Web Design

Women in Retail Leadership Circle Launches Rebrand
November 8, 2019 at 10:42 am

Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC), sister brand of Total Retail, this week launched a comprehensive rebrand that includes a refreshed logo, redesigned weekly e-newsletter (Inner Circle), and redesigned website. The brand refresh was initiated to help WIRLC better serve, and ultimately grow, its membership. The rebrand was dictated in large part based upon the feedback of…

Essential Elements for Your E-Commerce Homepage
October 18, 2019 at 1:25 pm

In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Ashley Chiaradio and Kristina Stidham discuss must-have elements for your e-commerce homepage, as written in a recent article titled, “4 Things Your E-Commerce Homepage is Missing,” written by business consultant Larry Alton. The first thing you must have on your homepage is a simple search bar.…

5 Design Features Your E-Commerce Site Must Have to Succeed
October 16, 2019 at 10:02 am

E-commerce is on a tear. Frost & Sullivan reports that annual B-to-B e-commerce sales will reach $6.7 trillion by 2020. Meanwhile, eMarketer estimates that global retail e-commerce will reach $25 trillion in 2019. With so much to gain, e-commerce businesses can’t afford to lose sales due to poor website design. For most websites, there are established best practices that can help you build…

4 Things Your E-Commerce Homepage is Missing
October 7, 2019 at 10:21 am

E-commerce is the heart of retail today, with U.S. e-commerce spending expected to reach $605.3 billion this year. Is your business attracting its share? If your numbers don’t hold up to digital growth trends, it may be that your website is poorly designed. The following page elements are must-haves for e-commerce businesses, so make sure…

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…

5 Ways to Update Your E-Commerce Site in the New Year
January 7, 2019 at 12:04 pm

The New Year is a perfect time to give your e-commerce site the refresh that it needs. With the holiday season behind us, it’s time to prep for the year ahead, and an important part of that is getting your website up-to-date. Not only do you likely need to update products or service offerings, but…

Developers: Retailers’ Secret Weapon for the Holiday Season
November 28, 2018 at 9:35 am

The holiday shopping season is in full swing, with online sales records smashed yet again. Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday all saw record online sales this year, and the spending is expected to continue through the rest of the holiday season. While the sales numbers make exciting headlines, a group driving retailers’ success…

Why Walmart Product Pages Drive 14% Better Sales Than Its Competition
April 25, 2018 at 10:39 am

The holiday shopping season is in full swing, with online sales records smashed yet again. Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday all saw record online sales this year, and the spending is expected to continue through the rest of the holiday season. While the sales numbers make exciting headlines, a group driving retailers’ success […]

Becker's School Supplies Preps for Back-to-School With Website Redesign
September 7, 2017 at 9:09 am

It's early September and kids in the U.S. are making their way back to school. For retailers, this time of the year requires months of planning for marketing campaigns, advertisements, discounts, order fulfillment, increased web traffic and much more. With every retailer and brand bringing their "A" game to win over consumers, how does one…