e-commerce
How Retailers Can Capitalize on Instagram Checkout
Omnichain Solutions in the News: In March, Instagram publicly announced a new e-commerce feature. Rather than tagging items in posts and redirecting interested parties to an online shop, “Checkout on Instagram” enables brands to sell products to users directly inside the app. The promise is that companies can minimize any extra steps in the transaction process, and...
Keep ReadingRobotic Automation: The Solution to the Changing e-Commerce Market
Clients in the News: Online shopping, better known as e-commerce, has made a major impact on the distribution process over the last several years. The market has evolved into a multi-channel environment with many “end customers” needing to be serviced. The end customer could now be a regional distribution center wanting full pallet loads of one...
Keep ReadingAchieving Online Success with an Ecommerce Partner
Clients in the News: Year after year, more shoppers are making purchases online and through their mobile devices. According to the “Quarterly Retail Ecommerce Sales 2nd Quarter 2015” report by the Department of Commerce, ecommerce sales in the United States increased 14.1 percent in the second quarter of 2015 when compared to 2014. With ecommerce business...
Keep ReadingVenus Fashion Extends its Reach Internationally
Clients in the News: Venus Fashion, a retailer of swimwear and fashion, was looking to grow its brand by taking it international. But in order to meet the needs of international customers, the retailer first needed to get a logistics plan in place to efficiently ship its products to foreign lands. In episode 20 of Total...
Keep ReadingFinding the Right Delivery Partners for the Last Mile
Clients in the News: The last mile (i.e., package delivery to the customer’s doorstep) is a major challenge for cross-border e-commerce merchants. Most often, retailers must rely on shipping providers or the local postal service to cover this very important segment of their supply chain. Doing so can involve huge risks if the provider doesn’t fit...
Keep ReadingMapping an International E-commerce Strategy
Clients in the News: Taking your business global is one of the biggest challenges retailers face in this challenging economic climate. The answer? Don’t force it, said Uwe Bald, vice president of international business at the Hamburg, Germany-based Hermes NexTec. Read more:
Keep ReadingThe Complexities of Selling Fashion Over the Internet
Clients in the News: Shopping for fashion is unlike shopping for any other product. It is an emotional and social experience. Fashion is subjective to each person’s unique tastes, body measurements and habits. Clothes are a means of expression, revealing how people perceive themselves and affecting how others perceive them. Brands create an emotional in-store experience...
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