Marketplaces

Business-to-business (B-to-B) online retail sales were projected to reach $1.2 trillion last year, up from $889 billion in 2017 — and show no signs of slowing down. With e-commerce marketplaces evolving and becoming more complex, each with its own set of issues and obstacles, success in these markets is critical to a company’s growth and survival. However, navigating the…

Heading into another year clouded with the effects of COVID-19, business leaders across the globe had concerns about the success of their brands and the pressures on e-commerce in general. B-to-B and B-to-C e-commerce and brick-and-mortar sellers alike have felt the impact of COVID-19 in one way or another. We may be gearing up for…

Giant Food, the regional grocery chain, announced on Tuesday the launch of Ship2Me, an e-commerce marketplace for non-food items like health and beauty care, home décor, seasonal items, kitchen and dining, outdoor, and pet. The marketplace is now available for customers in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., according to a press release. Items are…

In episode 325 of Total Retail Talks, Joe Keenan interviews Bill Ready, president of commerce, payments and next billion users at Google. Ready discusses his professional background and current role, as well as how Google is trying to create a different online commerce experience for both consumers and merchants, fostering democratized choice and transparency. He…

The pandemic created long-term structural changes to consumer buying behavior and accelerated retail e-commerce by an estimated five years to 10 years. In a recent Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group survey, 85 percent of consumers indicated they will maintain their shopping habits post-pandemic, which bodes well for marketplaces. Alvarez & Marsal estimates retail…

Amazon.com represents a complicated relationship for many consumer brands. The e-commerce giant, which has grown to be the largest online retailer in the world, leverages its vast scale to collect data, optimize revenue, and refine operations — while luring third-party sellers with access to the world’s most important online marketplace. Big brands in particular have…

Gone are the days when retailers and brands could rationally fear one platform cannibalizing another. Conventional retail wisdom used to tell us that if a consumer was buying your brand in one place, they couldn’t possibly be learning about or buying from it in another, let alone during the same purchase journey. In today’s world,…

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Jason Stuckey, general manager, North America at Linnworks, a total commerce solution that connects, manages and automates commerce operations. Listen in as Stuckey discusses his background in e-commerce, what makes Linnworks' offerings and solutions unique, and his perspective on the current state of the…

In December 2020, a Scottish mailman named Nathan Evans uploaded a video to TikTok singing a 19th Century sea shanty called “Wellerman.” Within days, his rendition of a more-than-200-year-old song was shared worldwide, leading to countless online collaborations, features on late-night shows, and finally a three-album record contract. I'm a father of two daughters who…

As we witnessed empty storefronts mounting — along with boxes piling up on porches — it became clear last year that the pandemic was having a massive and rapid impact on the retail landscape. You weren’t imagining or exaggerating those boarded-up storefronts. In 2020 alone, 30 major U.S. retailers filed for bankruptcy, closing more than…