International Strategy

E-commerce technology has made global selling easy, leading many small and midsized e-commerce companies to focus on expanding their cross-border sales to consumers. Unfortunately, most of these companies don’t understand how the realities of cross-border duty and tax compliance could result in shipment delays and canceled orders. This has created an opportunity for e-commerce platforms…

Attendees will leave this webinar with a better understanding of how global e-commerce opportunity will impact future success.

As the statistics compiled by Edgar, Dunn & Company show, the global e-commerce market outside the United States’ borders is huge and growing fast. More people come online every day and millions of them are eager to shop. The U.S. has some of the world’s most loved consumer and retail brands. This puts U.S. merchants in a strong position to reach and be accepted by global consumers.

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 after…

Alibaba’s upcoming Singles’ Day shopping holiday provides international e-commerce growth opportunities for U.S. retailers.

This interactive webinar will address the e-commerce trends that figure to have the biggest impact on retailers’ businesses in 2019.

It's difficult to escape the ongoing news surrounding the U.S. president’s “trade war,” and what could potentially unfold. Recent headlines have left many e-commerce merchants feeling uncertain, as it's still unclear how cross-border sales could be affected. Regardless of the trade war we currently face, e-commerce growth rates around the world have skyrocketed in recent…

The world may be shrinking, but e-commerce opportunities are booming as global markets become increasingly interconnected. Just as the internet broke down global information silos, technological advances have ushered in a new era in which the sale of goods and services is no longer constrained by the barriers that stood just five years ago. Consider…

Aaron Zagha is the head of e-commerce, international at Teleflora, an online floral retailer. In this interview, Zagha shares his unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities of globally expanding an e-commerce company that has been in business since 1934. Holly Vander Wall: With operations in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, Teleflora is a major player in the…

Two leading U.S. retail brands — Tiffany & Co., Kroger — announced this week the expansion of their businesses into China through partnerships with Alibaba. Jewelry brand Tiffany & Co. will release its latest “Tiffany Paper Flowers” collection in China exclusively on the Luxury Pavilion, Tmall’s invite-only platform for luxury brands. Tiffany will launch a virtual…