Shoppost, a platform for social commerce, is now available for retailers selling on the Amazon Webstore. Created by Zantler, Shoppost allows retailers to sell their products in-stream on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and blogs in a post that looks like an e-commerce storefront and will connect customers directly to the checkout process.
Movement across borders is as simple as getting in a car or on a plane. It's a seamless, simple experience to which most people devote little thought. For both merchants and consumers, however, the path to online and offline purchasing across borders is still a bumpy one.
A Carson, Calif.-based company is trying to position itself at the perfect intersection of online DIY and the nation's aging fleet of personal vehicles. U.S. Auto Parts Network Inc. caters to do-it-yourselfers. It sells to people whose idea of the perfect weekend morning is getting some grease under the fingernails while working on their cars, trucks and SUVs.
Those watching the 3D printing category can now look beyond office supply retailers. Target is now offering 3D printing for small decorative and gift items for the holidays.
By 2019, retail sales from all channels are expected to hit $19.6tr, according to market research company Euromonitor International, and beginning five years from now as much as a third of new retail sales will come from China.
More than two-thirds (68 percent) of B2B buyers now purchase goods online, up from 57 percent last year, according to a recent report from the Acquity Group.
Very few companies - a mere five percent - believe they are "advanced" when it comes to omnichannel capabilities, and between 35 percent and 40 percent believe they're lagging, according to the third annual Retail Insight report from SPS Commerce.
You need to understand the requirements around speed of delivery, and the cost. Clients often come with questions like, "My customers want next-day delivery, what is it going to cost me to deliver that?" And the short answer is, "it depends."
Steadily improving economic fundamentals should moderately boost holiday sales in the stores and online this year, according to Deloitte's annual holiday sales forecast.
