Give Me Relevant Results Now – or Never!

As consumers, it seems the more technology-savvy we become, the more impatient we also become. Once we catch a glimpse of what it’s like to have an amazing customer experience, we expect other sites to rapidly adopt the latest technology and best practices to meet the latest standard of excellence. This is certainly the case […]

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Mobile Shoppers Rarely Give Second Chances

Many eCommerce sites are flirting with mobile buyers; some eTailers have fully committed. But a recent Harris Interactive survey makes this clear: if you fail to perform during a shopper’s first visit on your site, don’t count on getting a second chance. More than 70 percent of U.S. consumers use their smartphones to shop, and […]

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5 Big Mistakes to Avoid in Mobile eCommerce

Guest blog post by Sasha Butkovich from Ecommerce Outtakes eCommerce is going mobile in a big way, and many studies show the trend in mobile shopping just keeps rising. In the past two years alone, the percentage of eCommerce sales on mobile devices rose from 2% to 8% in the U.S., according to research from comScore, […]

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Advice for eCommerce Success, Live from IRCE

We may be halfway through the last day of the exhibit hall at the World’s Largest eCommerce Event, but there’s a lot yet to see and learn today for those at IRCE 2013, the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition in Chicago. Here are some of the highlights so far, and a couple opportunities still coming […]

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5 (More) Ways to Enhance Your Site for a Better Tablet Experience

Practical Ecommerce magazine recently listed five ways to enhance your site for a smoother, more optimized tablet experience. They tackled many issues to optimize page load times, such as using “lightweight, beautiful images,” replacing graphics with CSS where appropriate, and optimizing the site for faster loading times. They also suggest using techniques to improve viewing and interacting […]

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Tablet Browsing Made Easy

Does it really come as a surprise that eCommerce purchases on tablets is outpacing smartphones? No, probably not. Though they share the same mobility and ease of use as smartphones, tablets are a natural fit for online browsing with larger screens and better displays that mimic the catalog experience but add much richer functionality. Going […]

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Surprising Results from SLI’s eCommerce Survey

SLI Systems just released our latest eCommerce survey and infographic, which illuminates new trends about online retailers’ priorities for the coming year, as well as for this holiday shopping season. Overall, improving sales conversions was still the most important goal for online retailers, with 63 percent answering it was their main priority. Close behind with […]

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Cyber Monday Revenues of $1.465 Billion Top Black Friday Sales

While we were impressed with Black Friday’s online sales, we were blown away by the revenues generated the following Monday. The biggest Cyber Monday on record saw exceptionally strong sales, with revenues topping $1.465 Billion – up 17 percent from last year and exceeding Black Friday sales. The weekend between the two big shopping days was […]

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Black Friday Roundup – eCommerce Sales Exceed $1 Billion

The numbers are in – and there were two major takeaways from this year’s Black Friday sales. First: eCommerce made a huge leap this year. Revenues for online sales exceeded one billion dollars for the first time on Friday alone. The second takeaway: mobile is red hot – 24 percent of all black Friday shoppers visited […]

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‘Tis the Season for Online Pinboards and Mobile Holiday Shopping

This holiday season is looking good for online retailers, and interesting new trends are emerging in the eCommerce space for mobile and social media. Increasingly, shoppers are finding products and comparing them through social media and smartphones. As numbers from eMarketer suggest, smartphones are now being used by 61 percent of consumers to research products while […]

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