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3 Hidden Traps for Retailers this Holiday Season

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Building Flexibility in Forecasting for Variable Advertising Costs TV advertising is still the most common form of advertising in the U.S., Advertising was already likely to be up 5.6% this year (excluding political advertising) to $360 billion – and those high prices could spell disaster. The list continues.

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Alibaba Seeks to Enable Entrepreneurs with New Sourcing and Financing Tools

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Same goes for the services Alibaba is building to stay competitive: financing solutions, fulfillment services, AI tools to make the process of using the platform easier, localized warehousing to speed up delivery. New Financing Solutions to Help SMEs Manage Cash Flow Alibaba also announced the debut of its first-ever co-branded U.S.

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It’s Official – Amazon is an Ecommerce Enabler First and a Retailer Second

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Perhaps most importantly, “a decade ago, very few of you were using things like Amazon Advertising, Amazon Lending and Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), and things like Brand Registry, Seller-Fulfilled Prime, Seller University and even Amazon Accelerate didn’t exist,” said Mehta at the event.

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Social Commerce Revolution: How Payments Innovation Transformed the Digital Shopping Experience

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Distance and concerns like shipping complexity become an afterthought, and platforms are increasingly setting a high bar for reputable merchants that can fulfill products in a timely manner. She also held business and finance-focused roles at Netflix and LinkedIn, and has additional experience in technology investment banking.

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How Your Brand Can Reward Holiday Shopping Procrastinators

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In light of well-publicized shipping delays and inventory shortages, they may find some empty shelves. adults revealed that, while expectations around delivery and shipping are split, concern has begun to rise. Budget and finances — traditionally shoppers’ biggest worries — have given way to concern over out-of-stock items.

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Four Ways Ecommerce Brands can Overcome the Overstock of Excess Inventory

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After three years of supply chain logistics and shipping delays, retailers have too much inventory sitting on shelves, and consumer demand continues to be in flux as inflation maintains a strong grip on budgets everywhere. This means the way consumers shop has drastically changed as new financing options rise in popularity.

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Digital Transformation Exposes the Missing Middle Layer Between Online and Brick-and-Mortar

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We use data to gain consumer insights, test market reception and decide when and where we’re going to advertise. It would seem so, as McKinsey reports the CPG space in particular is not measuring up relative to other industries like medical record keeping, finance, education and even (ack!) government systems.