
Pinterest tries to one-up Amazon with new shopping features like AI-enabled search
Pinterest wants to be better than Amazon or Google at helping people find things to buy. It has a long way to go; until today, it didn’t...

Survey: 42% of US online shoppers will use Amazon.com as primary holiday shopping destination
It’s no secret that Americans do a lot of holiday shopping on Amazon.com, but new data put a number on just how popular the e-commerce...

Why retailers shouldn’t overreact to the voice search revolution
Alexander Supertramp / Shutterstock.com If recent accounts on the rise of voice search are anything to go by, the volume of long-tailed...

Retail survey: 51% of shoppers want digital coupons; 67% find facial recognition creepy
According to a recent survey looking at consumers’ attitudes toward retail technology, omnichannel personalization solution RichRevelance...

Why CPG brands (and their budgets) need to focus on e-retail search
threat that vertical search engines pose to Google. Fast-forward to today: Consumer behavior has increasingly shifted, and according to a...

Secrets for digital commerce success in 2016
These are just some of the words that have been used to describe best practices for digital commerce in 2016. But the problem is that...

7 e-commerce SEO trends we’re seeing in 2016
Few types of online business can benefit from SEO more than e-commerce websites that allow for direct consumer transactions. Not only can...

Are email marketers too afraid of failure? 4 fears to conquer
When Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers came out in 2008, everyone was really taken by the “10,000 Hour Rule,” which said that it took roughly...

The struggle is real: Marketing to Millennials
The retail environment is crazily competitive. The old guard retailers have upped their game, and there are new startups coming online...

Retail study: 9 out of 10 consumers say free shipping No. 1 incentive to shop online more
Surveying more than 1,400 US consumers on their shopping habits, the report found that the number of online shoppers is up more than 41...

My SEO optimized & UI-friendly e-commerce Frankenstein
I spend a lot of time browsing e-commerce sites. While there are some websites that are doing e-commerce incredibly well (looking at...

Can you manage your inventory with Google Shopping?
A warehouse working carrying a stack of cardboard boxes inside a warehouse. We are often asked by our clients if we can use Google...

4 strategies for stretching your summer marketing spend
Groan, eye roll and so on. It’s a common request that makes marketers collectively cringe, yet it’s a challenge we’re constantly asked to...

How to harness the IoT of retail technology
Digitally connected brick-and-mortar retailers have gathered an enormous amount of data regarding their consumers’ preferences via...

Paying for fake product reviews? Amazon may sue you
One of Amazon’s most appealing features is the unbiased reviews provided to members. Unfortunately, it turns out that some sellers have...

Salesforce creates Commerce Cloud with $2.8 billion purchase of Demandware
Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Salesforce now has another cloud. Today, the marketing/sales tech giant announced that it is buying...

Top 10 payment processing companies in the world
In the simplest terms, a payment processor is a company that handles transactions between two parties, such as a merchant and a customer....

Chewbacca Mask viral video drives sales for Kohl’s, others
Hasbro’s Chewbacca Electronic Mask. It’s the most popular Facebook Live video so far — yep, easily beating out that goofy Buzzfeed...

Amazon reaches $100B in annual sales
According to a report from The Seattle Times, CEO Jeff Bezos told the audience at Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting, “We are the...