E-Commerce

Tech Helps Farmstead Meet the COVID-19 Online Grocery Boom
June 20, 2020 at 10:11 am

In episode 252 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Pradeep Elankumaran, co-founder and CEO of Farmstead, an online grocery retailer that offers free delivery and fresh, locally sourced foods. Listen in as Elankumaran discusses his career background in technology, his inspiration for founding the company, and the growth of online grocery during the COVID-19…

Walmart Partners With Shopify to Expand its Online Marketplace
June 15, 2020 at 3:20 pm

Walmart announced yesterday a new partnership with e-commerce shopping platform Shopify, now used by over 1 million businesses. The deal will open Walmart’s Marketplace to Shopify’s small business sellers, with the goal of bringing 1,200 Shopify sellers to the marketplace this year. The partnership will greatly expand the reach of the participating brands by placing them in…

COVID-19 Consumer Habits: A Look at Shifting Retail Trends
June 12, 2020 at 12:32 pm

It’s been three months since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, and the world is continuing to adapt to what many are calling the “new normal.” All types of industries have been affected by the crisis, but retailers specifically are in a tough spot: consumer behavior has shifted seemingly overnight…

What Retailers Can Do to Capture Increased E-Commerce Demand
June 4, 2020 at 7:28 pm

In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Joe Keenan and Kristina Stidham discuss an article recently published in Total Retail, titled “Getting Ready for the E-Commerce Market Expansion Due to COVID-19,” authored by Raj Nijjer, vice president of brand marketing for Yotpo. The article offers insights into how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the…

Online Shopping Isn't Going Away Any Time Soon. Are You Prepared?
June 4, 2020 at 6:46 pm

While parts of the world are beginning to open up again and some consumers are anxious to get back into stores, many will continue to shop online as much as possible for a long time to come. Over the past couple of months, a lot of retailers have risen to the occasion to serve their…

Survey: Modern Consumers Demand Fast and Secure Digital Experiences
June 1, 2020 at 2:04 pm

Today’s shoppers are busier than ever before. Whether it’s due to both spouses working in married-couple families, skyrocketing commute times (at least prior to the COVID-19 pandemic), or just the everyday busyness of modern life, consumers have less time to meet their commerce needs. Beyond the essentials of spending time with family, sleeping, preparing food and…

COVID-19 Resources: Leadership, Data, Returning to Work, and More
May 29, 2020 at 6:20 pm

Welcome to this week's Retail Resources, which features a curated list of the best content and resources that I hope will help you navigate the coronavirus pandemic. This week, I offer information and resources about leadership, interesting data, information on returning to work, and more. If there's anything you would like me to share in a…

Getting Ready for the E-Commerce Market Expansion Due to COVID-19
May 29, 2020 at 4:11 pm

The coronavirus crisis has changed all aspects of shopping and e-commerce. In a short time, we've experienced the early rush on hand sanitizer to Amazon.com packages being a lifeline during quarantine. In an exclusive look at Yotpo’s aggregated e-commerce order trends, indexed to the week of Jan. 27, 2020, the signals are there of a…

How E-Commerce Customer Satisfaction Presents an Opportunity Right Now
May 21, 2020 at 2:48 pm

There’s a small bright spot for the retail trade sector, even if it might be short-lived. After two straight years of decline, the industry improved its customer satisfaction, edging up 0.1 percent to a score of 77.3 (on a 100-point scale), per the 2019-2020 American Customer Satisfaction Index Retail and Consuming Shipping Report. Now everything…