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      March 29, 2019

      Competing With E-commerce Giants: How SMBs Can Survive

      It’s no secret that the global marketplace is mostly dominated by the retail giants — with Amazon holding 50% of the US market share and leaving competitors far behind. As of today, despite the efforts of other well-established brands like eBay, Apple, BestBuy, Walmart, etc, Amazon has captured almost half of the $252.7 billion market.

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      March 25, 2019

      What Great E-commerce Businesses Have In Common

      What are the characteristics of a great e-commerce project? Does yours belong with the good, the bad, or the mediocre? Technology is constantly reshaping the concept of a great business, and industry standards are a subject of constant change. In 2019, what are customers expecting from e-commerce retailers and what’s their definition of a “great

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      March 19, 2019

      Gaining Insights From Social Media: Free Tools You Can Use To Your Benefit

      In 2019, if you’re not on any social media, you’re nearly invisible. According to the most recent stats, there are 3.48 billion people today using social media, which account for 45% of the world population. The number keeps growing every day: during 2018, 366 million people started using social media, and that means more than

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      March 13, 2019

      Gaining Competitive Edge: 3 Tips To Empower Your Retail Business

      The advent of cloud, and the availability of dropshipping and other B2B services has made launching an e-commerce business easier than ever. The e-commerce sector is showing a steady growth rate: the IPC State of e-commerce report predicts worldwide e-commerce sales will grow by 141% between 2016 and 2021, with the US accounting for 20%

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      March 11, 2019

      Introducing Same Day Delivery: Overcoming Challenges

      Although e-commerce has the potential to bring solid revenue, standing up to competition isn’t always easy. With customers expecting increasingly better services, it can be downright challenging. By 2015 Amazon had introduced same-day delivery, setting the new order fulfillment standards and removing the advantage of instant gratification, which brick-and-mortar stores had long held over e-commerce

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      March 1, 2019

      Going Global: How To Win International Customers By Leveraging AI

      With the omnipresence of internet and the advent of cloud technologies, many retail businesses are contemplating global expansion. Growing internationally opens new revenue streams and fulfills the ambition of becoming a global brand. But expanding from a local e-commerce company to an international level involves introducing major changes to all organizational processes – from customer

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      February 25, 2019

      Improving Your Warehouse Inventory Management With AI Tools

      No matter how sleek and user-friendly your e-commerce website looks on the front-end, optimizing your back office operations is what ultimately accounts for the excellent shopping experience and top-notch service your customers will surely appreciate. In retail, everything is interconnected. When it comes to streamlining operations at your retail back-end, improving your warehouse inventory management

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      February 19, 2019

      4 Ways To Streamline Ecommerce Operations With RPA

      Despite the hype about AI, there are many misconceptions surrounding its practical application in business. While futurists and sci-fi geeks may argue about when AI is set to achieve human-level intelligence, it actually starts with something as simple and mundane as automating routine rule-based processes. Today, robotic process automation (RPA) is one of the drivers

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      February 12, 2019

      How Chatbots Add Value To Your Business

      Gartner predicts that soon we will have more conversations with chatbots than with our spouses. In fact, according to Gartner, chatbots will account for 85% of customer interactions by 2020. Chatbots are rapidly becoming omnipresent; they are also becoming increasingly more advanced: they talk, they are intelligent to the point where they can be easily

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      January 31, 2019

      Getting Ready for Valentines Day: A Checklist For Ecommerce Stores

      Now that the advent season hassle has finally subsided, it’s time to start preparing for another big holiday on e-commerce calendar – Valentines Day. Although customers prefer to shop for Valentine’s Day gifts in the last moment, usually, in two weeks before the actual holiday, that doesn’t mean e-commerce stores should stay equally unprepared. On

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