E-Commerce

The Amazon Effect: Retailersโ€™ Perceptions of Amazon's Growth Over the Last 2 Years
July 11, 2017 at 10:37 am

Amazon.com's Prime Day is today, and retailers are taking different approaches to it. While some are joining in with their own deals and offers, hoping to capitalize on the increased volume of online shoppers today, others aren't quite ready to take on Goliath โ€” at least without a little guidance. Enter Total Retail's latest researchโ€ฆ

Amazon Counting on Biggest Prime Day Yet
July 11, 2017 at 9:39 am

Amazon.com's third annual Prime Day sales event officially kicked off last night at 9 pm ET, and will continue for 30 hours (25 percent longer than last year). The online retailer is hopeful this will be its biggest Prime Day yet. Internet Retailer forecasts that Prime Day sales will total $2.18 billion, which would beโ€ฆ

The Amazon Effect: How Retailers View Amazon's Position in the Marketplace
July 5, 2017 at 4:23 pm

As noted in last week's issue of Total Retail Executive, Total Retail recently released its latest research report, The Amazon Effect: How Retailers Are Adapting Their Businesses to Better Compete With the Industry Leader. The report analyzes the impact Amazon's growing influence is having on the retail industry, and what retailers are doing as a result,โ€ฆ

State of Online Retail CX and How Businesses Can Thrive During Retail Crisis
July 5, 2017 at 9:16 am

Mobile commerce continues to grow as consumers abandon traditional brick-and-mortar stores in favor of online shopping. The current retail crisis has created a real demand for speed, convenience and optimization in e-commerce, and in response, retailers are increasingly leveraging technology capabilities creating new ways to engage with consumers and boost satisfaction levels. A new studyโ€ฆ

Amazon's Third Annual Prime Day Will Be July 11
June 29, 2017 at 11:58 am

Amazon.com announced this week that its third annual Prime Day will be Tues., July 11. The retailer's discount day was originally launched to celebrate its 20th anniversary and to provide an e-commerce alternative to Black Friday. TechCrunch reports there will be 30 hours of sales, starting at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET on Mon., July 10โ€ฆ

The Amazon Effect: How Retailers Are Adapting to Compete
June 28, 2017 at 4:55 pm

Amazon.com is clearly disrupting the retail industry, both online and offline, and its influence only continues to grow. The question is, how do retailers not only compete with Amazon, but also beat it? To find out, Total Retail, in conjunction with IBM, a leading digital commerce platform provider, surveyed its audience with the goal ofโ€ฆ

Retail Execs on Top Initiatives, KPIs, and Amazon and Trump
June 28, 2017 at 4:11 pm

SLI Systems recently published its Q1 2017 E-Commerce Performance Indicators and Confidence (EPIC) Report. The key takeaways? Online retailing continues to prove its resilience with strong growth and a positive forecast for 2017 across regions. In fact, 94 percent of retail professionals were expanding their businesses during the first quarter โ€” whether adding new productโ€ฆ

The UX of Luxury
June 28, 2017 at 4:04 pm

SLI Systems recently published its Q1 2017 E-Commerce Performance Indicators and Confidence (EPIC) Report. The key takeaways? Online retailing continues to prove its resilience with strong growth and a positive forecast for 2017 across regions. In fact, 94 percent of retail professionals were expanding their businesses during the first quarter โ€” whether adding new product [โ€ฆ]