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SHOPPING HABITS: WHAT’S AGE GOT TO DO WITH IT?
We posted a whitepaper earlier this year that studied four different age groups and their shopping habits. Each generation displays unique characteristics, digital maturity, preferences,…
4 FACTORS MAXIMIZING BACK-TO-SCHOOL AND BACK-TO-CAMPUS SALES
I’ll say it – I was a nerd. The feeling of a new, fat pack of PaperMate colored pens lined perfectly in a ROY-G-BIV row,…
GETTING READY FOR THE RIDE: PEAK SEASON READINESS (INFOGRAPHIC)
You can’t start preparing for the holidays or peak season sales too soon – but you can begin, too late. Now is the prime time…
INFOGRAPHIC: CHATBOTS ARE HERE TO STAY
With human-like features and a wait-free route to customer service, chatbots create dependable brand relationships with their audience. In our last chatbot post, we learned…
THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: THE ALLURE AND MAGIC OF SUBSCRIPTION BOXES
Who doesn’t like arriving home and seeing a package at the front door? Even if it’s something you ordered and expected, it’s still exciting. Leading…
AGE MATTERS: HOW GENERATION INFLUENCES SPENDING HABITS AND SALES
Globally, retail sales will top $27 trillion by 2020, with over $4 trillion attributed to eCommerce. In the US, sales are slated to exceed $423…
SEE’S CANDIES WINS THE BEST SHOPPING WEBSITE WEBBY AWARD
The 21st annual Webby Award winners have been announced! With the worldwide internet currently boasting close to 1.2 billion websites, it’s tough to stand out…
SKY’S THE LIMIT: U.S., ECOMMERCE SALES CONTINUE TO CLIMB (INFOGRAPHIC)
As more stores close their doors, eCommerce sales in the U.S., continue to rise. In fact, according to eMarketer, online retail sales are set to…
RECENT ECOMMERCE TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW … (AND ACT ON)
What do headless commerce and cloud computing have in common? They are among recent eCommerce trends that are changing the face of online selling today.…
Chatbots and Conversational Commerce
In the ‘50s, it was a far-out technology confined in a humming laboratory room filled wall-to-wall with a first-generation computer. In the 80s, it was…
BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY: SO WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL? (AND IT REALLY IS A BIG DEAL.)
Blockchain. It’s being called the next generation of the Internet – a technology that will have far-reaching effects across societies, world economies, and throughout business…
eCommerce Technology: The Expert’s Guide to Replatforming
With the quickly evolving world of digital shopping, customers have been demanding more robust, engaging shopping experiences, forcing many retailers to upgrade their platforms to…
eCommerce Trends in 2016: A Year in Review
This has been a whirlwind year packed with events and digital shifts felt worldwide by everyone, especially retailers. New technologies such as virtual reality and…
Cyber Monday and Cyber Five 2016 Holiday Infographic
This year’s holiday shopping season is one for the record books with Cyber Monday consumer spending hitting $3.45 billion – blowing past last year’s Cyber…
Seasonal Jobs: Hiring to Deliver a Best-in-Class Experience
The word is out: The 2016 holiday season is setting up for growth in online sales and seasonal jobs. As pent up demand is released…
2016 Online Holiday Shopping Projections
It’s that wonderful time of year again, retailers! With the holiday shopping season right around the corner, we’ve compiled key projections for the peak season.…
Tricks and Treats for Growing eCommerce Halloween Sales
It’s not too late to get in on fright night’s record popularity and drive eCommerce Halloween sales. Halloween is all about disguise – from super…
Digital Video Trends Shape the Future: Monetization and Growing Opportunities
It takes a lot less brain power to watch a short video than to read a written post on the same subject, and internet users…
5 Tips to Get Your Online Business Ready for the Holiday Season [Infographic]
As leaves turn crimson to copper and temperatures begin to drop, retailers are gearing up for holiday 2016. With Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Green Monday…
eCommerce Personalization: Strengthen your Strategy
We’ve all heard it—it’s the age of the consumer. Shoppers want an effortless experience when clicking and flipping through sites, from the home page to…
B2B Marketing Strategies: 4 Tips and Trends
We’ve all heard it: B2C sets the standard for B2B when creating a consumer-oriented experience. The same (or similar) strategies and insights used for B2C…
Buying Groceries Online: 4 Major Markets Around the World
With crying children painstakingly pulling their parents towards candy shelves, swerving crowds of shopping carts, and seemingly endless aisles hiding the last item on your…
Back-to-School Shopping and eCommerce 2016
The long days of dusty summer baseball scrimmages and pavement football games are winding to a close as the later weeks of August draw closer.…
Self-Driving Vehicles: Will They Affect eCommerce?
Reduced fuel consumption, faster driving speeds, safer roads, and fewer costs; these are just some of the possible benefits attained by the advent of self-driving…
Brexit Vote: Potential eCommerce Market Ramifications
Thursday, June 23rd, the world watched, buzzing while more than 33 million U.K. citizens submitted their Brexit votes. The result, a 51.9% winning decision to cut…
Global eCommerce Book
Our Global eCommerce Book examines the top 10 eCommerce markets around the world, compiling information on key demographic features, mobile commerce, major shopping days, industry…
2016 Australia eCommerce Market
The 2016 Australia eCommerce Market is home to the second largest online population in the Asia-Pacific region. With a stable economy and proximal location to…
2016 Brazil eCommerce Market
The 2016 Brazil eCommerce Market is the largest in Latin America, featuring an expanding middle class and digital ecosystem. The market is expected to surpass $27…
2016 Canada eCommerce Market
The 2016 Canada eCommerce Market features a sophisticated economy and a growing eCommerce industry, expected to total nearly $40 billion by 2018. Over 17% of…
2016 South Korea eCommerce Market
The 2016 South Korea eCommerce Market totaled nearly $38 billion last year and is expected to surpass $50 billion by 2018. As the most popular…
4 Emerging eCommerce Technology Innovations
As eCommerce technology continually evolves, customer experience is becoming increasingly essential to the conversion of sales. Some retailers are currently planning to create and sustain…
2016 France eCommerce Market
The 2016 France eCommerce market totaled over $42 billion last year and is projected to surpass $53 billion by 2018. The amount of digital buyers…
Mobile Shopping Comparison: The Mobile Divide
The digital device a shopper utilizes can markedly affect eCommerce sales and buyer behaviors, especially when making a mobile shopping comparison between smartphones and tablets. Factors such…
2016 Germany eCommerce Market
The 2016 Germany eCommerce market totaled $62 billion in 2015 and is projected to surpass $82 billion by 2018. As the second most populous nation…
2016 Japan eCommerce Market
Featuring a well-developed infrastructure and a digitally sophisticated population, the 2016 Japan eCommerce market totaled $89 billion last year and is projected to surpass $122…
2016 U.K. eCommerce Market
The 2016 U.K. eCommerce market is the strongest in Europe and the third largest in the world, totaling $99 billion in 2015 and expected to…
7 Things to Know about B2B eCommerce
B2B eCommerce continues to be a hot industry topic, but what are some of the key 2016 B2B eCommerce trends both established and emerging B2B…
2016 China eCommerce Market
The 2016 China eCommerce market has become the largest in the world and is projected to total $1.6 trillion in approximately two years. Below are…
2016 U.S. eCommerce Market
The 2016 U.S. eCommerce market has become the second largest globally and is expected to reach a total of $482 billion by 2018. Here are some quick…
Emerging Trends in Middle East eCommerce
A hot Arabic sun glistens along the canal as Italian-inspired black gondolas languidly weave past one another, stopping at luxury store entrances, the passengers hopping…
5 Key 2016 eCommerce Trends
With a burst of silver confetti, glimmer of fireworks, and the annual drop of the crystal ball (or an oversized conch shell, peach, moon pie,…
Cross-Border eCommerce – The Global Trend That’s Here to Stay
Our cross-border eCommerce whitepaper concentrates on the current and future growth of the cross-border retail industry, a trend that’s been gaining exceptional momentum in…
Cyber Monday 2015 Results (INFOGRAPHIC)
Another year, another Cyber Monday. As we continue on from our Cyber Monday 2014 results blog post last year, here are some of the key Cyber Monday 2015…
Holiday Online Shopping Predictions 2015
With the orange jack-o-lantern buckets and fuzzy fake spider webs of Halloween back in storage for another year, the silent clouds rolling in with their…
B2B eCommerce Whitepaper – The Trillion Dollar Industry
Our B2B eCommerce whitepaper focuses on the current state of B2B eCommerce and how this trillion dollar industry is evolving and continues to innovate at…
Rise of Retail on Social Media Infographic – Social Media eCommerce
Social media has a major influence on shoppers’ browsing and buying habits. Customer experiences are being transformed by real-time tailored ads and messages as marketing…
Whitepaper: 16 Tips To Be Ready For Record eCommerce Sales
Viral trends can emerge in the blink of an eye and site traffic can increase exponentially in mere minutes. In this whitepaper, created in collaboration with hosting…
Consumers Driving Luxury eCommerce Trends
In years past, word of mouth and possibly a sprinkle of familial tradition were critical to product discovery. However, with the changes of time and…
Despite Market Uncertainty, Chinese Imports Rise via eCommerce
Asia, the world’s largest and most rapidly growing eCommerce market, is projected to account for 48% of global cross-border eCommerce sales by the end of…
Current Trends Among Millennials and Online Shopping
Born to a unique world of quickly-evolving technology, millennials (characterized as those aged 18 to 34, according to Social Lens Research) have defined a new…
17 Things to Know About Mexico eCommerce
As the southern neighbor of the U.S., Mexico eCommerce continues to increase its presence and is a target many eCommerce professionals are keeping an eye…
2015 Back to School Infographic – Digital Retail and eCommerce
Our 2015 back to school infographic is a follow-up of our 2014 back to school post and features an array of information on how the back…
2015 Europe Mobile Commerce Infographic
As mobile commerce continues to grow worldwide, Europe is one continent that continues to see large increases in both smartphone and tablet commerce transactions. However,…
11 Things to Know About Gender and eCommerce
Gender and online shopping have a unique relationship - a few years ago we discussed the differences between gender and eCommerce and found some pretty…