Small Biz Trends

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A chargeback happens when a payment is reversed by the customer’s bank. It’s called chargeback fraud when bad actors cheat this process. Instead of contacting a merchant for a refund, they go right to their financial institution. Merchant Errors. This one happens with a merchant account.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We’re indifferent on where the shopping journey ends, where that transaction takes place ,” said Matt Madrigal, VP and General Manager of Merchant Shopping at Google in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “It The result is a much lower barrier of entry for merchants looking to capitalize on Google’s massive reach.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2021

Country manager for the company’s Australia/New Zealand territory David Boyer said that the changing habits towards increased consumer e-commerce spending – which developed over the course of the pandemic – have remained relatively undisturbed in 2021.

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 19, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions increased nearly 30 percent during the 2021 holiday period. The data showed that BNPL transactions peaked more than 43 percent in October as shoppers began their 2021 holiday shopping early. Within October 2021, a peak at 99 percent was recorded compared to the same period in 2020.

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

With only two months left of 2021, retailers should already be looking ahead to the new year for the newest trends, technology, marketing tactics, products, and solutions for improving their business. Crypto Payments Help Deliver a Competitive Advantage. First, up to 40 percent of customers that pay with crypto are new to the merchant.

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Retail Geek

DECEMBER 7, 2020

They are able to see the carrier shipping performance for all those clients and provide aggregate data that gives us insight into holiday shipping performance, also known as #shipageddon. ShipBob is a third party logistics provider that offers e-commerce fulfillment for thousands of brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2022

Retail TouchPoints recently partnered with Amazon Web Services on a survey of 500 retail and brand executives and found that the vast majority ( 84% ) have incorporated CSR in some way into their business strategies, largely because they think it is the right thing to do ( 72% ).

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Retail Geek

APRIL 30, 2021

Episode 262 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday April 30, 2021. You know are what or you know how people are using that app so I you know like it’s predominantly a shipping tracking app and so I the. We recap Amazon, EBay, and Shopify Q1 earnings reports. Transcript. Scot: [17:50] Yeah absolutely when other.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As the supply chain issues and labour shortages that defined the 2021 festive period are more or less resolved, the opportunity for a strong peak period presents itself. In fact, in 2021, the UK alone accounted for over ten per cent of global Black Friday searches online. Leveraging 3PL services to drive efficiencies is key.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

Amazon did not disclose third party sales for Prime Day in 2021. We are significantly accelerating our investments in brand marketing, and we're projecting accelerated growth with Amazon for the balance of 2021 and beyond.” Amazon spent morethan $61 billion on shipping costs in 2020 up from nearly $38 billion in 2019.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

ecommerce merchants pulled in $10.8 billion on Cyber Monday 2020 , while Singles Day in November 2021 in China drove $139 billion in sales for two of that country’s major online shopping platforms. That includes frictionless payments and checkout and fast shipping options. Consider that in the U.S.,

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Episode 279 is breakdown of Amazon, eBay, Shopify, and Snap Q3 2021 earnings, and a discussion of Rent the Runway’s IPO. October 28th, 2021. It was a rigorous process. A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. We also discuss the Rent the Runway IPO. Transcript.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Episode 286 is a hot take on Amazon Q4 2021 earnings. Amazon released their Q4 (and full year) earnings for 2021 on Thursday February 3rd. in 2021, which was just above the industry average of 17.9% In 2021 total revenue was $31.16B growing at 32% Year over Year. In this episode we do a deep dive into all the details.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 7, 2022

Episode 284 is our annual predictions episode for 2021 and a recap of our 2021 predictions. 2021 Predictions Recap. Bonus – More store closures in 2021 than 2020. commerce penetration says at 16% or better in 2021. commerce penetration says at 16% or better in 2021. Jason Total Score: 3 of 5.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 29, 2023

Jason: [8:04] No I was just I was just thinking that they I assume they left it blank because the underwriters were out of practice. There’s also the others you can think of Jason there’s this one.

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Store Growers

JUNE 14, 2023

Last Updated on June 14, 2023 If you’re working with Google Merchant Center and Google Shopping , you’re probably already aware of the existence of Performance Max, but if you’re wondering what all the hype is about surrounding it, read on. Launched in late 2021, Performance Max is one of Google’s latest innovative assets.

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Retail Geek

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

3:26] And of particular note, and I know we’ll talk about this more, they’ve seen a significant uptick in use of Buy Now, Pay Later services, and they’ve seen deeper discounting than we saw last year. billion consumers are shaping shopping trends.

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Retail Geek

JULY 9, 2021

Shopify Unite 2021 Instagram leans into commerce Nike earnings Warby Parker IPO. Episode 269 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday July 8, 2021. Jeff Bezos steps down Amazon offers it’s multi-channel fulfillment (MCF) to Big Commerce customers. Other News. Transcript.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Shein is vertically integrated allowing it to go from design to shipping in as little as three days. Both of these stars have been seen modelling Fashion Nova clothing on their own Instagram accounts and Cardi B also has her own Fashion Nova clothing line. and ultimately profitability. Many of Forever 21’s stores were unprofitable.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 29, 2022

Key Topics: Declining macro economics First quarter 1P sales were down year-over-year for the first time in two decades, as it had to comp against a very strong Q1 2021 which was elevated by the pandemic. In this episode we do a deep dive into all the details. AWS getting a strong boost from the pandemic.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Scot: [5:04] And then so then that was your primary thing so then you did you guys realize that you needed to build you look at all the software for shipping and inventory management and build your own and then you, tell the story of that. Matt: [4:59] Yeah it was a it was a lot of fun so. Pain management we really tried to rely on our.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 11, 2022

your Share account so when your chair count goes up it puts a natural pressure downward pressure on your EPS number. [5:44] what happens is in many brokerage accounts you can’t buy a fractional shares so. it’s kind of like a multi-channel shipping solution so they’ve you and I have long.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming. That number was even higher in January 2021. “

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Retail Geek

MAY 28, 2021

Episode 265 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday May 27, 2021. Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show this is episode 265 being recorded on Thursday May 27th 2021 I’m your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I’m here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Digital up 82% vs 2 YA. Transcript.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 11, 2021

Episode 266 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday June 11, 2021. Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show this is episode 266 being recorded on Thursday June 10th 2021 I’m your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I’m here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Transcript.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 6, 2023

We cover many of the tactical challenges (onboarding SKUs, product content, fulfillment, and curation), as well as the opportunities of this new “CircularCommerce” space. Matt: [18:53] No no that I left before any of those kind of process integration initiatives occurred. And we wound up. [29:43]

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Retail Geek

MARCH 31, 2021

Episode 258 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Monday March 29, 2021. Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 258 being recorded on Monday March 29th 2021 I’m your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I’m here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Transcript.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 9, 2021

Ted: will headless commerce take off in 2021? RetailRazor: Amazon has been getting hit w/an endless series of media articles about their private label development at the expense of other merchants on the platform. Episode 259 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Thursday April 8, 2021. Listener Questions.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 28, 2021

By some accounts, these firms have cumulatively raised over $1B in capitol, and are rapidly acquiring brands. Episode 252 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Wednesday, January 27th, 2021. 3:16] Salesforce Effectiveness pricing products for fitting customer service. Transcript. We could have done quite yet.

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Retail Geek

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Episode 281 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, November 18th, 2021. Their goods and services to so I just I don’t think. We also discuss what’s next for Amazon, and where the best investments of the future might be. Transcript. 28:44] Frankly is this company.

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Store Growers

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

pMax campaigns were only announced a few months ago, but right now they are on top of the to-do list for many businesses and services providers. Google only announced Performance Max in November of 2021. I’ll further discuss the exact impact Performance Max has on your existing account. Why should you care about Pmax?

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Retail Geek

MARCH 18, 2021

Apple Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) – Goes from Opt Out to Opt In Q1 2021 Google Play Services ID for Android (GPS ADID) – Still Opt Out. Episode 257 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Wednesday March 17, 2021. Mobile Tracking (Digital License Plates for Mobile Users). Transcript.

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