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eBay Ads Holiday Report Reveals Keys to Advertising Success During an Elongated Season

Retail TouchPoints

“What we’re probably going to see is not necessarily more items sold, but because prices are going up due to inflation, consumers are buying the same amount but ultimately spending more, ” predicted Alex Kazim, VP and General Manager of Global Advertising for eBay in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “We

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2021: The Year of Social Advertising

Retail TouchPoints

With the growth of buy online, pick up in-store and expedited shipping options, consumers experienced firsthand the ease of digital shopping versus going to the store to make a purchase. This, coupled with the rise of social commerce, has indicated major potential for retailers to adopt social advertising into their marketing mix.

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Google’s Former Chief Evangelist Shares the Secret to Ecommerce Profitability

Retail TouchPoints

But as ecommerce has become a more prominent contributor to retailers’ bottom lines, and the cost of doing business online gets more expensive (think rising shipping costs and increasing returns), the mere existence of an ecommerce operation is no longer enough — retailers now have to find a way to make money online.

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Gen AI: Google’s Not-so-Secret Weapon in the Battle for Search Engine Dominance

Retail TouchPoints

Google is no longer the world’s default search platform, and it’s no wonder this fact has raised Google’s competitive hackles, since as go users, so go advertisers. Back when Amazon was the biggest threat, Google tackled the problem by putting its energy into the shopping experience. New AI Overviews results page.

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Due Diligence: Winning October Prime Day Prep Strategies

Retail TouchPoints

It’s important to make it easier for customers to understand what they’re getting to lower the chances of returns and negative reviews. Advertising 101 Advertising strategies should be aligned with inventory levels and sales strategies. Perform your advertising research now. What still needs to ship?

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4 Ways Retailers are Managing the Cost of Returns

Indigo 9 Digital

What often makes eCommerce difficult is returns. While retailers are frustrated by the volume of returns they receive there is a genuine level of friction in the online shopping process. Practices like bracketing and returns in general are expensive. billion of those returns were claimed to be fraudulent. of purchases.

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Don’t Fall Victim to a Cyber Attack: A Shopper’s Guide to Cybersecurity

Retail TouchPoints

And in today’s day and age, shopping online has never been easier — with targeted ads, free shipping, free returns, stores built into Instagram or TikTok, logins saved on your browser and payment information saved on your devices. Shopping is one of life’s simple pleasures.

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