Retailers of all sizes look to the end of the year for big holiday sales numbers. But the four- to five-week run from Thanksgiving to Christmas finds itself closely followed by back-to-school shopping taking place during the summer months. How Read more
Online sellers know there’s no such thing as free shipping, but promotions and policies from big retailers and online marketplaces may have online shoppers thinking otherwise, and dealing with buyer expectations around shipping is a huge challenge. A study by Read more
A new service lets online shoppers try on clothing from major retailers and only keep the items they like. But for customers, it seems too good to be true. Try.com gives shoppers the ability to get five items of clothing Read more
Small businesses that deliver groceries have nothing to fear from the Postal Service, it told the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) in a filing on Wednesday. The USPS began workingwith Amazon Fresh on grocery delivery last year. The PRC requested the USPS Read more
Retailers rank online marketplaces fifth for effectiveness among customer acquisition tools and allocate 16% of their digital marketing budgets to online marketplace initiatives and operations, according to a new Shop.org report conducted by Forrester Research and Bizrate Insights. Results of “The State Read more
Woot’s founder has done it, Etsy welcomes its sellers to do it, and the owners of a historic Scottish traditional-weaving mill is doing it. We’re talking about crowdfunding and it’s all the rage, so much so that PayPal has posted Read more
Reaching the 21st Century consumer audience means extending contact points to the places where people go online. It’s not just about mobile-friendly online selling sites ranking better in search. More direct calls-to-action in the form of “buy” buttons and similar objects Read more
The popular BigCrumbs cashback site is closing, but its founder is not calling it quits. Vince Martin is turning cashback on its head with the launch of MainStreetSHARES. BigCrumbs was a popular service that allowed people to earn cashback on Read more
The ongoing rise in searching and shopping from mobile devices has gained plenty of attention and has resulted in changes ranging to how stores display on small screens to various competing payment methods vying to be the choice of mobile Read more
Depending on where your customers are today, the approaching start of spring in a couple of weeks may be a promise of relief from winter’s worst, or a mere afterthought for those in warmer climes. Either way, the time is Read more
