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“Retail Moves From ‘The Great Acceleration’ To ‘The Great Rebalancing’.” by Steve Dennis via Forbes

by admin | Jun 17, 2022 | Brick & Mortar, Retail History, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies

A Best Buy store, a retailer of consumer electronics, operating in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.GETTY During the early part of the pandemic, it became popular to say that we had experienced 10 years of e-commerce growth in only 10 weeks. While that was rather...

“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...

“What Every Brand Should Know Before Launching Into Live Selling” by Finn Faldi via Total Retail

by admin | May 26, 2022 | Community, m-commerce, Resources, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies, Social Commerce

Credit: Getty Images by fizkes For retailers and brands, “going live” consistently can drive conversion rates that are higher than what they see on their e-commerce sites. Here are some tips that businesses of all sizes should keep in mind when expanding into the...

“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...

“Did the Pandemic Change Retailing Dramatically?” by Jan Rogers Kniffen via The Robin Report

by admin | May 21, 2022 | Predictions, Resources, Retail Economy, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies

Any professional observer of retail trends and every shopper in the U.S. would tell you that retailing, and retailers changed dramatically during the pandemic. But many of those changes were already in the works before the pandemic even started. One of the...