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Ecommerce is Crowned King: Strategies for Keeping Pace with the New Reign

Retail TouchPoints

This massive shift to digital has forced retailers to rethink how they do business, communicate with their customers, and find creative ways to stay ahead in the evolving retail landscape. Distributing data to be close to users in any location is vital for global expansion. On average, ecommerce sales grew 32.4%

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RIC20 Recap: Speakers Provide Answers to Five Pressing Questions

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Katie Osberg, Global Retail Partnerships Lead, Business Communications, Google “Did you know that 89% of consumers begin their buying process with a search engine? Question 5: How can retailers adapt their internal business processes to a changed environment? You should 100% be doing that right now.”.

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Overcoming Today’s Biggest Retail Management Challenges

Retail Next

But even so, 65 percent of customers spend their total shopping budget in traditional brick-and-mortar locations, says eTail. inspect products on location but purchase online. Managing your business and brand. 6 – Fulfilling a complex job description. Establishing and managing a business is tough.