Shoppers Say They’re Going Mobile for the Holidays

Lately, we’ve been beating the mobile drum pretty loudly. A few weeks ago, we announced our new SLI Mobile solution to help retailers quickly create a mobile version of their websites. And just last week, we announced that one of our customers – Century Novelty – worked with us to create its mobile site in […]

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Organize and display refinements to streamline the site search experience

In last month’s newsletter, we explained how to identify the most useful refinements for your site search, depending on your customers’ needs and the product mix. Figuring out which refinements to offer is the starting point, but there’s more work to be done: This month, we’ll tell you how to display these refinements so that […]

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Register for our Webinar with Susan Aldrich of Patricia Seybold Group

Each year it seems the online holiday shopping season starts earlier than the year before. Consumers are already flocking to the web to get a jump on their holiday shopping, yet many retailers are still getting their sites ready or are altogether unprepared. If you’re one of them, register to attend our free webinar – […]

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Visit SLI at the Mobile Shopping Summit Next Week

As you might know, SLI Systems recently entered the mobile arena with a new solution to help e-retailers quickly and cost-effectively create a mobile website. Next week we’ll be demonstrating our solution at the Mobile Shopping Summit at Bridgewaters in New York City Oct. 25-27. If you’re attending the show, be sure to stop by our […]

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Get ready for the mobile commerce revolution with SLI Mobile

If you haven’t yet developed a mobile version of your website, it’s time to put this task at the top of your list. The mobile device market is growing at exponential rates, and your customers are quickly becoming comfortable with buying products and content on their phones and tablets – in fact, the Coda Research […]

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The Holidays are Almost Here – What are People Shopping For?

Recently we issued our first “SLI E-Retail Holiday Index,” a report on site search and shopping trends that reveals the most sought-after items in various retailing categories. The data was pulled from a sampling of our hundreds of online retail clients, in such sectors as Apparel, Jewelry, Cosmetics, Electronics, and Gifts & Novelty (see below […]

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Business Continuity Planning and Holiday Preparedness

Disaster planning and business continuity are an important part of any hosted service offering – and in particular, with the holidays coming up, retailers need a search solution that won’t fail when they need it most. We have had firsthand experience with this and the 7.1 earthquake that hit our offices in Christchurch, New Zealand […]

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December is around the corner. Are you prepared for a lucrative holiday shopping season?

It’s only September, but many consumers have already starting their holiday shopping. And the outlook for this year’s holiday spending online looks fairly bright. So if you’re an online retailer and haven’t yet gotten your site ready for the holiday shopping frenzy, now is the time! If you’re not already doing so, start paying attention […]

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Earthquake in Christchurch

At 4:30am on Saturday morning Christchurch, New Zealand was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. This is the location of our New Zealand office. Amazingly no one in the city was killed and there were very few injuries, despite there being widespread damage. Our staff are all well and, with one exception, have escaped major […]

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