Usability

Ensuring E-Commerce Success This Holiday Shopping Season
November 27, 2023 at 2:55 pm

Black Friday and Cyber Monday stand out as pivotal events in the e-commerce calendar. The onset of the holiday shopping spree seems to be ushering in earlier with each passing year, with this season anticipating a surge in consumer spending, building on the momentum witnessed in recent months. While these monumental shopping days present retailers…

4 E-Commerce Metrics You Aren't Measuring ... But Should Be
October 10, 2023 at 5:47 pm

As with any hypercompetitive field, e-commerce strategies are constantly evolving. Certain metrics such as bounce rate, time on page, and cart abandonment rate have been studied for a long time and, while still important to track, no longer grant the competitive edge they once did (when everyone is looking at the same data, they’re probably…

How Progressive Delivery of Software is Boosting Online Sales
May 17, 2022 at 12:31 pm

As more people head online instead of into a store, forward-thinking retail software strategies no longer belong on a wish list, but on a to-do list. A critical piece of that strategy has emerged with progressive delivery of software — i.e., the ability to gradually roll out new features online or even in-store. Progressive delivery…

Tackling the Website Accessibility Challenge
April 1, 2019 at 10:33 am

“Website accessibility” is a term that’s rapidly gaining buzz and sparking a lot of uncertainty and concern in the e-commerce space. Though the term simply means ensuring equal access to all content, transactions and merchandise on a website, regardless of a user’s ability, retailers are often left wondering specifically how it affects them. When the…

Amazon Prime Day Gets Off to Rocky Start With Site Glitches
July 17, 2018 at 10:04 am

Amazon.com suffered glitches at the start of Prime Day on Monday, slowing sales on the e-tailer's biggest shopping day of the year. Amazon's annual shopping holiday kicked off at 3 pm E.T. and runs for 36 hours, the longest Prime Day yet. Shoppers reported several errors on both the desktop site and the mobile app. Amazon didn't…

9 Types of Web Testing for Your Business to Survive
April 25, 2018 at 12:27 pm

What does it take to run a successful retail business? A few years ago, it was about the quality of your brick-and-mortar business. Fast-forward to today, and it’s all about your online experience. However, while consumers have become better acquainted with technology, many business owners are still adapting to the digital landscape. In order to…

Looking to the Future of the E-Commerce Experience
February 7, 2018 at 5:47 pm

The way we shop and sell goods has significantly changed over the past several years. Everything has become more digital, and last year’s Black Friday sales made that clear. And while more consumers are embracing online shopping, many still enjoy the experience of going to traditional brick-and-mortar stores to purchase goods. In physical shops, we…