Style is a chance to make an excellent first impression for an e-commerce site. It has a direct result on just how much time users are going to spend there and just how much they are going to purchase. It reveals like no other how important all the design elements are: from the beautiful UI […]
Monthly Archives: May 2020
‘It’s Never Been Simpler To Sell Membership’: The Surprise Winners Of The Coronavirus Shutdown
Contents of one Kidpik ladies’ box. Courtesy Kidpik ” Consumers are using subscription to have shopping experiences that they can’t now have in stores … We are seeing regularly high growth in membership during the shutdown.” That’s what I was informed by Chris George, the chairman and cofounder of the Subscription Trade Association. Desiring more […]
Coronavirus: Brand Name Moves for Wednesday April 22
As part of MLS Unites, new shows and material is produced and aggregated around a different theme each week (e.g. To Inspire Kids or For Those in Need). League partner Captain Morgan will donate at least $500,000 throughout the U.S. and Canada to MLS club partners’ charities of option, earmarked for providing meals and relief […]
Crisis Connection: How to Remain Relevant and Get Ready For the Future
Shutterstock/ Maxx-Studio Although more than 300 million U.S. locals are under stay-at-home orders, now is a suitable time to engage in meaningful dialogues with consumers, encourage e-commerce sales and get ready for store reopenings. While unpredictability exists around timelines for pulling back social distancing steps locally, China‘s current reopening provides optimism– especially for the fashion […]
Singapore’s First Multi-Currency Mobile Wallet YouTrip Sees 20% Growth in Consumer Spending On Global E-Commerce Platforms
Popular overseas shopping sites have recorded month-on-month transaction volume growth, such as Taobao (111%), ASOS (60%), Alibaba (41%), Aliexpress (17%) Local e-commerce sites like EZbuy (65%) and Lazada (11%) are hot favourites among Singaporeans Food delivery services grew exponentially between February and March, with PizzaHut Delivery in the lead at 49%, Domino’s Pizza (43%), and Foodpanda […]
WeChat Retail Growth Plan Drives Digital Transformation
GUANGZHOU, China, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As Chinese domestic businesses gradually begin resuming operations and production following the period of industrial standstill caused by COVID-19, the pandemic itself continues to spread and affect businesses overseas. During this period, growing online traffic and leveraging new opportunities and models for growth has become a key goal […]
11 Best E-Commerce Stocks for Electrifying Returns
2020 is destined to be known as the year of the coronavirus, when “social distancing” and “WFH” became common parlance. But for investors, we’ll also look back at 2020 as a game-changing year for e-commerce stocks. For many of us, the COVID-19 pandemic quickly turned e-commerce from a convenience into a necessity, and changed how […]
China’s Alibaba launches ‘outlet’ platform to shift luxury overstock
MILAN (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has launched a new luxury platform targeting younger consumers that also aims to help high-end brands shed excess inventory built up during the global coronavirus lockdown. Chinese shoppers account for more than a third of global luxury goods spending and China was the first key […]
Fashion’s Next Normal
If there were ever a time for fashion to reinvent itself, it is now. The industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Billions of dollars of clothing orders placed with manufacturers around the world have been cancelled. Major physical retailers have shuttered. Online sales are down by as much as 30-40% in the US. A majority […]
