
Amazon orders with 3rd-party sellers will soon be authorized for automatic returns
Amazon has announced a new automatic return policy rolling out October 2 that makes it mandatory for third-party sellers to accept...

Online retail sees continued growth with digital commerce up 14% YoY [Report]
Tracking the online behavior of 500 million global shoppers, Salesforce Commerce Cloud’s Q2 2017 shopping index spotlights the various...

60% of SMBs report half or more of online sales come from Amazon, Jet & eBay [Survey]
According to a recent survey conducted by NetElixir, a majority of SMBs are seeing strong returns on Amazon, Jet and eBay. Surveying 500...

4 deceptive Google Analytics metrics that fool retail marketers
For retailers, popular KPIs include Conversion Rate, Average Order Value and Customer Lifetime Value. KPIs only make up a tiny percentage...

How to use the power of social media to better market your online store
When you own, run, or look after the marketing for an online store, there are plenty of strategies you can implement to generate...

Five things retailers must do this summer to prepare for holiday shopping
For consumers, the holiday shopping season is a long way away; however, retailers know they need to be gearing up over the summertime to...

Amazon advertising: Beyond Prime Day
Many marketers — especially as the holiday shopping season approaches — are struggling to decide where Amazon fits into their marketing...

It’s a pressure-packed holiday season for retail
Retailers can anticipate more of the same when it comes to holiday discounting, as well as wild risks from some brands without much to...

The impact of intermediaries: How brands can close the gap between themselves and consumers
To better understand this widening disconnect, we first need to examine the core of this shift in shopping: a change in the consumer...

Why data is at the center of leadership shakeups in retail
News of a major retailer shaking up its organizational structure isn’t usually considered news. But a few months ago, a large electronics...

Amazon’s new Spark social feed wants to be ‘Instagram for products’
Amazon has introduced Amazon Spark, a very Instagram-like social shopping feed. Not all of the images and posts are tied to products, but...

It’s time to embrace new strategies for apparel: Broadening tactics through user intent
With more data on purchase intent, consumers, advertising methods and the shift from big-box retailers to online stores, the apparel...

Winning strategies for product pages: Improving findability and buyability
While different needs dictate the kind of product you’re looking for — a basic vs. a deluxe coffee maker, for instance — the information...

Winter is coming for retailers, so it’s a good thing we’re launching the Holiday Retaile
the acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon and the online-first player’s competition with brick-and-mortar behemoth Walmart, the nexus of...

Three ways local businesses can survive the on-demand threat
Is there any business that Amazon can’t disrupt? In recent weeks, I’ve seen Amazon entering businesses ranging from home furnishings to...

Move over millennials, Gen-Z now the largest single population segment
According to Nielsen’s new Total Audience report, millennials and Gen-Z now comprise 48 percent of the total media audience. Gen-Z in...

Prime Day delivers a 60% increase in profits for Amazon sellers [Feedvisor data]
Amazon’s third annual Prime Day has to come to a close, and it appears everyone made out like bandits. In addition to the 30-hour event...

Prime Day 2017 was Amazon’s biggest sales day ever
It should come as no surprise, but for the record: Amazon says yesterday’s Prime Day was its biggest sales day ever. Amazon doesn’t share...

On Prime Day, see how competitors are piggybacking on Amazon’s success
Opportunity, thy name is Prime Day. That’s how some in the e-commerce industry see Amazon’s annual summer shopping event, which this year...
























