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“3 E-Commerce and Social Media Trends to Watch Through the Rest of 2022” by Jessica Hawthorne-Castro via Total Retail

by admin | May 30, 2022 | E-Commerce, m-commerce, Predictions, Resources, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies, Social Commerce, Social Media

E-commerce sales have been on the upswing as a share of total sales since before 2000, and in the last decade, social platforms have played an increasing role. Then 2020 happened, driving an unprecedented spike in online sales. This year so far, we’re seeing social...

“Buy now, pay later players’ losses grow as costs soar” by Jonathon Berr via Retail Dive

by admin | May 28, 2022 | Debate, E-Commerce, Industry, News, Resources, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies

Don Arnold via Getty Images BNPL providers are paying a hefty price to keep up with surging consumer demand for their financing services, spending large sums to add new tech and more employees. The buy now, pay later boom had an inauspicious debut more than...

“PacSun opens metaverse store, auctions NFTs” by Tatiana Walk-Morris via Retail Dive

by admin | May 25, 2022 | Community, E-Commerce, m-commerce, Retail Technologies, Social Commerce, Social Media

Courtesy of PacSun Dive Brief: Joining other brands in experimenting with the metaverse, Pacsun launched a three-level store in ComplexLand 3.0, a metaverse shopping festival taking place between May 25 and May 27, the youth...

“7 Tips To Visually Optimize Your Website” by Krystina Morgan via Independent Retailer

by admin | May 23, 2022 | E-Commerce, Internet, m-commerce, Resources, Retail Strategy

With retail ecommerce giants like Amazon and Walmart setting the bar extremely high for website design and experiences, smaller online stores are left behind to constantly make updates to ensure their websites are similarly easy to use. It is absolutely crucial to...

“Audience Hijacking: How to Prevent Your Online Customers From Being Shoplifted” by Patrick Sullivan via Total Retail

by admin | May 19, 2022 | E-Commerce, Internet, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies

Ensuring your website visitors have a positive experience is absolutely crucial for turning shoppers into buyers. But increasingly, the online customer journey is disrupted by pop-up ads, browser plug-ins and extensions designed to redirect shoppers away from your...

“Report: 80% of US shoppers use buy now, pay later to avoid credit card debt” by Tatiana Walk-Morris via Retail Dive

by admin | Apr 22, 2022 | E-Commerce, News, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies

Tero Vesalainen via Getty Images Dive Brief: Following previous reports of increased digital payment adoption, the Experian Global Insights Report found that 62% of respondents said they use mobile wallets, and 63% use traditional forms of payment, the credit...