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12 Things to Sell on Shopify (Other than Physical Products)
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When you think of Shopify, what initially comes to mind? Whether it’s dropshipping t-shirt businesses or maker shops, you’re likely thinking about physical products—small businesses creating and curating goods to sell in store or ship around the world. But when we say “product”, we’re talking about more than just tangible things.
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Topics: products, businesses, online, things, apps, store, app, shopify, ideas, business, physical, sell, product, customers. -
3 Lessons from Running Pop-up Stores
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Pop-up stores are a familiar sight in malls and events, but adding a digital component is relatively new. I've just completed a series of pop-up experiences for my company and for merchant brands. In this post, I'll share my lessons and observations.
Topics: popup, event, physical, lessons, running, microsite, app, products, store, buy, stores, online, attendees. -
5 Clever Email Marketing Tactics for Holiday Conversions
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I've received many holiday email marketing messages since the busy Black Friday to Cyber Monday weekend. In this post, I'll share five that are especially clever.
Topics: marketing, conversions, rates, holiday, emails, store, shoppers, subject, email, received, physical, tactics, mail, piece, clever. -
57% of micro and small businesses are committed to combining online and physical sales, reveals GoDaddy study
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The GoDaddy Entrepreneurship Survey 2021 reveals that 6 out of 10 entrepreneurs ventured into online sales due to the pandemic, but will not give up their physical stores
Topics: reveals, committed, small, godaddy, digital, entrepreneurs, mexico, combining, business, study, online, stores, sales, physical, social, micro, networks. -
6.4% of German ecommerce generated via click & collect
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Last year, 6.4 percent of all ecommerce revenue in Germany was generated via click & collect solutions in physical stores. But these revenue was not equally distributed across different product categories. Consumer electronics represent the biggest click & collect segment, with a revenue share of 27 percent. It was a… Continue reading
Topics: generated, collect, german, ecommerce, physical, retailers, online, revenue, click. -
A Chocolate Maker’s Recipe for Retail Success
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Alicja Buchowicz, the founder of Alicja Confections, actually hated chocolate as a kid. And unlike most chocolate makers, her business was born online and later expanded to a physical store. Alicja’s entrepreneurial journey is as distinct as her bars and she shares her recipe for creating memorable shopping experiences online and offline.More
Topics: bars, store, makers, sales, bar, retail, physical, online, recipe, success, alicja, confections, chocolate. -
Action launches online store in Belgium
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Action, the discount retailer from the Netherlands, is launching its online store in Belgium. The online shop is available in Dutch and French. Action will offer around 150 products. The product range mostly consists of large items such as garden furniture. Two years ago, Action launched a localized online store…
Topics: shop, offer, garden, launches, products, product, action, online, netherlands, physical, store, belgium. -
AliExpress opens first physical store in Europe
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AliExpress is going offline. The popular Chinese shopping platform has opened a physical store in Madrid, the first of its kind in Europe. The store actually operates more like a showroom, because products still need to be ordered online. AliExpress has opened its first European retail store in Madrid Xanadú,… Continue reading
Topics: store, christmas, shopping, spain, physical, conversions, products, madrid, aliexpress, europe, volume, opens. -
All4running acquires 21Run and expands to Germany
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Dutch ecommerce company All4running is expanding to Germany. With the acquisition of German competitor 21Run, All4running is further shaping its ambitions to become an important running specialist in Europe. 21Run already announced the acquisition on its Facebook page last month, but buyer All4running just published a press release about the… Continue reading
Topics: ecommerce, acquires, distribution, center, 21run, german, expands, germany, physical, acquisition, alkmaar, all4running, stores. -
Amazon India partners with Future Retail
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Amazon India has partnered with the nation’s second-largest retail chain to expand its sales in there.
Topics: products, amazon, retail, physical, retails, future, india, sales, services, grocery, partners. -
Amazon influences offline retail in Germany
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Amazon has a massive impact on retail spending in Germany, both online and offline. More than one-third of all purchases in physical stores are preceded by a search for information on Amazon.This is reported by ECC KÖLN, a subsidiary of the renowned IFH KÖLN (Institut für Handelsforschung), in its periodic…
Topics: offline, consumers, retail, influences, germany, purchases, online, amazon, shopping, german, marketplaces, physical, temu. -
Amazon launches physical kiosks in UK train stations, a local extension of its Treasure Trucks
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After announcing a year-long pilot of pop-up shops in the UK earlier this week to sell items from smaller marketplace merchants, Amazon has added another development to its brick-and-mortar efforts in the country. Starting today, the company is setting up physical kiosks, initially in train stations, to sell passers-by a rotating range of items at discounted […]
Topics: trucks, physical, wider, train, stations, way, amazon, techcrunch, kiosks, treasure, truck, launches, uk, items, efforts, local. -
Amazon launches ‘Smart Stores’ in India to win mom and pop
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For Amazon, it’s never too late to try something in India. The e-commerce giant is exploring ways to further spread its tentacles in the largely offline, technology-free neighborhood stores in one of its key overseas markets. The American firm’s latest attempt is called “Smart Stores.” For this India-specific program, Amazon is providing physical stores with […]
Topics: merchants, pop, offer, physical, win, retail, sales, smart, mom, launches, stores, market, india, pay, amazon, techcrunch. -
Amazon opens its first Amazon Fresh physical grocery store, in LA
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The shift to online shopping has accelerated in the COVID-19 pandemic, but today Amazon made a bold move that underscores its belief that physical stores will remain a key component of how consumers shop. In the Los Angeles neighborhood of Woodland Hills, the e-commerce giant today opened its first Amazon Fresh supermarket. This is the […]
Topics: shopping, la, including, opens, fresh, amazon, physical, retail, foods, grocery, techcrunch, stores, store. -
Amazon stops selling stick-on Dash buttons
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Amazon has confirmed it has retired physical stick-on Dash buttons from sale — in favor of virtual alternatives that let Prime Members tap a digital button to reorder a staple product. It also points to its Dash Replenishment service — which offers an API for device makers wanting to build internet-connected appliances that can automatically […]
Topics: physical, amazon, selling, consumer, dash, product, button, shopping, customers, need, buttons, stops, stickon. -
Amazon to close 68 physical retail locations, including Amazon Books and 4-star stores
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Amazon’s physical retail business is suffering a major blow as the company today confirmed to Reuters it will close 68 brick-and-mortar retail stores across the U.S. and U.K. This includes its Amazon Books bookstores, its pop-up shops in various markets and its 4-star stores, where customers could shop popular and highly rated products across Amazon.com. […]
Topics: techcrunch, books, amazon, locations, brickandmortar, close, physical, stores, company, workers, retail, business, including, online. -
Amazon’s one-two punch: How traditional retailers can fight back
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The company’s vast power in e-commerce is only the initial, quick jab to an opponent’s face. Data-focused innovations in offline retail will be Amazon’s second, much heavier cross.
Topics: amazon, warehouse, onetwo, punch, traditional, products, ecommerce, retailers, fight, amazons, retail, offline, physical, shopping. -
At Disrupt SF, learn how to take a digital brand offline from Brooklinen, Framebridge and thredUP
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Over the past couple decades, retail has fundamentally changed. Amazon has swept in and devoured mom and pop stores, while incumbent brands face increased competition from a new crop of digital-first companies. But not everything changes. People still want to see and feel the goods they’ll purchase, and most brands still see huge benefits from […]
Topics: brand, digital, online, company, learn, thredup, disrupt, stores, users, physical, ceo, offline, brooklinen, things, brands, framebridge, tynan, sf, techcrunch. -
Augmented Reality Brings a New Dimension of Engagement to the Customer Experience
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In September, we launched Shopify AR to help you create 3D models of your products that can be viewed at scale and from all angles via Safari on iOS. But the applications for AR don’t stop there. Here are some ways that AR could redefine the rest of the customer experience from product discovery to post-purchase.More
Topics: ar, products, experience, augmented, product, shopify, mobile, physical, brands, customers, customer, engagement, reality, brings, dimension. -
Beacon Technology: Harnessing the Power of Proximity Marketing
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What if there was a technology that allowed you to contact potential buyers as they strolled by your place of business. Read about Beacon Technology, Proximity marketing, and eCommerce. Stay one step ahead of the growing competition.
Topics: power, beacon, app, users, google, technology, proximity, businesses, beacons, marketing, physical, harnessing. -
Brick-and-mortar travel agents still have a future – if they adapt
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With today's digital age and millennial generation, thriving as a brick-and-mortar travel agents has been challenging, but possible, says global travel technology company Amadeus.
Topics: physical, retail, travellers, brickandmortar, stores, asia, agents, future, agencies, reality, pacific, travel. -
Building Community with a Remote Team
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A remote workforce has always had its advantages, such as access to a large pool of top-notch talent. But the coronavirus pandemic has forced many companies accustomed to physical offices to start working remotely.
Topics: video, building, example, going, question, open, physical, team, remote, social, community, office. -
Can E-Commerce Save Retail?
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Get physical, social, and digital. It's time to integrate.
Topics: digital, shopping, stores, customers, social, pandemic, physical, retail, ecommerce, save, online, retailers. -
Charts: Global Retail Tech Funding 2021
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2021 was a record year for global funding of retail technology. In this installment of our weekly charts, analyst Adel Boukarroum breaks down the numbers.
Topics: deals, retail, cb, global, funding, charts, insights, tech, physical, increased. -
Charts: Physical Retail to Transform Layout, Purpose
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The shift to online buying could prompt physical retail stores worldwide to commit a third of their space for online fulfillment. That's according to Edge by Ascential, a U.K.-based research and advisory firm.
Topics: stores, retailers, worldwide, layout, online, charts, edge, retail, space, transform, store, purpose, insight, physical. -
CommerceCo Recap: Tailor-made Shopping Experiences
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When eBay and Amazon were founded, in 1995, ecommerce pioneers worried that pictures of products would never provide the same experience as handling a product on a rack. Ecommerce has generally overcome this challenge, but there are still products that are more difficult to present online.
Topics: shirt, tailormade, shopping, shirts, press, options, commerceco, products, physical, instore, madetoorder, online, recap, experiences, j. -
Conrad Electronic closes stores in Switzerland
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Conrad Electronic has made the decision to let the leases of its two branches in Switzerland expire in 2021. This means the consumer electronics retailer will close its physical stores. But Conrad won’t be leaving Switzerland completely: it now focuses on ecommerce and b2b. The German electronics retailer will close… Continue reading
Topics: close, stores, wont, retailer, sufficiently, electronic, closes, switzerland, electronics, physical, branches, conrad, ecommerce. -
Consumers expect digital shopping to meet physical
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Consumers globally prefer digital shopping channels in combination with physical ones, according to new research.
Topics: likely, shop, consumers, globally, physical, mobile, followed, channels, meet, cent, expect, digital, holiday, shopping. -
Coolblue expands to Germany
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Dutch omnichannel retailer Coolblue has set the first steps to expand to Germany. In the Düsseldorf area, Coolblue starts with its own delivery network, installation service, bike couriers and physical stores. Further expansion across Germany is the next step. Coolblue, founded in 1999 in the Netherlands and since 2007 also… Continue reading
Topics: germany, orders, physical, store, installation, white, coolblue, delivery, düsseldorf, expands, goods. -
Coolblue opens first physical store in Germany
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Dutch omnichannel retailer Coolblue will open its first physical store in Germany at the end of this year. The white goods and electronics retailer will also open five more stores in the Netherlands and Belgium this year. When the new stores have been opened, Coolblue will have 22 physical stores… Continue reading
Topics: germany, open, opens, store, coolblue, stores, whitepaper, payment, try, service, physical. -
Deliveroo Hong Kong doubles virtual restaurant ranks
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Hong Kong food-delivery service Deliveroo has doubled the ranks of virtual restaurants supplying meals through its platform to 200.
Topics: hong, doubles, restaurants, physical, deliveroo, ranks, kong, caramba, eclipse, virtual, restaurant, brands. -
Diesel unveils Hyperoom, a 360-degree selling platform and virtual showroom
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Diesel has unveiled Hyperoom, a 360-degree selling platform and exhibition space, which resembles the Diesel’s physical showroom in Milan.
Topics: hyperoom, virtual, digital, physical, showroom, platform, unveils, products, selling, possible, diesel, diesels, 360degree. -
Drip aims to provide thrill of live commerce to NFTs, physical collectibles
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Drip is "Shopify for livestream commerce,” providing tooling so users can run live stream auctions, drops or buy it now formats via Drip’s existing marketplace.
Topics: live, physical, techcrunch, super, product, nft, collectibles, thrill, aims, provide, ventures, users, nfts, commerce, drip, lawrence, selling, pokémon, video. -
Dutch B2B marketplace Orderchamp expands to France
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Dutch wholesale marketplace Orderchamp has opened its digital doors in France. From now on, French physical retailers and online store owners can register for free to buy products, while French brands can start selling their assortment to over 12,000 connected retailers in Europe. It’s no coincidence Orderchamp has launched in… Continue reading
Topics: physical, products, b2b, online, orderchamp, marketplace, dutch, wholesale, brands, retailers, french, expands, france. -
Ecommerce Briefs: Walmart and Shopify, Physical Store Outlook, Instagram
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“Ecommerce Briefs” is my occasional series on news and developments that impact online merchants. In this installment, I’ll report on Walmart's partnership with Shopify, the struggles of brick-and-mortar retailers, and Instagram's ecommerce efforts.
Topics: shopify, store, merchants, stores, physical, closures, outlook, instagram, briefs, ecommerce, businesses, delivery, sellers, walmart. -
Ecommerce Merchants Embrace Clicks-to-bricks
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Digitally native businesses are opening physical stores at a brisk pace, embracing the "clicks to bricks" movement. This trend shows that physical stores are not dead, though the big-box mall model may not be the blueprint for the future
Topics: native, stores, ecommerce, clickstobricks, mattress, physical, permanent, mattresses, embrace, online, opened, retailers, merchants. -
European ecommerce grew two- to threefold amidst pandemic
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Ecommerce in Europe has grown exponentially during the Covid-19 pandemic last year. The digitization of both consumers and retailers has accelerated by two to three years, in some countries even by five years. The pandemic and the accompanying measures have led to an increase of online shopping in Europe. With… Continue reading
Topics: online, shopping, spent, grew, goods, european, items, threefold, pandemic, countries, ecommerce, consumers, amidst, food, physical. -
Extended Marketing Mix: What It Is and Why It's Useful
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Cooking is my favorite pastime. It's so much fun to find new recipes and learn about new ingredients. Plus, (usually) the results are delicious. Finding new recipes and ingredients is nothing short of delightful.
Topics: mix, product, extended, marketing, company, shop, useful, sell, promotion, physical, price. -
FJ Benjamin launches five online stores – more to come
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Southeast Asian fashion group FJ Benjamin opened five new online stores for recognised international fashion labels, with more to come, as it pivoted online in the wake of trading restrictions during the Covid-19 crisis.
Topics: stores, benjamin, rights, online, group, fj, singapore, pandemic, launches, brand, physical. -
Gamification: a key to experiential retailing on and offline
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Can gamification help breach the retail digital divide, building customer loyalty and engagement?
Topics: offline, retailing, gamification, consumers, experience, experiential, physical, retailers, consumer, traditional, retail, customer, shopping, key. -
German ecommerce shrinks 5 percent
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Online sales of physical goods in Germany made 9 percent less revenue last year. Digital services such as travel and events, on the other hand, increased by nearly 40 percent. In total, German ecommerce generated just over 100 billion euros of revenue in 2022. The new numbers were shared by…
Topics: billion, euros, ecommerce, german, physical, total, consumer, sales, goods, online, shrinks. -
Grab Malaysia sees ‘instant retail’ reducing need for physical stores
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Grab Malaysia is expanding its Instant Retail service after studying customer demand for goods during the nation’s Covid-19 crisis.
Topics: consumers, reducing, stores, malaysia, physical, retail, grabmart, instant, businesses, need, retailers, sees, believes, grab, goods. -
Harvey Nichols in Hong Kong thinks smaller to grow bigger
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Harvey Nichols in Hong Kong has unveiled a retail concept it believes will win favour from online shoppers and enhance the customer experience in store.
Topics: hong, harvey, physical, think, bigger, customers, really, kong, stores, nichols, lot, grow, smaller, store, online, thinks. -
Holiday Marketing for Service-Based Businesses
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Don’t let retailers have all the fun! See 5 proven tactics that can give any service-based business a holiday sales boost. Plus: inspiration to get started!
Topics: business, youre, marketing, services, businesses, servicebased, company, cards, physical, offer, holiday, gift, service. -
Hornbach let store employees deliver online orders
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German DIY-store Hornbach saw its online turnover increase significantly during the Covid-19 outbreak in Europe. The company quickly changed its click-and-collect model and also tested a home delivery model where its own store employees took care of the deliveries. Just like many do-it-yourself businesses, Hornbach was quite late to the… Continue reading
Topics: europe, hornbach, let, employees, online, shop, deliver, physical, ecommerce, started, orders, stores, store. -
How 9 Brands With Physical Locations Made Their Services Virtual
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In 2020, the era of digital transformation is in full swing.
At this point, video, blogging, and content marketing top the list of tactics brands are investing more heavily in. Meanwhile, 97% learn about businesses online more than anywhere else.
Topics: locations, virtual, online, hair, fitness, physical, customers, paint, video, planet, services, brands. -
How I instill trust on my ecommerce site
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I try to make it easy for shoppers to purchase and rent decor from my ecommerce site. But many retailers — online and multichannel — fail at this. Their sites are often difficult. In this post, I will discuss my six priorities to instill trust and make shopping easy.
Topics: ecommerce, online, phone, physical, instill, address, provide, site, products, number, trust, youre, shoppers, product. -
How I maintain mental and physical health (to grow my business)
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Managing a fast-growing ecommerce business is not for the faint of heart. I've picked up a few practices over the last decade to keep my mental and physical health while scaling FringeSport.
Topics: dont, sleep, try, work, happy, wife, health, used, mental, grow, im, maintain, physical, business. -
How Small Businesses Can Use the Metaverse to Increase Their Customers
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The metaverse has endless potential in improving the returns and customer sales
Topics: immersive, small, power, virtual, personalization, metaverse, improving, metaverses, business, try, physical, businesses, digital, stores. -
How a Blog Became a Physical Store in Two Years
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Nat Elison decided to test out his content marketing skills from running his own marketing agency by launching his own blog. As a longtime tea lover, Nat started Cup & Leaf to blog about all things tea. He publishes on a consistent schedule, reworks content to rank higher on search, and curates products for the online store. Since the launch of Cup & Leaf in early 2018, the website now sees 250,000 monthly visitors and brings in $5000 in monthly revenue. In this episode of Shopify Masters, you'll learn from Nat Elison on how he built a successful blog, grew organic traffic, and is turning the Ecommerce business into a physical store. More
Topics: tea, physical, really, actually, blog, store, start, lot, articles, traffic, content, good. -
How location-based technology can bridge the gap between online and in-store shopping
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Retail marketers are increasingly using location-based technology to bridge the gap between online and in-store shopping.
Topics: online, instore, locationbased, gap, customers, digital, brands, shopping, physical, data, strategy, retail, omnichannel, customer, technology, bridge. -
How to Balance Ecommerce and Brick-and-Mortar Shopping Expectations Through Relationship Marketing
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Here's how relationship marketing is critical to balancing ecommerce and brick-and-mortar shopping expectations.
Topics: data, growth, pandemic, stores, brickandmortar, retail, expectations, physical, ecommerce, shopping, customers, balance, relationships. -
How to Give a Killer Presentation, According to a Former Diplomat
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Let's say you're gearing up to make your pitch at a potential client's office, a trade show, or even on Shark Tank.
Topics: according, diplomat, speaking, pitch, public, killer, feel, confidence, practice, build, breathing, physical, say, presentation. -
How to Partner With Physical Stores to Showcase Your Product
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During a golf tournament, Jeremiah Curvers was injured and bedridden for three months. He spent a lot of time researching mattresses and was motivated to launch Polysleep. In this episode of Shopify Masters, you'll hear from Jeremiah Curvers of Polysleep on how to partner suppliers and physical stores. More
Topics: website, showcase, thats, product, going, mattress, really, lot, physical, say, dont, youre, partner, stores. -
Hybrid sales commonplace in Germany
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A vast majority of German retailers are now selling both offline and online to their customers. According to a study by the industry association Bitkom, this figure stands at 85 percent, up from 77 percent in 2021 and just 66 percent in 2019.Three out of ten online-selling retailers already derive…
Topics: sales, retailers, commonplace, todays, business, bitkom, germany, shopping, german, physical, hybrid, retail, online. -
ING: Dutch ecommerce will grow 4%
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This year, the turnover of online stores in the Netherlands is expected to grow 4 percent, compared to last year. In 2022, a decrease of 2 percent in turnover was measured, says Dutch bank ING. At the same time, for the first time in a decade, the amount of sales…
Topics: turnover, stores, netherlands, retail, physical, ing, ecommerce, grow, sales, expected, online, dutch. -
Ikea Thailand opens full online store after two years planning
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Ikea Thailand has launched an online store, with a view to matching the journey and impression customers experience at a physical Ikea shop.
Topics: ikea, physical, thailand, accessible, potential, sherlock, singapore, bangkok, store, opens, planning, online. -
Instacart acquires Caper AI, a smart cart and instant checkout startup, for $350M, as it moves deeper into physical retail tech
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Instacart made its name by providing a way for consumers to bypass shopping in stores in person, by ordering items online and getting them delivered to their homes — a business that positively boomed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But with physical stores still looming large in the world of groceries, Instacart also […]
Topics: instacart, caper, deeper, stores, physical, techcrunch, technology, smart, retail, tech, startup, items, moves, retailers, instant, company, business. -
Is the Disney Store in crisis? The reality behind the closure of more than 60 physical stores
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The company is fulfilling its plan to close nearly 75% of the Disney Stores in the United States, which could indicate a crisis, but the reality goes further.
Topics: store, target, physical, ecommerce, close, stores, locations, disney, closure, reality, shopping, united, crisis. -
Kevin raises $65M as it charges ahead on account-to-account payments over point-of-sale terminals
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Payments remains a very fragmented business around the world: depending on where you’re buying or selling something (and whether you are selling online or offline) you will have different “standard” payment methods, currencies and settlement schemes and more. Today, a startup called Kevin that’s taking one piece of that puzzle — payments made from account […]
Topics: terminals, electronic, sale, tamosiunas, 65m, pay, raises, payments, kevin, card, physical, ahead, point, techcrunch, payment, accounttoaccount, charges, pointofsale. -
Key Marketing Principles, Explained
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Today, we’re going back to the basics. If you’ve heard of the classic principles of marketing, you may also know that they’ve been around for a while. A long while, more than 60 years! It started with the four principles of marketing, also called the 4 Ps or the 4 […]
Topics: physical, customer, marketing, principles, online, youre, business, customers, brand, ps, guide, ultimate, key. -
More online stores in the Netherlands than physical stores
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On January 1st, the Netherlands had more online stores than brick-and-mortar stores. The number of online stores was 84.1 thousand, while the number of physical stores was 82.1 thousand. In a year, the number of online stores rose 4.1 percent. This is evident from preliminary figures from Statistics Netherlands. The…
Topics: physical, increased, online, general, stores, thousand, clothing, increasing, netherlands, number. -
My Jewellery expands to Germany
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Dutch retailer My Jewellery expands to Germany. Tomorrow, the omnichannel retailer will launch its first online shop abroad. In time, My Jewellery wants to open physical stores in Germany as well. “Just in these uncertain times I think it’s important to continue to develop ourselves as a brand”, founder… Continue reading
Topics: germany, expands, jewellery, online, wants, retailer, omnichannel, physical, stores, jewelry, shop. -
Natura will open 6 stores in Mexico and is committed to omnichannel in the country
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This will allow the brand to reach customers with consumption habits different from those of direct sales or through e-commerce.
Topics: reach, open, consumers, werner, shopping, physical, located, type, stores, committed, brand, omnichannel, country, natura, mexico. -
Nexite raises $67M for its new approach to tagging and tracking merchandise in physical stores
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When it comes to commerce innovation, physical retail often feels like it gets the short end of the development stick against newer, faster-growing, more quantifiable (and still far from perfect) digital channels. But physical retail is far from disappearing altogether, and today a company that’s built a solution very specifically targeted at improving data around […]
Topics: techcrunch, approach, tracking, 67m, merchandise, data, retailers, shakedd, tagging, stores, physical, items, system, radio, million, raises, nexite, tags. -
Offline vs Online Business: Which is Best for You?
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The decision of whether to get into a traditional offline business, a modern online business, or some combination of the two, is one of the most important decisions you can make. Each has pros and cons that should be considered. …
Continue reading Offline vs Online Business: Which is Best for You?
Topics: vs, offline, world, company, businesses, physical, online, need, business, customers, dont, best. -
Omnichannel, a key element for the future of commerce in Mexico
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If you are a business owner and looking to increase your sales during this pandemic, this interests you.
Topics: key, future, business, payment, different, commerce, omnichannel, physical, digital, element, technology, online, sales, businesses, mexico. -
Online remote payments for digital and physical goods to hit $6 trillion
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New research shows the total transaction value of online remote payments for digital and physical goods will exceed US$6 trillion by 2024.
Topics: remote, transaction, digital, payments, trillion, retailers, research, mobile, cent, hit, online, goods, physical. -
Online retail turns 25, but physical stores are more relevant than ever
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Online retail turns 25 this month - but the importance and relevance of brick-and-mortar stores is more relevant now than ever before.
Topics: turns, physical, relevant, retailers, online, shopping, store, brick, data, retail, stores, technology. -
Out-of-stocks the main reason shoppers abandon physical stores
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Shoppers have listed out-of-stock items as being the number one reason for leaving physical stores without making a purchase, according to a new report. The study, conducted by Zebra Technologies, polled more than 4000 consumers in the Asia-Pacific region and showed that customers expect items seen online will be in stock – with this phenomenon […]
Topics: store, physical, returns, shoppers, outofstocks, technologies, services, main, zebra, cent, retail, reason, abandon, study, stores. -
Peek & Cloppenburg opens online store in the Netherlands
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Fashion retailer Peek & Cloppenburg will open an online store in the Netherlands later this year. The retailer, which has three physical stores in the Netherlands, is focusing more and more on its online business. One year ago, the company opened its online store in Poland. Peek & Cloppenburg already… Continue reading
Topics: physical, peek, company, retailer, online, stores, cloppenburg, dutch, store, netherlands, opens. -
Physical Store Closures Hit a New High in 2019
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2019 was not a good year for brick-and-mortar stores. As of November 1, U.S. retail store closures reached 9,302, a 59 percent increase over 2018 according to Coresight Research. The biggest contributor was Payless ShoeSource, which declared bankruptcy and closed all of its 2,100 stores.
Topics: high, physical, store, online, hit, retail, bankruptcy, stores, merchants, retailers, closures, brown. -
Physical Stores Can Bolster Online Sales, for a Price
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Opening a physical store was an anathema for early-day, pure-play ecommerce merchants. Why take on the financial burden of leases, construction costs, and staff? But the ecommerce landscape has changed.
Topics: instore, physical, price, integrated, bolster, costs, online, store, presence, stores, digital, sales, experience. -
Placer.ai, a location analytics startup, finds $100M at a $1B valuation
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Many of us are moving around these days a lot less than we used to — because of COVID, we’re working from home instead of an office; and we are traveling and going out less. Now, as we shift back into more “normal” behavior, a startup that’s helping to better understand where and how we […]
Topics: finds, startup, physical, company, 1b, valuation, placerai, data, using, ventures, real, 100m, platform, placer, analytics, location, techcrunch, customers, round. -
Primark CEO: there’s no permanent shift to ecommerce
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Paul Marchant, CEO of Irish fast-fashion retailer Primark, doesn’t agree with claims that the coronavirus has made shoppers move permanently to online shopping. He calls people claiming there’s an inevitable and permanent shift to ecommerce “wrong and naïve”. The CEO of Primark used these words in an article, called “Anyone… Continue reading
Topics: retail, online, shops, town, ecommerce, physical, sales, shopping, permanent, shop, primark, feel, ceo, theres, shift. -
Product Design & Development: How to Make Physical Products
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Overwhelmed by the product development process? If you have a product design you want manufactured, this guide walks you through the entire process.
Topics: youre, manufacturers, manufacturer, idea, design, products, prototype, development, process, product, start, manufacture, physical. -
Retail vs Ecommerce: What’s the Difference?
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Quick answer: The term “retail store” typically applies to a physical, or brick-and-mortar location, such as a supermarket, boutique, or individual offline store. Ecommerce stores, on the other hand, are online platforms, where customers can purchase products using credit cards…
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Retail-as-a-service provider Leap raises $3M and launches first store
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The past decade in retail has been the golden age of direct-to-consumer (D2C) and digitally native vertical brands (DNVBs) that use the internet to communicate with customers, execute transactions, handle distribution and offer better economics. But as small independent startups have scaled into unicorn territory and as countless brands have saturated digital channels, customer acquisition has […]
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Rinascente launches online store
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Italian department store Rinascente has launched its first online store. The ecommerce website is part of parent Central Group’s omnichannel strategy. Rinascente’s online shop is only aimed at Italian customers for now. For a long time, Rinascente has been skeptical of ecommerce. But now, due to the omnichannel plans of… Continue reading
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Sailing brand Henri Lloyd relaunches online store
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Henri Lloyd, a brand from the UK that’s specialized in sailing clothing, has relaunched its online store. This is the result of a digital transformation the brand has gone through since it was acquired by Aligro Group last year. Henri Lloyd became one of the retail victims that had to… Continue reading
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Sasa joins Shopee in Singapore after closing its physical stores
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Hong Kong-headquartered cosmetics retailer Sa Sa International has relaunched its presence in Singapore with an exclusive online partnership with e-commerce platform Shopee.
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Skincare startup Heyday raises $8M
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Heyday, a startup aiming to make facials more affordable and personalized, announced today that it has raised $8 million in Series A funding. I first wrote about the company a year ago, when it raised its $3 million seed round. At the time, co-founder and CEO Adam Ross said his goal was to offer something […]
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Store Closures, Slow Shipping Could Drive Retail Prices Lower
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The coronavirus pandemic could lead to much lower retail prices for some categories, as store closures and product returns caused by slow shipping lead to an inventory glut. The problem might be divided into two broad categories.
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Suning.com boosts sales, outlines Carrefour plans
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Chinese O2O retailer Suning.com says sales from its online platforms and physical stores rose by 24.27 per cent in the third quarter, reaching RMB 171.43 billion (US$24.4 billion).
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The Final-Mile and its factors for ecommerce success or failure
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Amazon is dominating ecommerce by transforming the final mile – both physically and virtually. This article outlines four tips on how businesses can compete.
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The First Steps in Adding Ecommerce to a Brick-and-mortar Store
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Brick-and-mortar retail businesses are turning toward ecommerce to generate revenue — online and click-and-collect. As they make this digital transformation, those merchants will likely have questions about ecommerce platforms, themes, and design. While all of these are important, a company's focus should be on products and marketing first, in my experience.
Topics: ecommerce, selling, product, physical, espresso, stores, steps, online, inventory, store, site, adding, brickandmortar. -
The Growing Problem of Customer Returns
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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.
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The Retail Omnichannel Imperative
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In 2021 and beyond, successful retailers with physical stores will likely become powerful omnichannel sellers as shoppers choose merchants with superior end-to-end buying experiences. "The reason that omnichannel is critical for retailers in 2021 is because the customer demands it," said Jess Huang, a partner at McKinsey & Company.
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The impact of Covid-19 on ecommerce
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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
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These Are the Retail Trends in Ecommerce for This Year
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By July 2020, it was estimated that ecommerce in Mexico reached a development of 94%, while in the United States the percentage of online orders doubled to 40% during the quarantine.
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This startup solves the management of shipments in your ecommerce or physical store and helps you save up to 70% in logistics expenses
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The SkydropX statup has the mission of making shipping management easier for ecommerce and all types of entrepreneurs, giving them access to very competitive parcel prices.
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UK Treasury explores online sales tax
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The Treasury, the UK’s economic and finance ministry, is exploring options for an online sales tax. With this measure, it wants to shift the balance between spending online and in physical stores. British high streets are currently struggling due to the Covid-19 pandemic. There’s a massive boost in ecommerce in… Continue reading
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Warby Parker, valued at $3 billion, raises $245 million in funding
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Warby Parker, the optical e-commerce giant, has today announced the close of a $245 million funding round from D1 Capital Partners, Durable Capital Partners, T. Rowe Price and Baillie Gifford. A source familiar with the company’s finances confirmed to TechCrunch that this brings Warby Parker’s valuation to $3 billion. The fresh $245 million comes as […]
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What if 80,000 Brick-and-mortar Stores Closed?
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A financial services firm has predicted that 80,000 or more physical store locations in the United States are likely to close in the next five years, reducing the total number of American retail outlets by approximately 10 percent. But what does that mean?
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Where Will People Shop When Businesses Fully Reopen? [New Data]
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For the last year and a half, many of us have gotten used to doing everything -- including shopping -- from home.
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Why Google’s acquisition of Irish startup Pointy is big news for retailers
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Google has acquired Irish start-up Pointy, a firm that allows physical stores to make their products discoverable online.
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Why a consistent and frictionless buying journey is essential in modern retail
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Focusing on a consistent and frictionless buying journey, is integral to offering consumers the experience they would expect from any modern retailer.
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Zwift CEO Eric Min on fitness-gaming and bringing esports into the Olympics
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The rumored IPO plans of $4 billion spinning brand Peloton marks the rise of a wave of interactive fitness startups like Mirror, Tonal, Hydrow and At Home 360 that combine a monthly subscription to recorded and/or live video classes with workout hardware. There’s opportunity beyond this initial “Peloton for X” model, however, when you look at […]
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‘Ecommerce UK accounts for 53% of retail sales by 2028’
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Ecommerce in the United Kingdom will account for 53 percent of the country’s total retail sales by 2028. Factors powering this online growth are the fact Generation Z and Millennials will be half of the adult population in ten years, faster, cheaper and in-home delivery and fewer physical stores. Currently,… Continue reading
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‘Ecommerce is lifeline for physical retail’
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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
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