, mix, service, nps, customer, marketing, text, ecommerce, sms.
• Aldi prepares for ecommerce - Aldi seems to prepare for a better ecommerce strategy. Aldi Süd is gradually rolling outs its globally uniform IT system across its shop network across 20 countries. The discounter is laying the groundwork for ecommerce. Aldi Süd is renewing all important business processes. This investment costs approximately 1.5 billion euros,… Continue reading
  Topics: system, purchasing, operation, aldi, nord, süd, prepares, ecommerce, lay, meant, ecommercealdi.
• Alibaba shares jump on Jack Ma’s first appearance in 3 months - Alibaba’s billionaire founder resurfaced as he spoke to 100 rural teachers through a video call, three months after his last public appearance in October, sending the e-commerce firm’s shares up more than 8% in Hong Kong. A recording of the call was first posted on a news portal backed by the government of Zhejiang, the […]
  Topics: appearance, alibaba, chinese, teachers, ma, rural, jump, techcrunch, jack, zhejiang, video, public, shares, months, mas, ecommerce.
• Alloy raises $4M to build out its e-commerce automation service - Alloy Automation, a startup that was part of the Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort, announced today that it has closed $5 million across two rounds, the most recent of which brought $4 million to the company in October of 2020. The new funds were raised at a $16 million pre-money, $20 million post-money valuation, Alloy […]
  Topics: company, round, service, ecommerce, automation, 4m, build, million, capital, techcrunch, startup, alloy, raises, founders, y.
• Amazon almost ready to launch Amazon Poland - Amazon is planning to launch Amazon Poland at Amazon.pl. The dedicated ecommerce website isn’t live yet, but selling partners in Poland and abroad can now register their businesses for Amazon Poland. The American ecommerce giant announced that it has started the work to launch Amazon.pl. It hasn’t revealed when the… Continue reading
  Topics: customers, amazon, ecommerce, ready, company, website, launch, trust, step, poland, things.
• 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 to DTC Ecommerce Infographic (2021) - Transitioning from selling business-to-business (B2B) to direct-to-consumer (DTC) isn’t an easy decision for manufacturers. But as experts predict record numbers…
  Topics: website, products, customer, manufacturers, infographic, dtc, consumers, buy, directly, ecommerce, b2b, brand.
• Berlin Brands Group commits $302M to acquire D2C and Amazon merchants - If the rise of direct-to-consumer businesses has been one of the big e-commerce trends of the last decade, then the growth of startups raising huge rounds to consolidate D2C players, to bring more economies of scale to the model, has definitely been a related theme of the past year. In the latest move, a startup […]
  Topics: million, bbg, 302m, techcrunch, group, berlin, chaljawski, ecommerce, companies, commits, amazon, big, d2c, startups, products, acquire, brands, merchants.
• Berlin Brands Group to invest €250 million in acquiring Amazon brands - Berlin Brands Group has announced today it will invest 250 million euros for the acquisition of ecommerce brands that sell on Amazon. It plans to spend this money over the next 18 months. And the goal of all this is to become the number one in Europe for ecommerce brands.… Continue reading
  Topics: sell, acquiring, amazon, market, company, berlin, group, euros, ecommerce, million, brands, invest.
• Bestseller Group launches ecommerce platform The Founded - Danish fashion company Bestseller Group, which owns brands like Jack & Jones, Vero Moda, and Only, has started a new online platform. It’s called The Founded and will feature all 20 brands in a new, more personalized way. And The Founded is not just another platform, it’s meant to one… Continue reading
  Topics: strong, launches, bestseller, platform, partnerships, bestsellercom, thats, founded, ecommerce, group, website, online.
• BigCommerce customers can now sell on Walmart’s online marketplace - BigCommerce has partnered with Walmart to allow its customers to sell on the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer’s e-commerce marketplace, it announced this morning. Shares of Austin-based BigCommerce rose sharply in pre-market trading after the news, gaining around 10% before the bell. Walmart, best-known for in-person shopping, has proven an e-commerce success story in recent years. For […]
  Topics: growth, walmart, shopify, company, ecommerce, sell, online, customers, bigcommerce, techcrunch, walmarts, wish, marketplace, announced.
• Bloomreach CEO: Future of Retail Is Marketplaces, Brands - Raj De Datta, CEO and co-founder at Bloomreach, said it succinctly, "The future of retail is marketplaces which require scale. But, the future of retail is also brands. The industry is seeing an explosion of small brands setting up shop online."
  Topics: future, small, retail, sales, retailers, ceo, marketplace, bloomreach, sell, brands, datta, ecommerce, marketplaces.
• Cadeera is doing AI visual search for home décor - In recent years we’ve seen a whole bunch of visual/style fashion-focused search engines cropping up, tailored to helping people find the perfect threads to buy online by applying computer vision and other AI technologies to perform smarter-than-keywords visual search which can easily match and surface specific shapes and styles. Startups like Donde Search, Glisten and […]
  Topics: visual, spiegler, retailers, facebook, ai, youre, décor, techcrunch, ecommerce, doing, cadeera, search, recommendations.
• Cdiscount launches marketplace solution for other retailers - Cdiscount has announced it will launch an online marketplace solution that can be used by other retailers. The complete solution, which takes care of technology, offer, and logistics, enables physical and online retailers to develop their own marketplace operations. Cdiscount moving deeper into the popular marketplace market is no surprise.… Continue reading
  Topics: online, retailers, marketplace, cdiscount, million, growth, french, launches, logistics, solution, ecommerce.
• Charts: Social Media’s Impact on Ecommerce Revenue - Social media's impact on global ecommerce revenue varies depending on the platform. Almost half of Pinterest users shop on the site. Pinterest users also generate the highest average order value, at $154, versus other social media channels. Less than 10 percent of Snapchat and Twitter users shop for goods or services on those sites.
  Topics: male, charts, potential, medias, social, snapchat, pinterest, x, impact, revenue, shop, users, order, ecommerce.
• China Is Dominating Ecommerce - In China, a drab gray Mao suit was once the required attire for men and women. No longer. The county is poised to become the largest luxury apparel market worldwide by 2025. With a 2020 population of 1.4 billion and a flourishing middle class with an appetite for foreign luxury goods, China is dominating ecommerce.
  Topics: shoppers, ecommerce, dominating, online, dutyfree, luxury, chinese, china, market, goods.
• China’s e-commerce titan Alibaba hit with antitrust probe - China’s top market watchdog has begun a probe into Alibaba over alleged anti-competition practices at the e-commerce firm, the latest of Beijing’s efforts to curb the country’s ever-expanding internet titans. The State Administration for Market Regulation said Thursday in a brief statement that it is investigating Alibaba over its “choosing one from two” policy, in […]
  Topics: regulators, chinas, regulatory, hit, titan, alibaba, internet, work, market, antitrust, ant, state, techcrunch, group, probe, ecommerce.
• Coupang files for mega US IPO - Coupang's offering, coming amidst the public debut of a number of well-known technology brands, will be a massive affair.
  Topics: files, growth, techcrunch, revenue, company, mega, ecommerce, billion, capital, ipo, public, coupang, companys.
• Cross-border ecommerce in UK up 57% - Cross-border ecommerce sales from the United Kingdom saw a 57 percent year-on-year increase in 2020. Outbound online sales grew substantially from April up to the holiday period, with a significant spike starting in September. Ecommerce in the United Kingdom is known for its major local ecommerce companies. Nonetheless, 36 percent… Continue reading
  Topics: demand, index, ecommerce, crossborder, markets, brands, online, sales, uk, eu.
• Don’t Overlook Technical SEO in 2021 - Good ecommerce and blogging platforms should, by default, take care of most technical search engine optimization concerns. But this doesn't mean B2B and B2C ecommerce companies can ignore technical SEO in 2021.
  Topics: overlook, technical, environments, search, ecommerce, seo, dont, product, include, businesses, platforms.
• E-commerce infrastructure startup Nacelle closes $18M Series A - Consumer online shopping habits have led to a windfall of revenues for these web storefronts, but COVID-era trends have also breathed new life into the market for developer tools that help e-commerce sites operate more smoothly for shoppers. LA-based Nacelle is one of many e-commerce infrastructure startups to earn attention from investors amid COVID. The […]
  Topics: web, trends, techcrunch, 18m, services, storefronts, websites, startups, ecommerce, infrastructure, sites, nacelle, series, startup, closes, shopping.
• E-commerce optimization startup Tradeswell raises $15.5M - After launching in October, Tradeswell is announcing today that it has raised $15.5 million in Series A funding. Co-founder and CEO Paul Palmieri previously led digital ad company Millennial Media (now owned by TechCrunch’s parent company Verizon Media), and he said the e-commerce market today is similar to the online ad market when he was […]
  Topics: raises, led, total, 155m, online, platform, tradeswell, company, businesses, optimization, techcrunch, ecommerce, today, market, startup.
• EU4Digital launches pilot to increase volumes in Eastern Europe - EU4Digital, an initiative to extend the European Digital Single Market to Eastern Europe, has launched an ecommerce pilot between Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Germany. Its goal is to increase ecommerce volumes. The European single market is the EU being one territory, without any internal borders or regulations to block the… Continue reading
  Topics: eastern, europe, countries, eu, pilot, launches, ecommerce, volumes, partner, increase, crossborder, european, eu4digital.
• Earn Some Extra Income by Selling Through Amazon, eBay, and More - Source and sell high-profit products from the comfort of home.
  Topics: product, bundle, extra, start, income, amazon, world, selling, ecommerce, ebay, alibaba, earn, products, youll.
• 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 17, 2021 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-January from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on delivery services, loyalty programs, social media management, payment solutions, and headless commerce.
  Topics: product, offers, ecommerce, platform, updates, free, customers, releases, delivery, services, teams, mail.
• 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.
• Ecommerce SEO Strategies to Get Your Online Store in the SERPs - Use these ecommerce SEO tips to get your website to the top of the SERPs! Every online store, website & blog needs to try these SEO tactics.
  Topics: link, search, websites, online, strategies, content, store, keyword, ecommerce, website, engines, keywords, serps, site, seo.
• Ecommerce financer Storfund provides €825 million of funding - Storfund, which shortens the cash cycle of online sellers, secured 30 million euros of capital from the Private Debt team of Swiss bank Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) and private investors. This year, the company wants to provide 1 billion dollars (825 million euros) of cash advances to online marketplace merchants.… Continue reading
  Topics: wants, marketplaces, capital, funding, private, storfund, growth, online, ecommerce, provides, million, marketplace, financer, liquidity.
• Ecommerce in Germany was worth €83.3 billion in 2020 - Ecommerce in Germany was worth 83.3 billion euros in 2020. This is an increase of 14.6 percent compared to the situation one year before. The growth is significant, as the average growth over the previous three years was ‘just’ 11.3 percent. Of course, this significant increase in gross sales of… Continue reading
  Topics: growth, goods, starting, online, development, worth, ecommerce, billion, germany, customers.
• Ecommerce in Poland breaks records - The number of online purchases reached an all-time record in Poland last year. This has, of course, to do with the lockdowns due to Covid-19. But still, Poland was one of the fastest growing ecommerce markets in Europe. According to data from Statista, online spending reached 10 billion euros on… Continue reading
  Topics: share, billion, purchases, online, sales, ecommerce, reached, records, poland, breaks, polish, amazon.
• Ecommerce shipping in Germany 2021 - Online shops in Germany have done a solid job in terms of shipping online orders to customers. Last year, was a difficult year, because of the sudden peak in ecommerce, but most things went well, a new study shows. Every year for the last three years, ParcelLab places test orders… Continue reading
  Topics: shipping, ecommerce, logistics, companies, parcellab, customers, study, germany, retailers, online, delivery.
• Elements Brands Founder on Moving from Doer to Manager - The required skills to launch a business are typically much different from managing it for the long term. Bill D'Alessandro has done both. He launched a single ecommerce business in 2010 and then transformed the company into an operator of multiple online brands. He has evolved from performing most every task to focusing on a few.
  Topics: manager, brands, ad, ecommerce, page, elements, business, youre, lot, founder, doer, entrepreneurs, moving, buy, good.
• European logistics investments: €39 billion in 2020 - Logistics investments in Europe went up to 38.64 billion euros in 2020. This is, of course, driven by the massive growth of ecommerce in Europe. Last year marks the highest figure on record since 2013. The coronavirus measures across Europe have led to a boost in online shopping. And this… Continue reading
  Topics: rate, ecommerce, warehouse, record, billion, investments, europe, logistics, vacancy, european, shows.
• Five Considerations for International Expansion - The world is waiting! Enjoy successful expansion with careful planning. From language to payments, learn the 5 key areas to master for a smooth transition.
  Topics: credit, local, expansion, ecommerce, customers, country, countries, payments, considerations, language, international, cards, world.
• Flipkart doubles down on rewards program, partners with 5,000 retail outlets in India - Flipkart on Monday launched SuperCoin Pay that its customers will be able to use across thousands of retail stores across the country as Walmart-owned e-commerce giant bets on its loyalty program to win and sustain its user base in the world’s second-largest internet market. The Bangalore-headquartered e-commerce giant said it had partnered with over 5,000 […]
  Topics: ecommerce, techcrunch, rewards, customers, outlets, program, retail, india, giant, pay, flipkart, partners, doubles, supercoin, loyalty.
• Hamlet Batista - All of us here mourn the death last month of Hamlet Batista, our friend and contributor. Hamlet first appeared in Practical Ecommerce in an interview. A mutual acquaintance, an SEO practitioner, had suggested that we publish his views. “He’s really smart,” said the acquaintance. “He’s applying for a genius visa.”
  Topics: told, practical, received, seo, ecommerce, genius, technical, web, hamlet, visa.
• How Ecommerce Businesses Can Overcome Funding Barriers - With the increased demand for online shopping, ecommerce businesses are struggling to get cash to keep up with demand.
  Topics: ecommerce, credit, barriers, business, need, lenders, online, funding, businesses, overcome, traditional, loan.
• Hunting for eCommerce Investments - Everyone always says how hard it is to work through deals and figure out what is good and what is not, but you never truly understand until you are in it. Today I will be talking about everything that went into searching for ECF Capital investments, including how I kept track of them all and […]
  Topics: deal, ecommerce, smaller, actually, investments, harder, work, hunting, closing, deals, process, importance, economics.
• Indian B2B e-commerce startup Udaan raises $280 million - Business-to-business marketplace Udaan has raised $280 million from new and existing investors as the Indian startup builds a war-chest to accelerate its growth and fend off rivals. The new capital is not part of a new financing round but is an extension of its Series D. The Bangalore-based startup, which secured $585 million prior to […]
  Topics: techcrunch, capital, financing, indian, udaan, raises, million, india, ecommerce, small, b2b, retail, reliance, startup.
• January 2021 Top 10: Our Most Popular Posts - Our mission since 2005 is to publishing unbiased, independent content to help ecommerce merchants. What follows are the 10 most popular articles that we published in January 2021. Articles from early in the month are more likely to make the list than later ones.
  Topics: data, content, tools, ecommerce, million, free, font, morehere, read, popular, posts, list.
• Jet co-founder Nate Faust is building a more sustainable e-commerce experience with Olive - Nate Faust has spent years in the e-commerce business — he was a vice president at Quidsi (which ran Diapers.com and Soap.com), co-founder and COO at Jet (acquired by Walmart for $3.3 billion) and then a senior vice president at Walmart. Over time, he said it slowly dawned on him that it’s “crazy” that 25 […]
  Topics: retailers, impact, ecommerce, delivery, jet, techcrunch, experience, environmental, shoppers, products, sustainable, packaging, weekly, building, faust, olive, cofounder, nate.
• Jumia co-CEO Jeremy Hodara talks African e-commerce and his company’s path to profitability - This month, African e-commerce giant Jumia released its second full-year financials for Q4 and its fiscal year 2020. The results were mixed — active customers and gross profit increased, while orders and gross merchandise volume (GMV) fell. A particular feature that has troubled the company since its inception in 2012 was also present, namely persistent […]
  Topics: jumia, jeremy, african, companys, say, techcrunch, revenue, consumers, quarter, coceo, path, talks, ecommerce, company, business, hodara, profitability, think.
• Kaufland officially enters the world of ecommerce - Next month, Kaufland will officially enter the world of ecommerce. For the first time, the German hypermarket chain will be visible as a new operator on the previous online marketplace of Real, the company it acquired in June last year. And in mid-April the marketplace will be completely integrated on… Continue reading
  Topics: stationary, worlds, officially, customers, kauflandde, online, ecommerce, enters, marketplace, world, schwarz, kaufland.
• Kickstart Your Online Store Sales With an eCommerce Podcast - So, is starting a podcast really worth the effort? Most eCommerce business owners still shy away from the medium. Partly because of its relatively recent emergence in the digital landscape. But this practical, innovative, and inexpensive content marketing strategy is a clever way for your eCommerce business to connect with your audience on a more […]
  Topics: podcasts, online, podcasting, kickstarting, ecommerce, brand, podcast, audience, business, store, way, content.
• Learn How to Successfully Launch a Shopify Store and Build Your Ecommerce Business - Get on board the ecommerce boom today.
  Topics: shopify, successfully, launch, build, businesses, thats, store, business, bundle, learn, sell, online, products, ecommerce, youll.
• Learn to Grow Your Shopify Store This Year Through SEO - Create sustainable organic growth with help from a Shopify pro.
  Topics: youll, small, shopify, seo, help, ecommerce, strategies, youre, learn, course, grow, store.
• Lengow acquired by Marlin - Ecommerce automation platform Lengow has been acquired by Marlin Equity Partners. The global investment fund says it has big plans with Lengow. It wants to make the French company the leading ecommerce platform on the market. Marlin Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in Lengow, which has offices in… Continue reading
  Topics: acquired, partners, retailers, online, lengow, ecommerce, growth, marlin, equity, platform.
• Major Brands Bet on DTC Ecommerce - Selling directly to consumers online is no longer just for start-ups. As brick-and-mortar sales decline because of Covid-19 and store closures, established brands are focusing on digital sales. Even before the pandemic, the traditional model of manufacturers selling to wholesalers who then sold to retailers was faltering.
  Topics: products, stores, selling, dtc, consumers, directly, bet, online, ecommerce, retailers, major, sites, brands.
• Make it Big 2020 Spotlight: An Investor’s Outlook on What Makes a Successful Online Brand with Jeff Richards - The ecommerce space has evolved over the years, but the coronavirus pandemic accelerated our predictions. In BigCommerce’s Day 2 of the 2020 Make…
  Topics: dtc, wasnt, space, really, products, big, brands, richards, social, think, session, ecommerce, jeff.
• ManoMano’s sales are growing rapidly for its home improvement e-commerce platform - It’s been a year since I covered ManoMano, the French e-commerce platform focused on DIY, home improvement and gardening products. And 2020 has been a successful year as the company’s gross merchandise volume doubled to €1.2 billion ($1.45 billion at today’s rate). ManoMano’s sales are also accelerating as the company reported a 50% increase in […]
  Topics: manomano, sales, growing, represents, ecommerce, million, uk, platform, rapidly, improvement, company, manomanos, volume, segment, merchandise, techcrunch.
• Marc Lore leaves Walmart a little over four years after selling Jet.com for $3B - Marc Lore, the executive vice president, president and CEO of U.S. e-commerce for Walmart, is stepping down a little over four years after selling his e-commerce company Jet.com to the country’s largest retailer for $3 billion. Lore’s tenure at the company was a mixed bag. Walmart instituted several new technology initiatives under Lore’s tenure, but […]
  Topics: marc, leaves, lore, techcrunch, walmart, 3b, ecommerce, jetcom, initiatives, vice, executive, tenure, little, including, president, selling.
• Mind the gap: E-commerce marketers should revise their TAM and SAM estimates - Have you built your total addressable market (TAM) and serviceable addressable market (SAM) estimates for 2021 considering how things evolved in 2020?
  Topics: shopify, revenue, total, sam, techcrunch, marketers, tam, gap, mind, ecommerce, estimates, market, revise, addressable, simplest.
• Online Fraud in 2021 Is Booming - Fraud-prevention expert Uri Arad will give an exclusive, live-stream presentation to the CommerceCo by Practical Ecommerce peer-to-peer community on Thursday, January 21, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
  Topics: presentation, refund, online, commerceco, increased, members, ecommerce, fraud, quarter, booming, sales.
• Online wholesale retailer Boxed taps Aeon for Asia expansion - Boxed, the New York-based online retailer that sells and delivers bulk-sized groceries, makes its foray into Asia by partnering with Aeon, one of Asia’s largest brick-and-mortar retail operators. Unlike its consumer-focused business in the U.S., which has been described as “Costco for millennials,” Boxed is exporting its nascent software-as-a-service solution to Aeon in Malaysia. As […]
  Topics: million, aeon, retail, huang, expansion, techcrunch, online, retailer, business, ecommerce, wholesale, software, robots, asia, solution, taps, boxed.
• Open Source Ecommerce vs SaaS Ecommerce: Finding the Right Fit for Your Ecommerce Business - The ecommerce industry has been continually growing and changing over the last few decades, and those changes accelerated with the…
  Topics: source, software, ecommerce, business, open, need, vs, saas, platform, platforms, magento.
• Our New Ecommerce Community for Growth - CommerceCo by Practical Ecommerce is for exceptional folks who work in the ecommerce business — be it retail, B2B, or a brand — to learn, share, and grow. It's our new exclusive community for experience ecommerce professionals.
  Topics: growth, commerceco, community, retail, practical, work, member, leader, host, ecommerce, help.
• Pandemic-driven Shoppers Expect More from Ecommerce - The pandemic has upped consumers' digital expectations. What was once the exception is now the norm. Telemedicine, online learning, virtual meetings — all have advanced in the past year. Ecommerce stores must evolve, too, in how they engage and interact with shoppers.
  Topics: stores, online, ecommerce, pandemicdriven, quizzes, questions, product, videos, customer, content, expect, shopping, shoppers.
• Porch Piracy Is Growing - Porch piracy is on the rise, with 43 percent of American consumers surveyed saying they had an ecommerce delivery pilfered from their front porch in 2020, according to a recent report. C+R Research asked 2,000 self-reporting shoppers about delivery theft in November 2020.
  Topics: growing, delivery, porch, retailer, door, theft, united, package, survey, piracy, ecommerce.
• Private equity firm Marlin snatches up e-commerce optimization platform Lengow - French startup Lengow has a new landlord as Marlin Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in the company. Lengow operates a software-as-a-service platform to optimize e-commerce listings. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. In particular, many sellers now list their items on multiple e-commerce websites at once. For instance, a company could have its […]
  Topics: private, sellers, firm, multiple, items, snatches, techcrunch, products, lengow, ecommerce, growth, marlin, website, equity, platform, optimization.
• Secret Sales: 4,000% month-on-month revenue growth - Online fashion marketplace Secret Sales has seen its month-on-month revenue increase by 4,000 during the Covid-19 pandemic. At the beginning of the outbreak, the UK company transformed from a flash sales outlet into a premium ecommerce marketplace. Secret Sales was founded in 2007 by brothers Nish and Sach Kukadia. In… Continue reading
  Topics: website, secret, monthonmonth, griffin, products, revenue, sales, marketplace, growth, flash, ecommerce, platform, online.
• Shipping for Your Online Business Can be a Breeze with Shippo - Shipping can make a side hustle a full-time hassle, but the right tools and techniques can open it up.
  Topics: orders, returns, online, helps, ecommerce, breeze, shipping, upgrade, business, shippo, need, designed.
• Starting an E-commerce Business? Here's How to Buy in Bulk at Great Prices. - Get access to brand-name products your future customers know and love.
  Topics: buy, brands, warehouse, great, heres, business, products, starting, store, ecommerce, prices, suppliers, tundra, online, using, today, wholesale, bulk.
• Starting an eCommerce Investment Fund - Last year I announced ECF Capital, an eCommerce fund investment group that looks to invest in promising eCommerce companies with a group of experienced investors. Over the course of the last 12 months, we have been setting everything up, looking for deals, and finally culminating and closing on our first deal in December. So in […]
  Topics: starting, small, paid, fund, group, ecommerce, investors, investor, pool, initial, investment.
• Switzerland first on ecommerce index - Switzerland is the new number one on the B2C E-commerce Index of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. It surpasses the Netherlands, which ended first in the previous two editions. For a few years now, UNCTAD ranks 152 countries on their readiness to engage in ecommerce. As usual,… Continue reading
  Topics: states, united, ecommerce, unctad, china, countries, online, ranks, switzerland, index.
• The Benefits of an Ecommerce Technology Advocate - Managing an ecommerce technology stack is complicated. Many companies could use help. "As the marketplace for ecommerce [software] starts to broaden and becomes more complex, adding platforms and apps [can be] really hard," said Mark Wexler, a founder and partner at Whirlwind Ecommerce.
  Topics: software, help, requirements, wexler, benefits, platforms, technology, advocate, website, ecommerce, save.
• The Keys to More Ecommerce Conversions - Ecommerce conversion rate optimization and user experience are complementary, but the former works best when businesses focus on shopper expectations, competitive innovation, and the industry segment.
  Topics: business, experience, uber, cro, conversions, chen, user, expectations, keys, shoppers, ecommerce, ux.
• The best way to select a software vendor - As a company grows, so does its reliance on software. The right software drives efficiency and profits. It can lower employment costs. But software cannot become an obstacle. It cannot prevent a business from growing or evolving. When it does restrict growth, change your software.
  Topics: search, suitable, right, businesses, business, tool, software, select, ecommerce, does, way, vendor, best.
• The impact of Covid-19 on ecommerce - 2020 was a challenging year for many. At the same time, ecommerce grew like never before. What can we expect from 2021? SearchNode published a new report on the latest ecommerce trends and the impact of Covid-19. Last year, SearchNode published a report on ecommerce trends in 2020. Of course,… Continue reading
  Topics: online, course, sales, ecommerce, physical, say, supply, companies, covid19, impact, retailers.
• Tomlinson’s Feed: Fresh and Relevant after 75 Years - Kate Knecht is the fourth-generation owner-operator of Tomlinson's Feed, a family-owned retail business with 16 brick-and-mortar locations in Central Texas. The company is 75 years old. Amid the pandemic and the onslaught of online behemoths, can such a business transition to 2021 consumers? I asked Knecht that question and more.
  Topics: stores, local, order, relevant, family, tomlinsons, brother, ecommerce, business, delivery, site, feed, teamwork, fresh.
• Tony Florence, the head of NEA’s tech practice, on building breakthrough brands - Tony Florence isn’t as well known to the public as other top investors like Bill Gurley or Marc Andreessen, but he’s someone who founders with SaaS and especially marketplace e-commerce companies know — or should. He’s responsible for the global tech investing activities for NEA, one of the world’s biggest venture firms in terms of […]
  Topics: customer, theres, market, techcrunch, companies, head, building, ecommerce, brands, breakthrough, amazon, tony, neas, really, lot, think, practice, florence, youre, tech.
• Top 10 best Innovative drop shipping eCommerce niches ideas - Top 10 best Drop Shipping niches ideas Drop shipping is a best ecommerce business nowadays. People are earning Millions of dollars without any inventory. People add other wholesalers products into their store with their desired profit margin and when they get an order they simply give the same product order to the wholesaler with the customer address. In […]
  Topics: drop, niches, innovative, ecommerce, ideas, best, shipping.
• Trendyol: 347 million products in 2020 - About 98,000 businesses and 1.1 million individuals sold a total of 347 million products on Trendyol last year. The popular Turkish ecommerce platform also contributed to the creation and retention of 1.1 million jobs in Turkey. In the same period the number of active customers on Trendyol increased significantly, from… Continue reading
  Topics: platform, trendyol, turkish, turkey, ecommerce, products, million, sellers, popular, impact.
• Ula raises $20 million to expand its e-commerce marketplace in Indonesia - Tokopedia, Lazada, Shopee, and other firms created an e-commerce market in Indonesia in the past decade, making it possible for consumers to shop online in the island nation. But as is true in other Asian markets, most small retailers and mom-and-pop stores in the Southeast Asian country still face a myriad of challenges in sourcing […]
  Topics: retailers, million, retail, india, capital, small, techcrunch, chain, marketplace, ecommerce, market, raises, ula, supply, expand, markets, indonesia.
• Understanding the UK Value-Add Tax: How to Prepare for Brexit as an Ecommerce Business - This material does not constitute legal advice and is only for general informational purposes. Readers should consult a qualified attorney…
  Topics: need, goods, works, tax, number, customer, vat, customers, brexit, merchants, uk, changes, ecommerce.
• Using TikTok for Ecommerce Marketing - TikTok is a relative newcomer to the social media world, having launched as A.me in 2016 in Beijing, China. Once viewed as a passing phase, TikTok now has more than 200 million downloads in the U.S. and 2 billion worldwide. It's among the most downloaded apps in Google Play and the Apple App Store.
  Topics: trending, video, watch, feed, marketing, tiktok, ecommerce, videos, using, content, ocean, viral, spray.
• Valoreo closes on $50M to roll up LatAm e-commerce brands - A new breed of startups is acquiring and growing small but promising third-party merchants, and building out their own economies of scale. And while there are a number of such startups based in the U.S. and Europe, none had emerged in the Latin American market. Until now. Valoreo, a Mexico City-based acquirer of e-commerce businesses, […]
  Topics: florea, brands, roll, american, techcrunch, 50m, products, ecommerce, market, capital, valoreo, latin, closes, latam, company.
• WeChat advances e-commerce goals with $250B in transactions - WeChat continues to advance its shopping ambitions as the social networking app turns 10 years old. The Chinese messenger facilitated 1.6 trillion yuan (close to $250 billion) in annual transactions through its “mini programs,” third-party services that run on the super app that allow users to buy clothes, order food, hail taxis and more. That […]
  Topics: techcrunch, app, 250b, mini, goals, ecommerce, advances, users, transactions, million, wechat, score, programs, billion, wechats.
• Webador expands further in Europe - Webador, the international brand name of Dutch website builder JouwWeb, is slowly expanding across Europe. The ecommerce software solution has released a French version of its service and is currently busy launching Webador.be, to better serve the French-speaking part of Belgium. Things look well for JouwWeb, which was founded in… Continue reading
  Topics: expands, customers, europe, brand, international, webador, ecommerce, users, jouwweb, software, twisk.
• What is eCommerce in 2020: Expert Online Store Owners Explain - Ecommerce has seen explosive growth in recent years. Global eCommerce sales topped 3.5 trillion US dollars in 2020. As recently as a decade ago, consumers were wary of handing over their card details when buying products and services online. But today, electronic commerce transactions are the norm. There are four types of eCommerce: Business to […]
  Topics: business, customers, means, owners, ecommerce, right, expert, store, products, services, pivoting, online, explain.
• What's the Best Ecommerce Platform for Your Business? Here's How to Evaluate Your Options - Find out how to choose an ecommerce platform that will meet your business needs now—and in the future.More
  Topics: website, whats, products, support, platform, business, online, ecommerce, best, options, heres, evaluate, shopify, tools.
• When to Consider Ecommerce Shipping Insurance - High-end products, high volume, and quality customer service are among the reasons for considering shipping insurance for ecommerce. Shipping insurance can protect businesses from costs associated with damaged, stolen, and lost packages.
  Topics: insurance, shipping, value, protection, lost, ups, damaged, packages, ecommerce, declared, consider.
• Wildberries launches in France, Italy, and Spain - Wildberries has launched dedicated ecommerce websites in France, Italy, and Spain. The entry into these markets follows after Wildberries’ launch in Germany last month. The major Russian online retailer is now available in several countries across Europe. On the 15th of January last month, Wildberries launched in Germany. This marked… Continue reading
  Topics: launched, websites, france, ecommerce, european, germany, countries, launches, italy, wildberries, spain.
• Wildberries launches in Germany - Wildberries, the biggest ecommerce company in Russia, has launched its online store in Germany. It’s the start of a major expansion to Europe. Wildberries is now looking to open ecommerce websites in France, Italy, and Spain. Last year, Wildberries officially launched in the European Union, when it launched its online… Continue reading
  Topics: online, wildberries, products, ecommerce, poland, germany, launched, slovakia, launches, looking, store.
• ‘Ecommerce is lifeline for physical retail’ - Ecommerce has become a lifeline for many physical retailers in Europe that had to close their doors during the lockdowns. Now these brick-and-mortar businesses can continue their activities during the lockdown. With a second lockdown hitting many countries in Europe at the end of 2020, Ecommerce Europe conducted a new… Continue reading
  Topics: regarding, physical, lockdown, europe, sales, yes, ecommerce, lifeline, brickandmortar, saw, survey, retail.
• ‘Headless’ e-commerce platform Fabric raises $43M - Fabric, a startup powering e-commerce for companies like GNC and ABC Carpet and Home, has raised $43 million in Series A funding. The announcement comes less than four months after Fabric announced its $9.5 million seed round. CEO Faisal Masud said Fabric hadn’t intended to raise more funding so quickly, but given its growth and […]
  Topics: techcrunch, ecommerce, customers, funding, masud, fabric, large, platforms, headless, 43m, team, platform, commerce, raises.