E-Commerce
July 5, 2016 at 12:15 pm
The Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE) held in Chicago this June was a snapshot of the big trends that are driving the retail industry. How do these trends reflect the shifting landscape for internet retailers? Here are my takeaways from the event: “Retailers see double the growth in mobile share of transactions … and mobile…
July 5, 2016 at 11:32 am
Online marketplaces are growing in popularity with shoppers and, therefore, so too are the number of marketplaces available. Shop.com is just one of the beneficiaries of consumers’ increasing penchant for shopping online. The marketplace features over 40 million products across virtually all product categories, and services over 200 markets. In episode 42 of Total Retail…
July 1, 2016 at 12:06 pm
We’ll share a series of techniques that have proven to deliver double-digit search traffic improvements and increased conversions.
July 1, 2016 at 11:01 am
Tim Belk announced he will be retiring as CEO of the retail chain in July.
June 30, 2016 at 12:08 pm
Wal-Mart is sweetening the deal for shoppers it wants to win over from Amazon.com by offering a free one-month trial of “ShippingPass,” its answer to its online rival’s Prime subscription plan. The world’s largest retailer said that starting this Friday it was offering a free 30-day trial of ShippingPass. That annual subscription service, like Prime, offers members unlimited…
June 30, 2016 at 11:43 am
Amazon.com's second annual Prime Day sale will launch at midnight PST on July 12. The Seattle-based online retailer created the shopping holiday for its Prime customers last year as something of a half-birthday for Christmas. On 2015, Prime Day customers ordered 34.4 million items worldwide, breaking the retailer's Black Friday records. Total Retail's Take: Only open to Amazon Prime…
June 28, 2016 at 10:54 am
Join us to discover what brands are doing to earn top rankings and learn the new, innovative ways they’re using digital gift cards.
June 27, 2016 at 10:51 am
Amazon.com is emerging as the nation's top online fashion retailer, according to a new report by 1010data Consumer Purchase Panel, a New York-based analytics platform and data provider. Amazon fashion sales from January to April of this year were up 70 percent compared with the same period in 2014, while total units sold were up…
June 21, 2016 at 1:09 pm
Jet.com, an online marketplace that launched in July 2015, hasn’t made it a secret that it’s targeting Amazon.com. In those 11 months, Jet has dropped its initial membership model, instead offering free shipping on orders over $35, two-day delivery on common household essentials, and an almost game-show style shopping experience. But is it making inroads…
June 17, 2016 at 10:59 am
Most consumers shop online because they don’t want to go through the hassle of going to a local store. To that end, it’s crucial that e-commerce sites reduce customer confusion and make the shopping process as intuitive as possible in order to maximize conversion rate. This means that browsing, comparing items and checkout all need…
