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• 11 New Ecommerce Books for Spring 2020 - Being stuck indoors is an opportunity to catch up on ecommerce reading! Here is a batch of new ecommerce books for spring. There are titles on digital marketing, brand development, artificial intelligence, affiliate marketing, startup financing, and podcasting.
  Topics: marketing, kindle, learn, trust, spring, ecommerce, brand, hardcover, guide, podcast, books, digital, business.
• 25 Gorgeous Instagram Templates for Your Online Business (+ 10 Bonus Story Templates) - If you’re interested in elevating your ecommerce business’ Instagram feed and creating beautiful branded content to entice followers, likes and comments, then read on to discover the top 25 Creative Market Instagram templates.
  Topics: ecommerce, images, businesses, templatesprice, posts, templates, pack, bloggers, social, brands, instagram, compatible, feed, post.
• 3 SEO Lessons from Amazon for Ecommerce Product Pages - Product detail pages on Amazon rank for roughly 34 million keywords in Google in the U.S.  In this post, I'll address three tips for optimizing the product pages on your own ecommerce site using lessons from Amazon.
  Topics: amazon, reviews, names, searchers, lessons, seo, shoppers, google, relevance, ecommerce, product, search, pages, page.
• 4 Genius Tactics for Increasing Ecommerce Sales - Nothing about running an ecommerce business is straightforward or easy. The goal is, of course, to present a product on your ecommerce website, entice buyers to purchase through ecommerce marketing, and then process payments. This is how even the most basic ecommerce site should run. But, unfortunately, goals are often easier said than met. To meet your goals, you've got to put in work — especially if you're working to build and grow your ecommerce business. Whether you're an ecommerce veteran or are new the world of ecommerce, here are four genius tactics to entice buyers and increase sales. 4 Tactics to Increase Ecommerce Sales The world of ecommerce is always changing. These tactics are some of the most impactful for boosting sales and attracting new customers to your ecommerce website.
  Topics: increasing, ecommerce, sales, buyers, tools, genius, visitors, tactics, social, youre, media, website, site.
• 4 Ways to Create Deeper Connections With E-Commerce Customers - Just because consumers are online doesn't mean you can't form meaningful relationships.
  Topics: dont, create, business, products, ways, help, ecommerce, customers, community, build, deeper, connections, world, right.
• 5 Surefire Growth Strategies for E-Commerce Entrepreneurs - From Facebook updates to email marketing, supercharge your business with these proven tactics.
  Topics: strategies, ecommerce, way, emails, budget, entrepreneurs, facebook, marketing, campaign, business, email, surefire, attribution, growth.
• 6 Email List Building Tools for Ecommerce - In this post, we lay out some best practices for using email list building apps, then we dig into 6 great tools that you can use to build your email list.
  Topics: tools, build, building, marketing, ecommerce, optin, list, form, store, email, forms.
• 9 Ways You Can Improve Your Ecommerce Website Design - The other day I was shopping online for a Nintendo Switch, a popular handheld gaming console. The popularity of the console has made it extremely difficult to find one — stores like Best Buy and Target were out of stock.
  Topics: website, improve, product, look, service, options, ways, customers, customer, filtering, ecommerce, design.
• A Pinterest Strategy for Growing an Ecommerce Brand - Pinterest users are primed and ready for purchasing. Getting more content in front of them will increase product visibility, referral traffic, and loyalty. It takes a careful strategy, however, which is what I'll address in this post.
  Topics: blog, growing, look, strategy, content, audience, promoted, pin, brand, ecommerce, pins, pinterest, users, product.
• Alibaba Cloud to help retailers go live online within five days - Alibaba’s cloud service is promising to boost e-commerce solutions to businesses suffering from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
  Topics: outbreak, platform, live, alibaba, online, solutions, days, help, retailers, services, coronavirus, set, cloud, businesses, ecommerce.
• Amazon launches in the Netherlands - Amazon has officially launched in the Netherlands. Instead of selling only e-books and e-readers, the ecommerce giant now offers all kinds of products. With product categories such as consumer electronics, toys, fashion, DIY and foodstuff it’s going to compete with local players Bol.com, Coolblue and Wehkamp. Amazon.nl started in 2014,… Continue reading
  Topics: netherlands, prime, service, bolcom, video, dutch, amazon, ecommerce, launches, streaming, webinar, selling.
• Amazon rolls out Alexa-powered voice shopping experience in India - Amazon today rolled out an Alexa-enabled voice-powered shopping feature in India as the e-commerce giant looks for new ways to engage with customers in one of its key overseas markets. The American giant said the feature, currently rolling out to Android users, is available “primarily in English,” though it understands proper nouns and regional words […]
  Topics: search, rolls, voice, users, shopping, techcrunch, india, amazon, indian, feature, alexa, ecommerce, experience, spokesperson, alexapowered.
• Amazon, Flipkart and other e-commerce firms in India to resume sales of non-essential items from April 20 - Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal and other online shopping firms will resume selling “non-essential” items to customers in India starting April 20, weeks after New Delhi imposed a lockdown in the country that has cost e-commerce companies more than a billion dollars in sales. New Delhi said on Thursday that e-commerce companies can resume accepting customers orders […]
  Topics: sales, india, paytm, ecommerce, companies, mall, techcrunch, firms, products, items, resume, amazon, customers, nonessential, orders, flipkart.
• Announcing Ecommerce Warchest! - What is Ecommerce Warchest? Ecommerce Warchest curates discounts and deals on apps and services that merchants can use to run their online businesses.
  Topics: tools, deals, need, better, warchest, announcing, ecommerce, services, apps, entrepreneurs, businesses.
• As e-commerce booms during the pandemic, Shopify accelerates - Despite the economic disruptions associated with the coronavirus pandemic, cloud vendors are holding up well as many client companies and their employees work from home. With stores closed, it’s natural that e-commerce would also perform strongly — after all, it’s also cloud-based, and folks working from home are shifting their shopping from brick-and-mortar to digital. […]
  Topics: booms, online, pandemic, accelerates, shopifys, techcrunch, track, ecommerce, stores, storefronts, product, businesses, lets, shopify.
• Businesses Must Strive To Make Every Experience Shoppable - As COVID-19 changes everything about life and work, digital commerce is becoming the only way business can be done for thousands of companies around the world.
  Topics: digital, strategy, shoppable, customer, ecommerce, commerce, adobe, customers, journey, businesses, strive, chakravarthy, experience.
• CCC launches in Hungary and Austria - CCC Group, a major footwear retail company from Poland, has launched its online shop CCC.eu in Hungary and Austria. In Hungary, the group already operates two ecommerce platforms, while in Austria, this will be the group’s first ecommerce platform. CCC has launched online shop CCC.eu in both Hungary and Austria,… Continue reading
  Topics: ecommerce, group, hungary, shop, online, launches, ccceu, platform, launched, europe, austria, ccc.
• CapitaLand launches new e-commerce platforms in Singapore - CapitaLand has launched new e-commerce and food ordering platforms in Singapore, dubbed eCapitaMall and Capita3Eats.
  Topics: ecommerce, launches, singapores, using, reach, capitaland, app, ordering, retailers, food, singapore, platforms.
• Ccinsight shows Covid-19’s impact on ecommerce - A new project, called Covid-19 Commerce Insight, shows the impact coronavirus Covid-19 has on ecommerce in Europe and the rest of the world. Every day, the tool shows new data at a global and regional level in multiple sectors. The Covid-19 Commerce Insight initiative is a project from Emarsys and… Continue reading
  Topics: data, tools, ecommerce, covid19s, covid19, help, impact, shows, ccinsight, insight, transactions.
• China’s top short video apps and e-commerce giants pally up - JD.com, the online retailer that is Alibaba’s long-time nemesis, announced Wednesday a strategic partnership with Kuaishou, the main rival of TikTok’s sibling in China, Douyin. The collaboration is part of a rising trend in the Chinese internet where short video apps and e-commerce platforms increasingly turn to each other for monetization synergies. The thinking goes […]
  Topics: chinas, consumers, short, pally, ecommerce, products, social, kuaishou, live, alibaba, video, platforms, giants, apps, techcrunch.
• Content Marketing for Subscription-Based Ecommerce Stores - Content marketing for subscription box ecommerce stores can be the thing to drive high-value traffic to your site. Try out these tactics for your store!
  Topics: content, service, subscriber, marketing, ecommerce, subscribers, youre, subscription, stores, target, subscriptionbased, social.
• Coronavirus Shutdown Drives Click-and-collect Ecommerce - Even before the coronavirus-induced shutdown, click-and-collect ecommerce was growing quickly. But now as many Americans stay at home or keep their distance to flatten the Covid-19 curve, some unexpected businesses are taking online orders for pick up, too.
  Topics: pot, orders, ecommerce, shutdown, online, clickandcollect, restaurant, coronavirus, drives, marijuana, curbside, states, industry.
• Covid-19 Grants, Loans Could Help Ecommerce Companies - Grants and loans from the U.S. government, state and local governments, Facebook, and Google could help small businesses during the Covid-19-induced economic slowdown.
  Topics: marketing, companies, small, loans, help, local, ecommerce, payroll, grants, covid19, search, business, businesses, million.
• Covid-19 Is an Opportunity for Some Local Merchants - The coronavirus pandemic is bad news. It has shut down a significant portion of the world's economy and killed far too many people. If, however, you're willing to hunt for a silver lining, the shutdowns and social distancing could be an opportunity for some brick-and-mortar companies to finally get online.
  Topics: retail, business, customers, local, merchants, ecommerce, potter, online, way, opportunity, store, covid19, products.
• Daily Crunch: Facebook unveils its Shops e-commerce platform - Facebook and Instagram are making a bigger push into e-commerce, MasterClass raises $100 million and Microsoft launches a new project management tool called Lists. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 20, 2020. 1. Facebook and Instagram roll out Shops, turning business profiles into storefronts Both Facebook and Instagram already supported a degree of e-commerce — […]
  Topics: ecommerce, facebook, microsoft, products, extra, daily, unveils, million, platform, crunch, create, live, instagram, shops, techcrunch.
• Ebay struggling to sell South Korea division - US online shopping giant eBay is struggling to offload its South Korean unit. Sources within the e-commerce industry believe there are a few large retail companies that could potentially buy the Ebay South Korea business due to its large size. They estimate the business could potentially be worth 5 trillion won (US$4.18 billion), based on […]
  Topics: trillion, korea, struggling, division, south, ebay, ecommerce, company, won, business, sell, large, online.
• Ecommerce Belgium: €11.46 billion in 2019 - Belgian ecommerce broke all national records in 2019. Last year, Belgian online shoppers spent 11.46 billion euros, which is 900 million euros more than during the year before. Belgians shopped, on average, 13.4 times online, which led to a total of 112.9 million online purchases. First: earlier this month, we… Continue reading
  Topics: spent, online, spending, grew, belgium, ecommerce, euros, retail, quarter, billion, belgian.
• Ecommerce Business Blueprint: How to Build, Launch, and Grow a Profitable Online Store - Starting an ecommerce business is as exciting as it is challenging. To help, we've put together a list of essential advice, compiled from Shopify's most popular guides and videos, on all the steps involved in getting a new online business off the ground.More
  Topics: online, free, business, profitable, grow, search, launch, marketing, product, ecommerce, blueprint, build, products, store, help, traffic.
• Ecommerce Entrepreneurship Grows as Unemployment Rises - The looming recession has sparked a boom in digital business.
  Topics: store, ecommerce, start, sales, founder, youre, online, customers, data, products, grows, unemployment, entrepreneurship, rises.
• Ecommerce Fraud Detection during the Pandemic - The coronavirus pandemic has led to significant changes in consumer purchase behavior and raised concerns about ecommerce fraud. Fortunately, overall ecommerce fraud does not appear to have risen disproportionately to the number of online purchases.
  Topics: seen, changes, need, ecommerce, pandemic, detection, fraud, change, transunion, orders, shopping, merchants.
• Ecommerce Lessons from the 2008 Crash - Back in 2008, just before the Great Recession, I was managing a thriving ecommerce business selling jewelry supplies to crafters, artisans, and professional jewelers. More than 30 percent of our revenue came from selling sterling silver at a very high margin.
  Topics: likely, crash, products, change, suppliers, product, ecommerce, customers, critical, impact, lessons, recession, forced.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: April 16, 2020 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-April from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on email marketing, automated product recommendations, social media toolkits, logistics, social commerce, and tracking the digital economy.
  Topics: product, sales, ecommerce, digital, users, service, online, shop, recommendations, announced, releases, delivery.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: March 16, 2020 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-March from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on digital currencies, multichannel fulfillment, advertising, platform migration, email marketing, same-day delivery, and visual analytics.
  Topics: amazon, advertising, services, delivery, announced, robotics, ecommerce, fulfillment, service, releases, etsy, product.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: May 17, 2020 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for mid-May from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on online payments, loyalty programs, selling on Amazon, virtual reality, and more.
  Topics: releases, online, loyalty, customer, ecommerce, merchants, spaces, product, platform, payment, pay.
• Ecommerce Product Releases: May 4, 2020 - Here is a list of product releases and updates for early May from companies that offer services to online merchants. There are updates on keyword research tools, bid optimization, product returns, video tools, payment platforms, Google Shopping, Etsy listings, and more.
  Topics: fedex, releases, ecommerce, keyword, announced, shipping, amazon, shopping, video, bigcommerce, product.
• Ecommerce a Crucial Industry in the Pandemic; 7 Ways to Ease the Burden - Online stores will become increasingly crucial in the coming weeks. What follows are seven measures to keep your ecommerce business afloat and ease the burden of operating with limited resources.
  Topics: shipping, online, pages, times, crucial, ecommerce, nonessential, industry, ease, products, ways, live, inventory, items, pandemic, burden, chat.
• Ecommerce in Denmark to be worth €21.45 billion in 2020 - Ecommerce in Denmark is forecast to be worth 21.45 billion euros by the end of 2020. This would mean an increase of 10 percent, compared to the situation at the end of last year. Last year, the ecommerce turnover in Denmark was worth 19.5 billion euros. The 10 percent growth… Continue reading
  Topics: shoppers, worth, shop, popular, webinar, ecommerce, billion, denmark, times, online.
• Ecommerce in France will reach 115.2 billion euros in 2020 - The turnover of business-to-consumer ecommerce in France is expected to be worth 115.2 billion euros at the end of this year. This would mean an increase of 11.4 percent compared to the situation last year, when ecommerce in France was worth 103.4 billion euros. The expected percentage change is slowly… Continue reading
  Topics: online, users, france, popular, percentage, ecommerce, share, french, internet, euros, billion, reach.
• Ecommerce in Switzerland: 9.77 billion euros in 2019 - Ecommerce in Switzerland was worth 9.77 billion euros last year, which means it passed the 10 billion Swiss francs mark for the first time. The Swiss online retail industry increased by 8.4 compared to the situation one year before. Ecommerce in Switzerland is relying less on sales of foreign online… Continue reading
  Topics: foreign, swiss, ecommerce, purchases, billion, came, generated, local, switzerland, euros, online.
• Ecommerce in Turkey: €10.76 billion in 2019 - Ecommerce in Turkey was worth 83.1 billion lira (10.76 billion euros) in 2019. This is an increase of 39 percent compared to the situation one year before, when the Turkish ecommerce industry was valued at 59.9 billion liras (7.76 billion euros). The average annual growth rate of the ecommerce industry… Continue reading
  Topics: mobile, industry, turkey, billion, retail, tübi̇sad, turkish, ecommerce, online, growth.
• Ecommerce in UK to reach €222 billion in 2020 - Ecommerce in the United Kingdom is expected to be worth 222.5 billion euros at the end of this year. That would mean an increase of almost 11 percent compared to the situation last year, when the b2c ecommerce turnover was worth just over 200 billion euros. Last year, ecommerce in… Continue reading
  Topics: ecommerce, worth, uk, parcel, euros, popular, followed, reach, online, united, billion.
• Ecommerce in the Netherlands: €25.8 billion in 2019 - Ecommerce in the Netherlands was worth 25.8 billion euros last year. This is an increase of 7 percent compared to the situation one year before. The Dutch online retail industry grew mostly because of an increase in online grocery purchases. The 7 percent growth of last year is lower than… Continue reading
  Topics: total, situation, industry, billion, ecommerce, dutch, retail, online, number, purchases, netherlands.
• Ecwid raises $42M from Morgan Stanley and PeakSpan - In the same week that Facebook announced a redoubled effort to make a bigger mark in e-commerce, one of its long-time partners has closed a large round of funding. Ecwid, the startup that sells e-commerce tools directly and via third parties like Square and Wix, letting businesses build e-commerce experiences on their own websites and […]
  Topics: capital, smbs, peakspan, fazylev, stanley, shopping, morgan, raises, techcrunch, 42m, ecommerce, raised, ecwid, facebook, small.
• Email Popups for Ecommerce: How to Collect Emails & Grow Your Sales - Serious about collecting emails for your store? You need email popups! In this article, we explain why & share tips to help you design your own popups.
  Topics: ecommerce, displayed, website, collect, popups, sales, popup, example, visitors, offer, email, way, grow, emails.
• Even in 2020, 360-degree Product Photos Boost Conversions - A long-time ecommerce conversion tactic — 360-degree product photography — is making an appearance on major retail marketplaces, large B2B sites, online furniture stores, and automobile marketplaces, indicating, perhaps, that it still represents an opportunity to increase sales.
  Topics: photos, conversions, photography, sales, ecommerce, boost, sellers, 360degree, online, views, marketplaces, product, image.
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fulfillment Services - Whether you’re thinking about starting an ecommerce business, or you’ve been selling products for a while, you’ve probably thought about warehousing, shipping, and fulfillment. If you need more time or space to manage inventory and orders, it might be time to outsource fulfillment.More
  Topics: shipping, order, ecommerce, logistics, wanted, services, companies, know, company, business, orders, fulfillment.
• Everything You Need to Know About Ecommerce Marketing - With nearly every marketing operation now taking place online, it can be tough to distinguish between the various types of digital marketing people use today. For example, take ecommerce marketing — what is it and how does it compare to practices like social media, content, search engine, and email marketing?
  Topics: ways, need, customers, email, ecommerce, marketing, customer, content, product, know, business, online.
• Facebook Shops Are an Ecommerce Game Changer - When the world's largest social media network decides to become an ecommerce platform, you can bet it will impact the industry and make a difference long-term. On May 19, 2020, Facebook added ecommerce Shops to Facebook business pages and Instagram business profiles.
  Topics: product, platforms, facebook, changer, game, instagram, commerce, sellers, headless, shops, businesses, ecommerce.
• Former Stitch Fix COO Julie Bornstein just took the wraps off her app-only e-commerce startup, The Yes - After teasing the launch of their new startup last year, e-commerce veteran Julie Bornstein and her technical co-founder, Amit Aggarwal, are today launching The Yes, a women’s shopping platform that they’ve been quietly building for 18 months and they say will create tailor-made experiences for each user, courtesy of its sophisticated algorithms. Bornstein’s experience and […]
  Topics: ecommerce, fix, coo, youre, lot, took, startup, brands, really, techcrunch, julie, wraps, fashion, brand, yes, stitch, shop.
• Free Programs from Ecommerce Service Providers to Combat Covid-19 - With the massive disruption caused by Covid-19, ecommerce service providers are finding ways to help. Here is a list of free programs from service providers to help fight the pandemic. The programs include grants for small businesses, information technology, fulfillment services, storage, start-up financing, assistance for local businesses, and free meditations to relieve anxiety.
  Topics: service, combat, small, support, delivery, programs, services, ecommerce, covid19, organizations, offering, businesses, free, providers.
• From Retail to e-Tail: How to Launch an Ecommerce Website for Your Brick-and-Mortar Store - Are you ready to bring your brick-and-mortar store into the world of online shopping? You’ve probably noticed that there are…
  Topics: ecommerce, online, return, brickandmortar, customers, selling, website, store, product, shipping, start, products, marketing, asap.
• Google Brings Back Free Shopping Listings - This week, after a 12-year hiatus, Google reintroduced free listings to the shopping tab of search result pages. These free listings potentially fill a need that has been festering for years, enabling more ecommerce sites to compete in shopping searches.
  Topics: google, organic, tab, free, listings, ecommerce, search, results, product, brings, shopping.
• Headless Commerce Success Stories: 4 Brands Solving Tough Challenges with Innovative Tech - Headless commerce is the talk of ecommerce at the moment, and for good reason. For brands facing a variety of…
  Topics: commerce, saas, headless, able, ecommerce, shopping, frontend, backend, success, platform, bigcommerce.
• How Ecommerce Companies Can Continue Engaging New Customers - Even amid a global economic downturn, there are still opportunities to woo new buyers.
  Topics: products, companies, ecommerce, sales, site, continue, customers, stay, online, seen, engaging, better, brands.
• How Headless Commerce Prepares you for Black Friday Survival and Success [Infographic] - Our friends at Mobify have put together a handy infographic outlining how headless commerce helps mitigate 3 Black Friday challenges every ecommerce org faces: 1) traffic spikes, 2) the “code freeze” and 3) employee burnout. Mobify’s also put together an ebook The Modern Ecommerce Leader’s Guide to Black Friday 2020 — with only 260 days […]
  Topics: headless, spikes, soon, outlining, commerce, traffic, today, prepares, black, ecommerce, success, prepared, survival, infographic, modern.
• How to Get the Most out of Your Ecommerce Marketing Strategy - What do a Hand Forged 1060 High Carbon Black Steel Blade Full Tang Samurai Katana Sword and a 7,541-Piece Lego Millennium Falcon™ Replica have in common? Well, first and foremost, they're both awesome. Second, if you have kids under the age of three, you probably don't want them playing with either — one is a choking hazard and one is a katana.
  Topics: social, product, site, media, strategy, customers, referral, marketing, strategies, ecommerce, content.
• How to Make Money on YouTube Through Ecommerce - This guide covers every aspect of how to make money on Youtube including set up, optimization, marketing, content, how to cash in on your content & more.
  Topics: youtube, video, marketing, videos, content, money, way, business, audience, ecommerce, channel, social.
• How to Manage, Visualize KPIs for Ecommerce - This post will offer a framework for identifying, tracking, and visualizing key performance indicators. It applies to all company sizes — big and small. Start by establishing the most important metrics for your business.
  Topics: manage, revenue, kpis, size, marketing, number, profit, customers, divide, typically, ecommerce, visualize, products, total.
• How to Sell Online: Online Selling Ideas for 2020 - Learn how to sell online and grow your business way beyond the borders of your city or your country without ever leaving your work desk!
  Topics: sell, products, ecommerce, way, store, idea, ideas, blog, online, oberlo, selling, business, world.
• If we let the US Postal Service die, we’ll be killing small businesses with it - If we continue to view the USPS as simply a balance sheet and optimize for profitability in a vacuum, we ultimately stand to lose far more than we gain.
  Topics: shippo, die, states, postal, techcrunch, usps, let, amazon, carriers, service, united, shipping, businesses, small, ecommerce, killing.
• Indian retailers in Samsung boycott over online discounts - Indian retailers are staging a three-day Samsung boycott in response to the firm’s exclusive discounting deals with e-commerce operators.
  Topics: boycott, indian, discounts, offline, online, brand, samsung, ecommerce, discounting, working, exclusive, mobile, retailers.
• Introducing AI-Powered Product Recommendations for Magento Commerce - Today we’re announcing that Product Recommendations powered by Adobe Sensei – our artificial intelligence and machine learning technology – is now available to Magento Commerce merchants globally.
  Topics: magento, ecommerce, merchants, product, recommendations, sensei, aipowered, experience, types, commerce, introducing, adobe.
• JioMart, the e-commerce venture from India’s richest man, launches in 200 cities and towns - The rationale behind the deluge of dollars flooding into billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Platforms is beginning to become more clear as his e-commerce venture JioMart starts rolling out to more people across India. An e-commerce venture between the nation’s top telecom operator Jio Platforms and top retail chain Jio Retail, JioMart just launched its […]
  Topics: man, towns, ambani, launches, india, ecommerce, indias, platforms, indian, retail, cities, techcrunch, jiomart, venture, reliance, jio, richest.
• March 2020 Top 10: Our Most Popular Posts - Our mission since 2005 is to publish articles, podcasts, and webinars to help ecommerce merchants. What follows are the 10 most popular articles that we published in March 2020. Articles ...
  Topics: business, product, ecommerce, read, search, posts, marketing, popular, social, tools, content, merchants.
• Modsy confirms layoffs, 10 months after announcing its $37M Series C - Modsy, an e-commerce company that creates 3D renderings of customized rooms, has confirmed to TechCrunch that it laid off a number of staff. In addition, several of its executives, including CEO Shanna Tellerman, will take a 25% pay cut. TechCrunch first heard about the layoffs from a source. The company’s confirmation of cuts comes amid […]
  Topics: confirms, layoffs, modsy, recent, companys, months, furniture, 37m, company, confirmed, series, c, announcing, techcrunch, ecommerce, number.
• Most Hong Kong e-commerce businesses are eyeing offshore markets - More than half of Hong Kong e-commerce businesses want to develop new offshore markets, according to a whitepaper released by e-commerce platform creator Shopline.
  Topics: stores, report, products, businesses, taiwan, popular, markets, hong, kong, cent, ecommerce, eyeing, sales, offshore.
• Muji Japan moves online as Covid-19 crisis closes stores - Muji Japan has launched an online store on Amazon, strengthening its e-commerce presence as the Covid-19 crisis closes stores.
  Topics: stores, covid19, ecommerce, products, amazon, utensilsit, closes, store, japan, online, moves, muji, crisis, wake.
• News Cart for April 24th - Hey there! This week I chat with Jake Cohen from Klaviyo about fascinating trends he’s seeing around email marketing as well as cover headlines from the world of eCommerce and business.  Enjoy! – Andrew Subscribe: iTunes | Stitcher In the News Shopify Reports Surging Volume for Stores via Twitter Reporting sustained volume near Black Friday/Cyber [...]
  Topics: youre, wagesnew, week, cart, world, 24th, ecommerce, ui, unemploymentsome, trends, therethis, benefits.
• Optimizing Pinterest Titles and Descriptions for Clicks, Leads - Too often, ecommerce companies consider Pinterest only as social media. But Pinterest is primarily a discovery engine with visual search. It has more in common with Google than, say, Instagram.
  Topics: optimizing, clicks, ecommerce, titles, title, descriptions, pins, pin, keywords, description, leads, search, pinterest, characters.
• Pandemic Alters Retail Return Policies - The coronavirus pandemic has forced retailers large and small to make significant, temporary changes to their return practices. Since March, retailers have handled returns in two ways, generally.
  Topics: ecommerce, alters, return, items, returns, policy, example, policies, pandemic, extended, retailers, retail.
• Postponed ecommerce events - COVID-19, also known as the Coronavirus, is dominating the headlines all over the world. This has led to the postponing and cancellation of several ecommerce events in Europe. Here you can find which ones you can and cannot visit for now. Ever since the Coronavirus has come to Europe, thousands… Continue reading
  Topics: updates, given, presume, events, event, europe, ahead, place, postponed, ecommerce, going.
• Reading List: Adriana Iordan of 2Checkout - “Reading List” is an occasional series where we ask ecommerce professionals to name some of their favorite books and blogs and tell us why. For this installment, we corresponded with Adriana Iordan. She is vice president of product management and growth services at 2Checkout.
  Topics: business, ecommerce, personal, favorite, interested, world, iordan, 2checkout, book, product, great, reading, things, adriana, list.
• Rebecca Minkoff has some advice for e-commerce companies right now - When Rebecca Minkoff first moved to New York City, the then-18-year-old was making $4.75 an hour. “I just kept working for this designer and someone was telling me what to do every day. I just didn’t like that. And I thought if I’m going to work as hard, it’s going to be for myself and […]
  Topics: rebecca, making, going, companies, dress, sell, learn, techcrunch, york, im, minkoff, mom, taught, advice, ecommerce, right.
• Reliance Brands plans to launch a luxury-fashion portal online - Indian conglomerate Reliance Brands is launching a luxury fashion in e-commerce portal through its online fashion site Ajio.
  Topics: including, ajio, launch, luxury, luxuryfashion, fashion, brands, ecommerce, reliance, spokesperson, retail, plans, online, portal, site.
• Rinascente starts with ecommerce in June - La Rinascente, a department store chain from Italy, will launch its own online store in June. Initially, the idea was to make an online debut last month, but this has been delayed due to the outbreak of coronavirus Covid-19. “We were supposed to launch or online store in March, but… Continue reading
  Topics: temporary, department, start, online, virus, starts, stores, kadewe, rinascente, retail, ecommerce, store.
• SEO: 7 Ways Ecommerce Sites Create Duplicate Content - I've never worked with an ecommerce platform that was entirely free of duplicate content. Some platforms are better at containing the sprawl. But one change in the settings or the code could accidentally produce duplicates — i.e., different pages with different URLs for the same piece of content.
  Topics: canonical, create, search, ecommerce, url, engines, duplicate, sites, content, urls, ways, seo, pages, different.
• Self-Made Millionaire Matt Clark Shares How to Build Your Own Ecommerce Company - Pay attention to expenses and double down on what works.
  Topics: build, business, pay, ecommerce, clark, matt, selfmade, company, millionaire, shares, realized, selling, product, didnt, events.
• Shopify Review: Pros & Cons of Using Shopify for Ecommerce Stores - For most ecommerce entrepreneurs, Shopify will always be the best choice. Check out this Shopify review to learn about why they're so good at what they do.
  Topics: store, shopify, cons, business, amazon, app, customers, platform, review, youre, ecommerce, stores, sales, pros.
• Singapore E-commerce Programme breaks barriers to going online - Enterprise Singapore has launched the Singapore E-commerce Programme to support SME retailers with little or no e-commerce experience to commence online trading.
  Topics: breaks, ecommerce, singapore, going, platforms, esg, online, barriers, overseas, programme, little, retailers, using.
• Small Business Accounting & Bookkeeping: A Guide For Ecommerce Entrepreneurs - This guide will help you better understand small business accounting for your ecommerce business so you can make better financial decisions.
  Topics: tax, small, corporation, guide, entrepreneurs, bookkeeping, accounting, sales, business, youll, ecommerce, file, youre, need.
• Small, But Mighty: Resources For Navigating Online Commerce In a World of Uncertainty - It’s crazy how fast life can change. In a flash. In a second. With the snap of a finger. Not…
  Topics: help, support, contiguous, business, covid19, small, tax, offering, ecommerce, counties, resources, 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.
• Sustainability in Ecommerce: 8 Ways Your Brand Can Support the Growing Call for Eco-Friendly Practices - Arguably, since the Industrial Revolution, people have been focused on what a product can do to make their lives easier.…
  Topics: sustainable, ecofriendly, packaging, customers, steps, sustainability, brand, shipping, reduce, environmental, business, products, ecommerce.
• The Coronavirus Could Drive Car Dealers to Ecommerce - Managing the coronavirus pandemic in the United States has led to temporary store closures, social distancing, and economic concerns. People and industries are affected, including car dealers.
  Topics: car, industry, drive, used, coronavirus, carvana, dealers, states, ecommerce, sales, online.
• The Ecommerce Guide to Shipping Boxes: Shipping Boxes & Mailing Envelopes 101 - In this article learn all about shipping boxes, branded shipping boxes and branded mailing envelopes for ecommerce businesses.
  Topics: white, boxes, size, customers, box, printed, shipping, ecommerce, envelopes, guide, custom, mailing.
• The Good News and Bad News for Ecommerce Shipping - Ecommerce sales are up and shipping carriers such as USPS, UPS, and FedEx have responded admirably to demand in the face of numerous coronavirus-induced shutdowns and restrictions. That is the good news for ecommerce sellers. Unfortunately, supply chains have suffered. That’s the bad news.
  Topics: merchants, ecommerce, covid19, bad, volume, paganini, good, shipping, businesses, orders, domestic, cyber.
• The Ultimate SEO Checklist for Your Ecommerce Store - Get more traffic and simplify your SEO strategy with this SEO checklist. Helpful tips you need to know about SEO for your ecommerce store.
  Topics: website, voice, keyword, store, checklist, need, search, answer, ultimate, keywords, seo, ecommerce.
• Tips to Retain Online Customers after the Pandemic - The coronavirus is raising the visibility of ecommerce among consumers. Merchants, especially those selling so-called "essential" goods, have experienced a boost in sales. What follows are tips to consider now, to help retain those new customers when the pandemic passes.
  Topics: ecommerce, tips, retain, merchants, covid19, stores, consumers, customers, pandemic, orders, online, return, longterm.
• Top 10 Ecommerce Growth Hacking Techniques - In this article, we’ll discuss 10 actionable growth hacking techniques to help you reach the next level of success for your ecommerce business.
  Topics: shoppers, techniques, product, growth, customers, hacking, reach, person, ecommerce, products, discounts, website, amazon.
• U-shaped Marketing Attribution for Ecommerce - The so-called "u-shaped" marketing attribution model emphasizes a shopper's first and last marketing interactions before a conversion. The model can help identify the marketing tactics that are closing sales.
  Topics: journey, attribution, whats, marketing, buyers, ushaped, model, shopper, interaction, touchpoints, ecommerce.
• US e-commerce sales jump 49% in April, led by online grocery - Online retailers are seeing Black Friday-like sales due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their business. According to new data from Adobe’s Digital Economy Index, U.S. e-commerce jumped 49% in April, compared to the baseline period in early March before shelter-in-place restrictions went into effect. Online grocery helped drive the increase in sales, […]
  Topics: covid19, consumers, increase, sales, saw, prices, report, growth, ecommerce, online, led, jump, techcrunch, electronics, grocery.
• Ultimate List of Ecommerce Tools For 2020 - The ecommerce industry is booming.
  Topics: tools, list, products, selling, ecommerce, tool, website, month, ultimate, online, youll, shopify.
• Walmart says it will discontinue Jet, which it acquired for $3B in 2016 - So much for Walmart’s big and expensive effort to take on Amazon with a digitally-native brand. Amid the coronavirus crisis and its impact on the retail industry, today the retail giant quietly announced in its quarterly report that it would be discontinuing Jet.com, the online-only marketplace that it acquired when it was just over one year […]
  Topics: company, business, ecommerce, report, 3b, jetcom, online, walmart, techcrunch, discontinue, jet, acquired, billion, shopping, including.
• What COVID-19 Means for Ecommerce Startups - A firsthand account of how supply chain disruptions are just the beginning.
  Topics: production, consumer, shut, supply, products, ecommerce, situation, covid19, startups, work, small, italy, means, businesses.
• 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.
• Which Ecommerce Metrics You Should Measure (And Why They’re Important) - Metrics. Everyone wants them, everyone needs them. Whether you’re a high school math teacher, an NFL scout, or a digital…
  Topics: measure, rate, customers, youre, improve, metric, metrics, number, line, customer, important, ecommerce.
• Why Amazon is expanding Amazon Web Services (AWS) not e-commerce in Africa - A day before Microsoft’s Azure Africa cloud services went live in 2019 with services offered from data centers in Johannesburg and Cape Town in South Africa, Huawei Cloud Data Centers started operations in Cape Town making it the first active cloud provider in the whole of Africa.
  Topics: expanding, cloud, africa, cape, centers, web, services, data, aws, ecommerce, town, amazon.
• 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.
• Will New Ecommerce Sellers Squeeze Existing Merchants? - The coronavirus pandemic has forced some brick-and-mortar businesses to focus on ecommerce, but this shift in focus is not likely to stop many permanent closures. There is a parallel between the virus and its economic impact: Patients and businesses that are already in poor health are much more likely to die from the infection.
  Topics: squeeze, existing, significant, businesses, pandemic, sellers, ecommerce, retail, smaller, online, brickandmortar, merchants.
• Xiaomi launches Mi Commerce in India to boost sales amid lockdown - Xiaomi today launched a new e-commerce service in India that allows people in the nation to easily browse and order its handsets and other products from nearby physical retail stores as the Chinese giant rushes to kickstart its sales in its biggest overseas market. Dubbed Mi Commerce, the service allows people to locate nearby stores […]
  Topics: amid, sales, lockdown, india, stores, techcrunch, smartphone, market, store, boost, xiaomi, launches, retail, service, ecommerce, commerce, mi.