e-Commerce Platforms

Amazon.com is reportedly planning to launch a luxury fashion platform, according to Business Insider. This new platform will reportedly work similarly to a concession in a high-end specialty store, and unlike with Amazon's current marketplace, the upscale brands will have more control over what their online store will look like as well as what items…

Alibaba's 2019 Singles Day generated $38.4 billion in sales, a 26 percent increase over last year's total of $30.8 billion and and a record for the day. The day got off to a strong start for Alibaba, according to the company. Sales hit $12.01 billion in the first hour. Within an hour and a half, Alibaba’s…

Amazon.com is one of the world’s largest online retail platforms. In the e-commerce industry, it isn’t unusual to hear comments such as: “There’s e-commerce, and then there's Amazon.” With Amazon enlisting over 1 million new sellers in 2019 alone, how can new entrepreneurs and startups compete? The following are some useful tips that will help businesses…

We don’t need to tell you that having an e-commerce platform is table stakes if you’re in the business of selling anything. Shopping has fully moved online, and with the advent of omnichannel retailing, consumer behavior is changing. People have grown to expect benefits like fast shipping and accurate stock updates offered by the world’s…

The top U.S. e-commerce brands have gone headless, including Amazon.com, Walmart, Target, and Nike, and the rest are in process or are considering it. Headless commerce refers to the practice of separating the website from the back-end e-commerce platform via APIs or microservices. In simpler terms, retailers are separating what users see from their databases. By going “headless,”…

How customers transact online is continuing to evolve. Nowadays, consumers have various devices and multichannel methods to interact with a brand, whether it’s through voice-controlled technology, a mobile phone, the TV or even a car. In fact, mobile e-commerce is forecast to account for 72 percent of e-commerce sales in 2021. As such, the way…

This interactive webinar will feature expert speakers who will address the challenges associated with cross-border e-commerce.

Founded in 2002 by brothers Marc and Robert Schlachter, Shoebacca's roots were as a wholesaler of athletic shoes. The pair was selling overstock inventory in local markets in their home state of Texas, as well as on eBay. After recording steady growth over several years, particularly as a reseller on eBay, the brothers decided that Shoebacca…

The continued year-over-year growth of global e-commerce sales has led many brands and retailers to re-examine their business models.

Artificial intelligence (AI) was chosen as the emerging technology most likely to have the biggest impact on the retail industry in 2019, according to Total Retail's 2018-2019 Retail Technology Report. Retailers and brands are investigating ways to leverage the power of AI across their organizations, from marketing to logistics to customer service, and more. Workwear…