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Category: E-commerce


E-commerce, Retail Types

Tapestry and Marks & Spencer Power E-Commerce Personalization With Generative AI

May 24, 2023

Via: RIS News

Tapestry (parent company to such brands as Kate Spade and Coach) is bolstering its marketing efforts by leveraging generative AI tech to automate online personalization, and Marks & Spencer is following close behind. Tapestry is implementing technology that automatically generates […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

3 Profitability Strategies for E-commerce Retailers in 2023

May 24, 2023

Via: RIS News

E-commerce is dealing with a bad hangover. We just left a two-year period where practically every category of retail saw unprecedented growth and the bar was raised for everyday e-commerce experiences. Now, merchants across industries are struggling to adjust to […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

E-commerce, packaging demand dips are linked but don’t necessarily signal a wider downturn

May 12, 2023

Via: Retail Dive

The connection between cardboard boxes piling up on doorsteps and booming corrugated packaging volumes during the pandemic was obvious. Following dampened results from e-commerce giants during the first quarter of 2023, some concerns arose about the effect e-commerce’s recent downtrend […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Is Mobile Shopping in Stores All About Finding Deals?

May 9, 2023

Via: RetailWire

A new survey finds consumers increasingly using their mobile devices and retail apps to support the in-store shopping experience. The bad news for retail margins is that shoppers mainly use their phones to find lower prices. The Airship survey of […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

8 Reasons Your E-commerce Business Should Go Headless Now

May 8, 2023

Via: RIS News

Why are so many retailers moving to a headless model for e-commerce? Changes to the way we shop are not slowing but accelerating. And it’s not just COVID that caused these changes. Factors like emerging generations with far different expectations, […]


E-commerce, Retail Types, Stores

Omnichannel fulfillment obstacles don’t have to hold you back

May 8, 2023

Via: Retail Dive

Most retailers are well aware of the value that omnichannel fulfillment brings: greater customer reach, higher sales volumes, better customer satisfaction and higher customer retention levels. Yet, even though they understand what this approach can do for business — and […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Reebok Partners with Farfetch to Relaunch European Ecommerce

May 5, 2023

Via: Retail TouchPoints

Farfetch and Reebok have commercially launched their European partnership, which follows a deal announced by Reebok parent company Authentic Brands Group in 2022. Following its acquisition of Reebok from Adidas in 2022, Authentic tapped Farfetch subsidiary New Guards Group (NGG) […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Is online retail making a comeback?

May 4, 2023

Via: Charged

The fact that online retail stocks have slumped globally since the highs of the pandemic is no secret. Whilst lockdowns and store closures brought an ecommerce gold rush, contrary to many predictions, as restrictions eased and normality resumed, growth started […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Meta Changes Instagram, Facebook Shops to Encourage In-App Transactions

April 27, 2023

Via: Retail TouchPoints

As rival TikTok ramps up its shopping initiatives, Meta is streamlining its own commerce strategy to drive more in-platform shopping on Instagram and Facebook. A shift toward a new dynamic for Instagram and Facebook Shops will require companies to enable […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Walmart e-commerce layoffs surpass 3K

April 13, 2023

Via: Retail Dive

Walmart, which recently told investors that it would be relying more on robots in both stores and its fulfillment network, is laying off 953 workers at its distribution center in Chino, California, according to a WARN notice filed with the […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Amazon to shut down Book Depository online store

April 4, 2023

Via: Charged

Amazon will close Gloucester-based online shop Book Depository at the end of April following staff reduction announcement. Book Depository was founded by Stuart Felton and a former Amazon employee Andrew Crawford and originally rivaled the tech giant. It focused on […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Building a Retail Media Network From Scratch: How Retailers Can Maximize the Value of Untapped Data

March 23, 2023

Via: Retail TouchPoints

For 20-odd years, third-party cookies have reigned supreme in the advertising world as digital ads rocketed to a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Retailers and brands wholeheartedly subscribed to conversion measures they didn’t control, but it’s always been […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Nike’s digital sales jump by 20%

March 22, 2023

Via: Charged

Nike performed strongly in its third quarter ending February 28, 2023, with a 14% increase in revenue and 20% spike in digital sales. On a currency-neutral basis, online sales were up 24%, while direct sales increased by 22%. In total, […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

What ChatGPT can Teach Ecommerce Companies About the Future of Product Discovery

March 21, 2023

Via: Retail TouchPoints

You’ve probably played with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT already and felt like you were touching magic. It feels like AI on a level we’ve never seen before, and its existence is massively exciting to all of us working in […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Should Online Retailers Pray For Rain?

March 16, 2023

Via: RetailWire

Online sales tend to benefit from rainy and windy conditions, although the impact can be positive or negative depending on the geography, according to a new Adobe study. Combining Adobe Analytics’ analysis of website transactions with weather data from IBM’s […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Are Retailers Getting Returns Under Control?

March 15, 2023

Via: RetailWire

A study finds 69 percent of retailers treat returns as a cost of doing business, with only 19 percent having a strategic returns program in place. The study from Incisiv found most retailers lack clearly defined metrics to measure their […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

THG launches buy now, pay later offering

March 8, 2023

Via: Charged

THG shoppers will now be able to spread the cost of online purchases after the firm inked a deal with digital credit company Newpay. Newpay has been fully integrated into the checkout and gives customers “seamless access to credit”. The […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Marks & Spencer and other giants complain rates reforms favour online retailers

March 6, 2023

Via: Charged

The UK’s biggest retailers Marks & Spencer (M&S), Sainsbury’s and Currys criticised the government’s business rates reforms for heavy taxes imposed on physical stores. According to This is Money, shops and other business properties are charged based on their rental […]


E-commerce, Retail Types

Expand Retail Channels to Unlock Revenue Growth

March 6, 2023

Via: RIS News

Retailers are facing higher commodity prices and resulting price increases across most product categories. While sales are up, most of the gains are inflation-driven versus actual volume. Demand is flat or decreasing for traditional retail commerce. In fact, with revenue […]


E-commerce, News & Trends

TikTok beats Youtube for social media-related shopping

March 2, 2023

Via: Charged

Twitter influencers are turning to TikTok for shopping, preferring it to other social media apps like Instagram and Snapchat, according to the latest study. The Social Media Analytics Platform of GlobalData, a data analytics company, analysed discussions related to shopping […]