E-Commerce

What Retailers Can Expect This Holiday Season
November 16, 2018 at 11:30 am

Holiday spending forecasts are predicting a robust season for retailers. Spending is projected to increase online and in-store and across all major categories. The booming economy is helping with the healthy growth, and there are other factors that are pointing to big gains for retailers this holiday season. According to NetElixir's holiday forecast, e-commerce sales willโ€ฆ

A Digital Turn for Fruit of the Loom
November 15, 2018 at 1:12 pm

Last month, Fruit of the Loom, a stalwart of the mass-market wholesale industry, stunningly announced that it was releasing a new direct-to-consumer line to be sold online only. Such a drastic departure from Fruit of the Loom's traditional model serves to underscore what's becoming undeniable in the evolving retail landscape: brands must make bold digitalโ€ฆ

Top 100 Fastest-Growing Retailers: #51 eBay
November 13, 2018 at 2:27 pm

Continuing our coverage of Total Retail's recently released Top 100 Fastest-Growing Retailers report, which ranks publicly traded retailers on year-over-year net sales growth, we will be highlighting select companies on this year's list. We want to provide you with some reasons why these retailers were able to grow sales (and in many cases net earnings) inโ€ฆ

Alibaba Breaks Singles Day Record With Sales Topping $30B
November 12, 2018 at 3:49 pm

Alibaba's 10th annual Singles Day generated $30.8 billion in sales, a 27 percent increase over last year and a record for the day. During Singles Day, which is also called the Double 11 shopping festival because it falls on Nov. 11, Alibaba offered discounts across its e-commerce sites such as Tmall. According to Alibaba, sales hit $1 billion afterโ€ฆ

New E-Commerce Platform Helps PGA TOUR Superstore Improve CX, Drive Sales
November 9, 2018 at 5:45 pm

In episode 171 of Total Retail Talks, recorded at this year's Shop.org conference in Las Vegas, Matt Corey, chief marketing officer at PGA TOUR Superstore, discusses how the golf retailer's move to a new e-commerce platform has helped it create better customer experiences across all of its channels โ€” stores, web, mobile โ€” leading toโ€ฆ

Global Survey Reveals Purchasing Preferences That Drive E-Commerce Shoppersโ€™ Behavior
November 9, 2018 at 4:39 pm

The 2Checkout 2018 Software & SaaS Buying Behavior Survey delivers insights about when and how buyers prefer to get software, and what are their preferences or concerns when buying online, empowering merchants to make better sales and marketing decisions. The survey of almost 1,000 software and SaaS buyers reveals global buyer preferences and industry trends that software merchants can leverage to increase their online sales worldwide.