E-commerce best practices

The largest ecommerce site in the world, Amazon, generated $178 billion in sales last year. It owns Whole Foods Market. Approximately 95 million Americans have an Amazon Prime membership. Forty-three percent of teens cite Amazon as their favorite shopping site. And, 90 percent of consumers...

Once upon a time, Amazon only sold books. Touted on radio ads (remember those?) as the world’s largest bookstore, now Amazon is one of the world’s largest retailer companies. Consumers can get everything they’ve ever wanted—and many things they didn’t know they needed—on Amazon. The...

At a recent conference, ThoughtSpot Inc. CEO Sudheesh Nair called data the new crude oil, saying it is useless in its raw form. When crude oil is first drilled from the ground, it comes out in varying viscosity and a color ranging from black to...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, so the song says; but, if you’re a retailer, it’s also the busiest. The 2018 holiday shopping season kicks off on Black Friday, continues with Cyber Monday, and powers on strong right up until Christmas Eve, when...

There’s no question that the internet has changed the way we shop. Online retail grew more in 2017 than any other year since 2011 and ecommerce accounted for 13 percent of total retail sales. We find more advertisements in our email and social media feeds...

Busy folks and introverts will tell you that online shopping is one of the best things that ever happened to them. The convenience of not having to visit multiple stores for the best deal, not having to leave the house on a rainy day, or...

Almost two years ago, in September 2016, global annual internet traffic surpassed one zettabyte, or 1021 bytes. (Source: Cisco) That’s like 150 years of high-definition video. And while it took 40 years to reach that volume of traffic, it is estimated that within the next...

The internet could likely be considered one of the most disruptive technologies of our time. Its widespread availability and multiple ways of accessing have radically changed how we do everything from shopping to eating, dating to doing business. While the internet has revolutionized the way...

How many of us use our Amazon shopping cart as less of a cart and more of a wish-list? If you’re like many online shoppers, you might drop a slew of products into your cart and then mark all but the ones you actually need...

E-commerce is one of the easiest ways for businesses to reach customers outside their typical geographic reach. Retail e-commerce sales worldwide totaled approximately $2.3 trillion USD in 2017, and are predicted to hit just under $5 trillion by 2021. With an estimated 1.66 billion people...