Top 2024 resources on growing
Best growing resource in 2024.
Learn more about growing to improve your e-commerce strategy.
-
6 Signs Your Growing Business Needs PIM Software
-
Here are six common signs that indicate a business should revisit its current operational workflows and evaluate how leveraging a lightweight product information management solution (built with the power and performance demands of large-scale enterprises) can help them scale and grow. Read more.
Topics: management, product, merchants, information, data, workflows, growing, end, needs, software, business, signs, pim. -
7 Challenges for Growing Businesses (& How to Fix Them)
-
So you've decided to grow your business. You might already be thinking about best practices to avoid common pitfalls when scaling. But this doesn't mean that your business will be immune to challenges.
Topics: growth, fix, best, team, youve, avoid, challenges, problem, growing, business, tools, employees, businesses. -
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. -
AI Is the Future: How Can Your Business Benefit
-
Bank of Canada director of data science Maryam Haghighi joins us for an in-depth conversation on the latest disruptive technologies, and how business owners can use and understand their customer data. More
Topics: future, understand, benefit, ai, data, growing, science, founders, technologies, technology, impact, maryam, business. -
Account Takeover Fraud a Growing Problem for Ecommerce
-
Account takeover fraud is a form of identity theft, wherein a criminal gains access to a registered customer’s account. The criminal then logs in, posing as a known and trusted ...
Topics: ato, payment, data, takeover, fraud, account, example, customers, orders, problem, customer, growing, ecommerce. -
Africa's internet economy is booming but it needs more homegrown software developers
-
Africa is on course to add $180 billion or 5.2% of aggregate GDP by 2025 thanks to the rapid growth of its internet economy, says a report from the World Bank’s IFC and Google.
Topics: africas, igdp, economy, billion, needs, growing, homegrown, software, internet, developers, gdp, booming. -
Amazon’s Growing, Changing PPC Business in 2019
-
Today I’d thought we’d talk about something that’s been in the news recently: Amazon’s growing PPC business. Their PPC division has nearly doubled over the last year, and I’ve got Marshall Hayes of Amplio Digital here to talk about what’s been going on. Marshall knows the Amazon PPC world really well, and he explains what’s [...]
Topics: whats, growing, changing, amazon, marshall, recently, going, talk, business, ad, amazons, ppc, hayes. -
Ambassador Review: Referral Software for Rapidly Growing Ecommerce
-
For smaller online stores, the Ambassador referral software probably hasn't been on your radar. It doesn't have a direct Shopify or Bigcommerce app, and the main customer base seems to be large companies like Logitech, Zillow, and Hulu. That said,…
Continue reading Ambassador Review: Referral Software for Rapidly Growing Ecommerce
Topics: growing, marketing, partners, plan, referral, software, youre, ecommerce, program, brand, rapidly, review, affiliate, store, ambassador. -
BGF takes control of online food retailer Hello Nature
-
BGF, owner of Korean c-store chain CU, has boosted its stake in online grocery business Hello Nature.
Topics: million, control, takes, retailer, growing, stake, delivery, nature, online, rapidly, food, hello, bgf, grocery. -
BNPL is growing strongly in Germany
-
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is experiencing significant growth in Germany, especially among young consumers. Schufa has reported a 30 percent increase in BNPL usage in just one year. The credit agency warns about the risks associated with deferred payments.In challenging economic times, many buyers are finding it appealing to…
Topics: consumers, strongly, loans, schufa, germany, pay, financial, contracts, euros, million, small, bnpl, growing. -
Behind the Scenes with Addify — a Growing Marketplace Developer
-
How do you go from one sale to $100K per month? Go in-depth with Addify about their process, strategies, and why they sell on the WooCommerce Marketplace.
Topics: marketplace, really, development, scenes, growing, addify, developer, extensions, products, developers, good, support, product, develop, woocommerce. -
Building an Ecommerce Business, Part 17: Growing a Community
-
An engaged, passionate community around an ecommerce business can drive referrals, loyalty, and repeat sales. But developing that community is not always easy. This is episode 17 in my series on building an ecommerce business from the ground up. For this installment, I spoke with Andrew Youderian, the founder of EcommerceFuel, a popular community of ecommerce merchants.
Topics: value, merchants, ecommercefuel, building, members, growing, private, community, ecommerce, started, business. -
Catch-Up with 3 Previous Guests: Growing Through COVID-19
-
In this episode of Shopify Masters, we catch up with three previous guests on how they are growing through the impacts of COVID-19. We chat with Chris Meade from CROSSNET on how they experienced a 500% increase in sales, Jess Ekstrom from Headbands of Hope on their masks donation program, and Gamal Codner from Fresh Heritage on tripling their marketing budget. More
Topics: catchup, guests, going, think, previous, business, weve, growing, really, customers, things, headbands, covid19, products, lot. -
Charts: Most Valuable Global Brands 2021
-
Since 2006 U.K.-based Kantar Group has assigned a monetary value to the world's top brands. Here's our recap of the 2021 list.
Topics: valuable, global, apple, growing, brands, roughly, value, number, brand, charts. -
Checkout Charlie expands to Italy and Spain
-
Checkout Charlie, a German company with many consumer and discount portals, is expanding in Europe again. The business, part of A company of the Media Group RTL Germany, has launched two new voucher portals: Buonisconto.it in Italy and Topdescuento.es in Spain. The two websites are focused on vouchers, discounts, and… Continue reading
Topics: offer, ecommerce, spain, great, expands, growing, checkout, websites, voucher, italy, charlie, portals. -
China’s growing digital influence in Africa
-
There’s been a heap of China in Africa coverage over the last decade, but very little of it is focused on tech. In part, because the country’s engagement with African startups is light compared to its deal-making on infrastructure and commodities. Now, that all looks to be shifting. TechCrunch has tracked moves by a number […]
Topics: china, strategic, shiftingtechcrunch, africa, chinas, theres, influence, digital, startups, signal, tracked, sector, techcrunch, growing, tech. -
Choosing a Powerful Host for Your Growing eCommerce Store
-
Big stores need big solutions. From security and backups to traffic spike protection, see the must-have features in a great host for your online store.
Topics: customer, growing, sales, choosing, host, traffic, storage, store, support, hosting, ecommerce, site, youre, powerful, company. -
Commercetools raises $140M at a $1.9B valuation as ‘headless’ commerce continues to boom
-
E-commerce these days is now a major part of every retailer’s strategy, so technology builders and platforms that are helping them compete better on digital screens are seeing a huge boost in business. In the latest turn, Commercetools — a provider of e-commerce APIs that larger retailers can use to build customized payment, check-out, social […]
Topics: continues, commerce, ecommerce, commercetools, retailers, hoerig, valuation, growing, raises, funding, 140m, boom, lot, headless, techcrunch, million, company, 19b. -
Credit card and payments companies compete for a slice of the growing BNPL market
-
A year ago, the biggest players in the BNPL space were companies founded solely to offer consumers the ability to pay in installments at the point of sale. But the landscape looks very different now.
Topics: techcrunch, klarna, compete, card, visa, opportunity, companies, space, credit, growing, market, offer, bnpl, payments, slice, pay. -
Dutch payment method iDeal keeps growing due to mobile
-
iDeal, the most popular payment method in the Netherlands, is being used more and more on mobile devices. Currently, seven out of ten iDeal payments are done from a smartphone or tablet. Mobile person-to-person payments are particularly popular. New data on the usage of iDeal was shared by Currence, the… Continue reading
Topics: billion, payments, growing, keeps, popular, mobile, payment, ideal, dutch, method, omnichannel, increased, using. -
E-commerce is growing thanks to women: study
-
Mexicans are spending more and more and appear to be adopting some of the luxury shopping habits of their American neighbors. How does this affect digital fraud problems and anti-fraud systems?
Topics: pesos, women, protection, growing, study, fraud, thanks, ecommerce, likely, online, men, shopping, vs. -
Ecommerce in Germany is growing slower than expected
-
Ecommerce in Germany was growing slower than expected last year. Still, it’s especially the fashion shops that are losing sales to online retailers. But German trade association HDE still believes in local purchasing. Ecommerce in Germany grew 9.1% in 2018 Handelsverbands Deutschland released the latest edition of its online monitor.… Continue reading
Topics: expected, sales, retail, fashion, germany, online, german, sectors, growing, euros, grew, ecommerce, slower. -
Ettitude targets eco-conscious shoppers with its organic bedding
-
Ettitude, recently graduated from the ERA accelerator, is looking to ride the growing wave of e-commerce by offering eco-friendly sheets. The company offers bamboo lyocell sheets and pajamas, which feel like a hybrid between silk and cotton, and stay cool longer than cotton or other fabrics. Bamboo lyocell fabric is essentially organic fabric made from […]
Topics: growing, organic, company, water, ettitude, bamboo, ecoconscious, cotton, bedding, month, shoppers, targets, sheets, summer. -
Free Shipping for Texas Only
-
Will Roman discusses how he’s growing Chisos.com through in-person, grassroots marketing. We debate if it’s possible to scale brand voice beyond the founder, highly effective SMS techniques for cart abandonment, pop-up shops, and – of course – why they only offer free shipping to Texans. You’ll learn: How Will is growing his home-grown Austin brand […]
Topics: grassroots, growing, popup, voice, youderian, building, roman, texansyoull, brand, using, texting, following, loyal. -
Growing Warstic from $200K to $8M+ in Under 4 Years
-
Where do you even start when you are wanting to grow your brand’s revenue? Especially when it is extremely niche? Today Ben Jenkins, owner of Warstic.com, joins the show to discuss how he grew his high-quality baseball bat brand to over $8 million in the past four years alone. Listen in as we discuss how […]
Topics: warsticcom, growth, warstic, family, brand, growing, ben, 8m, white, 200k, making, discuss, jenkins. -
Growing a $100 Million Candy Business Through Retail and Celebrity Partnerships
-
Tara Bosch wanted a better relationship with candy and sweets, so she created low-sugar gummy treats to “kick sugar but keep candy.” She dropped out of university to launch SmartSweets in 2016, and today the company surpasses $100 million in revenue annually. More
Topics: social, business, candies, million, celebrity, tara, really, sugar, growing, thats, retailers, recipes, brand, candy, retail, partnerships, smartsweets. -
Growing a Business on Amazon — and Beyond
-
Success on Amazon requires work, effort, and time. Don't believe the get-rich-quick peddlers. If they were as successful as they claim, they wouldn't be selling you their secrets
Topics: sellers, reviews, sell, money, product, tools, amazon, products, brand, business, growing. -
Growing a Handmade Brand: One Family's Journey from Etsy to Shopify
-
For ten years I ran a business solely on Etsy. It was a side gig, never carrying any pressure to provide. It funded my hobby, scratched my creative itch, and connected me to a community of like-minded makers. It wasn’t an enterprise that was designed to scale. And I didn’t want it to.
For many other makers, like the Polder family of Old World Kitchen, their craft and their livelihood are one and the same. Scaling your handmade business into a bread-winner in many cases mean taking the scary leap outside the marketplace.
Two years ago, the Polders folded their Etsy store and opened shop on Shopify and haven’t looked back. The switch helped them grow up but also out, increasing conversion, expanding to resale goods, building an email list, and owning their brand story.More
Topics: handmade, sales, growing, etsy, shopify, store, products, business, old, family, customers, brand, journey, familys. -
Growing a Niche Product into an 8 Figure Business
-
Life and business partners Colby and McKenzie Bauer are bringing functional and expressively minimalist accessories to market with Thread Wallets. Injecting creative designs into the sleepy category, the Bauers built the business out of their home and grew it into an 8 figure business. In this episode of Shopify Masters, we chat with Colby on the importance of hiring, rebounding from failures, and word of mouth.More
Topics: need, business, figure, growing, youre, different, dont, know, going, really, thats, product, right, niche. -
Growth Alone Doesn't Interest Me Anymore
-
Editor's note: This is the first post in an 11-part series on the HubSpot Customer Code. You can subscribe to the full series here.
The business world is obsessed with growth.
We chase it, chart it, and celebrate the moment we’ve captured it -- even temporarily.
Topics: customers, interest, grow, anymore, series, decisions, customer, hubspot, code, growing, dont, growth, doesnt. -
How We Grew Our HubSpot Academy Instagram Conversions by 475% for Only $6 per Month
-
Instagram allows brands to reach a massive global and engaged audience, humanize their content, showcase their products or services, and inspire their fans.
Over one billion people use the app monthly, and more than half log in daily. The facts are there: Instagram can be a key driver to business growth.
Topics: instagram, month, conversions, academy, grew, content, growing, audience, week, hubspot, brand, courses, course. -
How to Scale: Growing Their Dropshipping Business to $500,000 per Month
-
You might recognize Andreas and Alexander. They’re the two friends from Austria who decided to grow a dropshipping business together. We featured the beginnings of their story on the blog, and they even appeared on our YouTube channel recommending products (you’ll find the interview below). Like so many others, the […]
Topics: month, business, 500k, dropshipping, growing, scale, ads, andreas, product, paypal, customer, alexander, video, supplier. -
Instagram Tools: 20 Essential Apps for Growing Your Following
-
With more than one billion monthly active users, Instagram has opened up enormous opportunities for brands to find new customers. To help you supercharge your Instagram account, we’re sharing a list of the best Instagram apps for independent businesses—tools that will help you spruce up your posts and drive more customers to your store.More
Topics: growing, apps, following, social, post, plan, instagram, free, hashtags, posts, image, photos, media, tools, essential. -
Introducing Shopify Ping: A New Mobile App for Running Your Business on the Go
-
Time is every entrepreneur’s most valuable resource. Between life’s many commitments and all the hats you wear to run your business, there’s never enough time to go around—especially if you’re part of a small team or the sole founder like many Shopify merchants. That’s why we’re launching Shopify Ping: a new way to run your business on the go by bringing customer conversations, marketing workflows, and more together in a single mobile app.More
Topics: running, app, apps, marketing, shopify, run, ping, introducing, business, kit, single, mobile, way, growing. -
It’s An Open Platform World. HubSpot’s Growing App Ecosystem Helps You Thrive In It.
-
At INBOUND this week, over 24,000 people have come together to learn how to deliver remarkable customer experiences in today’s digital environment. How do you coordinate marketing, sales, and service teams across your company to attract, engage, and delight your audience? How do you accelerate that virtuous cycle of word-of-mouth — or, word-of-keyboard, as the case may be — to win more customers and make them happier customers?
Topics: platform, apps, capabilities, ecosystem, partners, customers, help, hubspot, world, hubspots, helps, growing, business, youre, app, thrive, open. -
Jungle Scout raises $110M, acquires Downstream Impact to help 3rd parties sell on marketplaces like Amazon
-
There has been a rapid proliferation of roll-up companies armed with wallets full of money to consolidate promising smaller merchants that sell on Amazon and other marketplaces, the idea being to create economies of scale to help them sell more effectively and grow. Today, a company that is somewhat doing the opposite — building tools […]
Topics: building, parties, techcrunch, advertising, scout, impact, marketplaces, tools, amazon, jungle, help, growing, company, downstream, raises, companies, sell. -
Juul, the popular e-cig startup under growing FDA scrutiny, says removing flavors is ‘on the table’ among other things
-
Juul has been on an incredible, and in some ways, nightmarish, ride this year. The three-year-old, San Francisco-based company has handily won 75 percent of the e-cigarette market in the U.S., thanks in large part to the sleek design of its nicotine vaporizer. It is reportedly on track to see at least $1 billion in […]
Topics: think, removing, really, juul, market, startup, fda, things, tobacco, product, products, growing, weve, company, smokers, scrutiny, table, popular, flavors. -
Lessons in Scaling: From Go-to-Market to Growing a 20-Person Team
-
In this episode of Shopify Masters, you’ll learn from an entrepreneur who built an 8-figure business by focusing on product-market fit above all else. Paul Hedrick is the founder of Tecovas: makers of beautiful, top-quality western boots and accessories.More
Topics: gotomarket, yeah, 20person, lessons, team, kind, pretty, little, really, product, maybe, think, know, lot, scaling, growing. -
Living on a Hippie Commune
-
Today’s episode is a little less structured, as I’m talking with my good friend Ezra Firestone of SmartMarketer.com about everything from what makes a strong relationship to what it’s like growing up on a hippie commune. Listen in as we dive into what Ezra’s been up to and how he’s creating a communal living space, […]
Topics: commune, firestone, talking, communal, todays, youderian, hippie, worksthe, living, growing, ezra. -
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. -
Miva CEO on Thriving in an Amazon-dominant Market
-
The rise of Amazon has prompted some observers to suggest independent ecommerce merchants are threatened. Rick Wilson, CEO of Miva, the ecommerce platform, disagrees. His new book "Dragon Proof Ecommerce," offers a roadmap for continued growth. I recently spoke with him about the book, Amazon, and the outlook for independent ecommerce.
Topics: amazondominant, amazon, product, thriving, independent, market, sell, miva, merchants, ecommerce, book, ceo, retail, growing, online. -
My Mall: “the fastest growing marketplace in Sweden”
-
My Mall claims to be one of the fastest growing marketplaces in Sweden at the moment. Last month, sales increased by almost 1,200 percent, compared with the same month last year. And during the first half of 2021, it also showed a similar increase. My Mall is still not very… Continue reading
Topics: marketplaces, growing, swedish, marketplace, online, sellers, company, fastest, sweden, sales, month, mall, ecommerce. -
Network Effects: How Growing Your User Base Can Increase the Value of Your Product or Service
-
When the World Wide Web launched in 1991, most people thought it would fizzle out in a few years. Experts considered it to be a shiny, new fad that no one was really using. In fact, only six countries in the world had more than one internet user per 100 people.
Topics: growing, users, base, products, user, effect, value, network, product, increase, effects, service. -
Optoro raises $75 million more to make it easier for brands to manage and resell returned and excess inventory
-
As the economy has chugged along, so have retail sales, which last year capped their strongest year since 2014. Online sales have been especially brisk, growing 16 percent between 2016 and 2017 alone, according to the U.S. Commerce Department, which estimates that consumers spent $453.5 billion online last year. Of course, with every booming market comes supporting […]
Topics: raises, excess, sales, return, easier, manage, optoro, retailers, company, resell, million, brands, returned, growing, inventory, returns, online. -
Payment card startup Marqeta confirms $260M round at close to $2B valuation
-
Startups that are disrupting and unlocking the lucrative world of financial services continue to unlock big funding rounds for themselves. Today, Marqeta — which helps third parties like Square, Affirm, DoorDash, Kabbage and Instacart build and offer card services to their customers — announced that it has raised a Series E of $260 million led […]
Topics: payment, marqeta, services, cards, opportunity, startup, confirms, company, gardner, close, growth, card, round, 2b, valuation, growing, techcrunch, transactions. -
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. -
Rational Decision Making: The 7-Step Process for Making Logical Decisions
-
Psychology tells us that emotions drive our behavior, while logic only justifies our actions after the fact. Marketing confirms this theory. Humans associate the same personality traits with brands as they do with people — choosing your favorite brand is like choosing your best friend or significant other. We go with the option that makes us feel something.
Topics: logical, rational, 7step, organic, process, decisions, traffic, decision, solution, email, making, social, problem, growing, solutions. -
Regression Analysis 101: How to Find Out How Fast Your Blog Is Growing
-
Raise your hand if you are maniacal about monitoring your blog traffic.
Is your hand raised? Mine is, too. I check out traffic every day, sometimes multiple times a day. Most of the time, it's great to be so in-the-weeds -- if I notice a sudden dip in pageviews, I can quickly react.
Topics: growing, run, traffic, line, data, youre, regression, r², analysis, fast, trendline, blog. -
Retail technology platform Relex raises $200M from TCV
-
Amazon’s formidable presence in the world of retail stems partly from the fact that it’s just not a commerce giant, it’s also a tech company — building solutions and platforms in-house that make its processes, from figuring out what to sell, to how much to have on hand and how best to distribute it, more […]
Topics: retail, 200m, kärkkäinen, million, tcv, companies, relex, technology, raises, platform, amazon, growing, company, solutions, retailers. -
Selling on eBay: How One Growing Business Balances Sales, Customer Service, and Life
-
There are a lot of great reasons to build a business. Working wherever you’d like, making more time for fitness, spending more time with family, and working on something you’re truly passionate about all come to mind as enviable examples. Here’s how the co-founders of Aventuron achieved all of the above using Shopify and selling on eBay.More
Topics: bikes, service, aventuron, business, kathryn, sales, growing, customer, build, life, ebay, selling, bike, carl, balances. -
Shopee to focus on growing market share in Southeast Asia
-
Singaporean online shopping business Shopee is aiming to boost its market share in Southeast Asia.
Topics: online, southeast, share, focus, growing, market, shopee, region, interview, zhou, singapore, sure, asia. -
Shöpping.at increasingly popular due to Covid-19
-
Shöpping.at, the online shopping platform launched by Austrian Post, sees the number of visitors being quadrupled since the coronavirus measures in Austria were put in action. Both customers and retailers are showing growing interest in the online marketplace. Ecommerce and patriotism among consumers are growing in Austria. Shöpping.at, the online… Continue reading
Topics: austrian, shöppingat, launched, visitors, increasingly, total, retailers, online, platform, growing, popular, covid19, signed. -
Spain’s Wallapop raises $191M at an $840M valuation for its classifieds marketplace
-
Through all of the last year’s lockdowns, venue closures and other social distancing measures that governments have enacted and people have followed to slow the spread of COVID-19, shopping — and specifically e-commerce — has remained a consistent and hugely important service. It’s not just something that we had to do; it’s been an important […]
Topics: cassedy, classifieds, company, strong, 840m, growing, business, million, goods, big, market, techcrunch, wallapop, 191m, valuation, marketplace, raises, spains. -
Target’s same-day pickup and delivery services growing at double the rate of 2018
-
Target’s investment in same-day pickup and delivery options is paying off. The company, which today offers same-day in-store pickup, drive-up and same-day delivery through its acquisition of Shipt, said this week that these services combined have more than doubled their sales in the last year. In addition, they accounted for more than a third of […]
Topics: rate, growing, order, stores, sales, fulfillment, store, pickup, delivery, services, targets, double, target, technology, techcrunch, sameday, week. -
The 13 Best Marketing Channels for Growing Your Ecommerce Business
-
We’ll define what a marketing channel is, share examples of different channels, and walk through a framework for choosing the right ones for your brand. More
Topics: marketing, alex, email, customers, channels, product, brand, best, ecommerce, growing, search, paid, business. -
The Complete Guide to Growing Your Business with Instagram Marketing
-
Instagram is one of the fastest-growing – if not the fastest-growing – social media platforms out there. In just nine months from September 2017 to June 2018, its user base skyrocketed from 800 million to 1 billion. In roughly the same time frame, the number of Instagram marketers grew by […]
Topics: complete, youre, content, followers, posts, guide, growing, brand, business, instagram, users, marketing, post. -
The Creator Economy Market Size is Growing: How Brands Can Leverage It
-
The creator economy has seen exceptional growth over the last few years and will only grow more in the future. So, what does that mean for brands, and how can marketers leverage this booming economy? To answer this question, I spoke to a couple of HubSpot's marketing experts and researched the creator economy's size, growth, and the changes we can expect down the line.
Topics: creators, hudson, size, platforms, market, growing, economy, creator, denhoff, million, content, brands, leverage, media. -
The Fastest Growing Social Media Platforms of 2023 [New Data]
-
Are people still using Facebook? Is BeReal the next big thing? And is TikTok still just for Gen Z?
Topics: usage, media, data, social, fastest, platform, platforms, tiktok, boomers, growing, grew, z, gen. -
The Growing Problem of Customer Returns
-
The rate of customer returns for goods bought online is swelling to a worrisome level as more consumers switch from physical stores to online. Ecommerce returns average about 15 percent, with apparel returns closer to 30 percent. The cost to online retailers is substantial.
Topics: online, growing, stores, retailers, return, customer, problem, physical, store, goods, returned, purchased, returns. -
The Real Sacrifices of Growing a Seven-Figure Business
-
Stacia Guzzo's mother's breast cancer diagnoses got her into researching the possible causes. The discovery of aluminum's possible link to cancer motivated Stacia to make her own natural beauty products. Stacia found her niche with aluminum-free deodorant and started SmartyPits. In this episode of Shopify Masters, you'll hear from Stacia Guzzo of SmartPits on how she found her niche and the decisions she had to make to scale her business.More
Topics: really, sevenfigure, real, think, sacrifices, lot, product, business, youre, say, thats, going, growing, things. -
The Reality of Growing a Business with Young Kids
-
Garret and Deeanne Akerson are the co-founders of Kindred Bravely, which creates maternity and nursing clothes that are beautiful, comfortable, and most importantly, useful. The company was founded in 2015 and two years later won the Shopify Build a BIGGER Business Competition as one of the fastest growing online retailers. Garret and Deeanne have an […]
Topics: deeanne, kids, growing, business, talking, successful, kindred, garret, shopify, company, reality, parenting, young. -
The Video Game Industry Is Growing: Here Are 4 Ways Brands Are Reaching Gamers
-
Nearly 70% of Americans play some type of video game each day.
And, with the growth of live streaming, mobile gaming, AR, and VR, this number could get even bigger.
Topics: gaming, game, players, marketing, games, reaching, growing, ad, brands, twitch, gamers, mobile, industry, ways, video. -
The future of voice recognition [infographic]
-
The future of voice recognition is looking bright. Given its current usage both in the home and on the move, it seems as though this technology will only get bigger over the next few years.
Topics: growing, voice, technology, google, future, devices, voiceenabled, whats, amazon, infographic, smart, recognition. -
Walmart closes in on $15bn Flipkart deal, reports
-
Retail giant may be about to secure a victory over Amazon.
Topics: indian, growing, closes, walmart, retailer, retail, reports, deal, amazon, largest, worlds, flipkart, 15bn, online. -
Walmart’s US e-commerce sales up 43% in Q4, thanks to growing online grocery business
-
Walmart this morning posted strong holiday sales growth for its holiday quarter, with U.S. sales up 4.2 percent over the same time last year, and a 43 percent rise in Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce sales. The retailer topped analyst expectations, with $138.8 billion in revenue for the quarter, just ahead of the forecasted $138.76 billion; and […]
Topics: pickup, grocery, business, strong, shopping, online, walmarts, thanks, ecommerce, walmart, delivery, working, q4, growing, sales, launched, website. -
When to Seek Business Financing for Entrepreneurs and Growing Businesses
-
From seasonal downturns to crucial scaling periods, there are many situations when an entrepreneur needs to seek business financing. We take a look at the key financial moments to be aware of when you're planning and how to conquer the financial ups and downs of building a business. More
Topics: capital, seek, cash, need, growing, businesses, sales, growth, entrepreneurs, financing, business, planning, revenues, needs. -
Where is the e-commerce app ecosystem headed in 2021?
-
The closest match to the growing e-commerce stack is the marketing automation stack, making it worthwhile to compare and contrast the growth of these ecosystems and what drives consolidation.
Topics: growth, growing, superapps, consolidation, stack, headed, martech, grew, space, ecommerce, ecosystem, app, techcrunch. -
Who Were HubSpot's 5 Fastest Growing New App Partners in Q2?
-
The ecosystem of app partners who integrate with HubSpot’s platform continues to grow. With dozens of new partners joining us in the first half of this year, HubSpot customers have access to an ever wider selection of specialized capabilities that they can add to their portals.
Topics: q2, fastest, instance, hubspot, app, partners, add, apps, hubspots, contact, form, crm, integration, quarter, growing. -
Why You Should Care About National Manufacturing Day
-
I grew up in Beaumont, Texas – a small town near Houston on I-10. The location had nothing to do…
Topics: local, united, manufacturers, growing, event, day, family, nearly, matters, million, details, manufacturing, states, mfg. -
YouTube Poised to Unseat Facebook as #2 Website in the U.S.
-
A new study reveals that there may be a shakeup on the list of the top five U.S. websites.
Topics: youtube, growth, vr, unseat, growing, visits, month, facebook, website, research, poised, monetization, number. -
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.