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13 and 14, consumer perception of the event as a holiday shopping kickoff remains to be seen. In a survey of 3,000 shoppers, the online fashion retailer says Prime Day is expected to be the No. 1 shopping day in Q4, with 67 percent planning to make a purchase during the event. Yet it’s not a sure thing, in the current climate.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

After starting out as an occasion celebrated by university students , China’s Alibaba helped popularize the country’s Singles Day as a retail shopping event. This year, the annual event turns 10, and the Chinese eCommerce retailer is billing this year’s ocassion as “the largest-ever in terms of scale and reach.”.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Amazon Go stores in Seattle are reportedly being equipped with Amazon One palm-reading scanners, while automotive brands are taking control of digital purchasing platforms. Plus, fashion-based small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are getting a new marketplace option. Amazon Expands Palm Biometrics In Seattle .

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Western Union first unveiled the goal of expanding digital payments to 100 countries during its investor day event in 2019. With consumers increasingly turning to online ways of doing things amid the pandemic, Western Union saw its digital revenue jump 45 percent in the third quarter compared to the same period a year ago.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Obviously, consumers are looking to buy everyday goods online as opposed to going inside a store, [and] we effectively have seen two to three years of eCommerce growth in a matter of three or four months. That’s a massive shift.”. That means a rapid acceleration in terms of eCommerce penetration.”. Recreating How We Pay .

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This idea underscores the natural forces at work as brands battle to keep pace with customer expectations and stay relevant. Next, you need to size up your offerings against rivals and reference brands. Now/New/Next is a means of rapidly benchmarking your customer experience portfolio against leading brands.

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APRIL 13, 2020

It will be a series of virtual market weeks to help businesses connect with customers at a time when in-person events are impossible to hold. Attendees will receive a calendar of daily events, browse exhibitors by category and book appointments for virtual demos and chats. The first market week will be July 13 through 19.

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MAY 26, 2020

Faire said: “This has raised a common question for brands and retailers: How can we safely connect and continue doing business under this new set of risks?”. According to the statement, Faire brands and retailers will receive year-round access to the following: Virtual showrooms that will allow retailers to view entire catalogs.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

It’s been replete with stumbles and delays getting the new technology paradigm off the ground — most notably in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, a global event that put the brakes on projects large and small worldwide. also known as “3DS 2.0” or “EMV 3DS”) has been a rocky road.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

11 (“11-11”) in China and some other countries — saw online sales explode past last year’s sales totals. online sales seen last year between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. billion online during that period, according to Adobe Analytics data. brands from Apple to Nike made strong showings. That’s up from $38.4

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JULY 1, 2020

We can only hope at this point for a gradual recovery,” LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault told investors on an online call Tuesday (June 30). GlobalData analysts say the closure of a number of luxury-branded stores across Asia Pacific makes a short-term recovery unlikely. Could the online surge help luxury goods? billion in 2019.

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Adam Caplan, Salesforce’s Senior Vice President of emerging technology, explained said that the software targets brands who want to drive engagement and provide their customers with special event access via NFTs rather than sell works of art.

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JULY 23, 2020

The Thread Shop, which is a music merchandising company from Sony Music Entertainment, provides a number of retail and licensing options via eCommerce, merch tables on music tours, brand tie-ups, tailored designs and events as well as pop-ups. 5G technology is set to compose 15 percent of global mobile connections by 2025 per GSMA.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As most companies rush to grow their online presence, Alibaba is actively seeking to expand its offline footprint through its new manufacturing division, Xunxi. The Chinese tech giant recently opened three new “smart” factories catering to online brands that need to boost their manufacturing capabilities.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Auto1 said it would put about three-quarters of that back into its business, which includes its Autohero website brand. At the time, Auto1 said the investment was in the form of “convertible notes,” which could become shares of stock in the event of an initial public offering. billion) from the stock sales. billion euros in 2019.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The sale’s second phase began online on Wednesday (Nov. Walmart will also host its biggest wireless phone event ever in-stores and online on Sat., 18), but will expand to in-store purchases on Saturday (Nov. Walmart said the sale “will offer techies great deals on electronics like TVs, computers and tablets. .

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MAY 26, 2020

Perficient is excited to announce that CRN ® , a brand of The Channel Company , has named Lynn Brading , director of Digital Experience Alliances, and Liz Stuart , alliance director for Emerging Solutions, to its esteemed 2020 Women of the Channel list! “We It has become a “must-do” for the ladies attending Summit.

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

It’s not exactly high time for legal online gambling yet – that comes in early 2020, with the Super Bowl and then the NCAA college basketball tournament – but the betting season is certainly heating up on more ways than one. And that new fuel comes as the legal online and mobile gambling industry in the U.S. College and U.S.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Brand Forgery. The quality of the branded phishing emails are what sets the latest coronavirus email attacks apart,” Reichel said. Reichel said that since so much B2B interaction is now online, that’s opened the door for criminals to intercept emails and then impersonate legitimate executives and vendors.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

13-14, online merchants in America and beyond are preparing for the earliest, most aggressive selling season ever. With more and more commerce going online, he said, it will also be increasingly important for sellers to process a higher number of returns and chargebacks and to quickly settle customer disputes. Time To Go Global.

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MAY 19, 2020

Reduced store visits and larger order quantities have led to supply shortages that have increased consumers’ willingness to try new brands and new categories,” said Charlie Gage, director of business intelligence at Inmar Intelligence. According to eMarketer, more than six in 10 U.S. adults will be digital coupon users this year.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

The company will partner with top fashion and beauty brands and retailers for the event, which offers its two million U.S. Customers can shop a record amount of amazing deals from the most loved fashion and beauty brands. customers access to special promotions. After building tremendous momentum in the U.S. many others.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

For retailers, it can be as simple as an in-store event or a high-profile design that consumers will travel to visit. According to a recent report from Forrester and Adobe , brands defined as “experience-driven” grow at a clip of 19 percent per year, compared to 13 percent for others. The activity at the event itself was also measured.

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

Our eco-friendly, natural aesthetic and locally sourced approach to this design builds on our strong brand values and mission of cultivating a better world.”. JAB Holdings is joining together some of the best-known coffee brands around the globe to create a more formidable contender to challenge Nestlé as well as Starbucks. percent.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

At a time when the coronavirus has sent record numbers of consumers online instead of to the mall, livestreaming is filling the social vacuum. 17) announced a “first of its kind” event scheduled for Friday, Dec. The TikTok community will be able to tap on a product when they see a Walmart fashion item they like during the event.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

The company said digital sales of its flagship Nike brand (the firm also owns two others) soared by 84 percent during the period without adjusting for currency changes. The CEO added that Nike’s digital engagement goes beyond merely selling products online. That included more than 100 percent digital sales growth in North America.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

The company said the event will feature “Amazon executives, current sellers and independent online-selling experts who will share their insights and ideas.”. event dedicated to seller success.” The event plans such seminars as “Growing to a $1 Million Business” and “Creating Great Listings.”

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

For example, in “Adobe Analytics” events are configured to trigger when an action is taken, like when a user submits a form on the site. When a user submits the form, a predefined set of events fire. By setting up analytics goals and enhanced eCommerce, you will be able to tell if your online marketing efforts are truly working.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Before the pandemic, the fitting for the bride and bridesmaids was a happy social event at a bridal shop, maybe over a shared bottle of prosecco. The amount of use cases has really expanded, as customers want to be able to answer simple questions when shopping online that aid in the consideration process. Take weddings, for example.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Retaining and attracting active consumers is important to Alibaba's business model, which in large part consists of selling marketing services to the merchants that sell their wares on the company's online platforms. The earnings announcement comes as Alibaba and its various retail brands prepare for Singles Day , which is Nov.

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JULY 7, 2020

Fast fashion already claimed a victim this week as Lucky Brand filed for bankruptcy, and H&M announced it was shuttering 170 stores across the globe due to the pandemic-driven digital shift. “We We have increased our customer base online, and many of our customers — in-store customers — are now multichannel customers.”.

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OCTOBER 11, 2020

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports some of the two retailers' recent online advertising looks a lot like segments of the home shopping channel. A glimpse at Youtube video of a recent live shopping event Hilfiger posted on its official channel Sept. 29 gives a sense of the brands' approach.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

21) that it is launching a new destination for electronics products to feature Certified Refurbished products, not from its sellers but from brands like De'Longhi, Dirt Devil, Hoover, Makita, Philips and Razer, which will sell exclusively on the eBay platform. The reCommerce trend continues to gain momentum. eBay announced on Wednesday (Oct.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

This year will not only go down in history as “the year of the pandemic,” but for consumer packaged goods brands, it will also be known as “the year of direct to consumer.”. 1 reason cited involves loyalty to well-known brands. This suggests that D2C does well in areas where consumers have strong brand preferences.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

billion people will mark Singles’ Day – the country’s exponentially larger answer to America’s Black Friday or Prime Day events – on Wednesday (Nov. 11), with analysts expecting companies to ring up billions of dollars in online sales. "If billion in online sales. The unofficial holiday falls on Nov. 11 each year.

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During the event, the committee walked attendees through how to make a simple no-sew mask using household materials. They followed an online tutorial , and used some of the below materials: Material ideas: Fabric – try to find something that is tightly woven or 100% cotton. BYOMM (Bring Your Own Mask Materials). Paperclips.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

While the retail industry waits for Amazon to officially announce Prime Day, some other events are starting to take their places on the calendar. 16) that its branded Way Day 2020 event will kick off next Friday, Sept. The most interesting comes from Wayfair , which announced on Wednesday (Sept.

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