Tag: online shopping

April 30, 2024

With the way online shopping has been rising these past few years, it’s not surprising that it has finally merged with social media to create what we now know as “social commerce.” This is a hybrid sales channel that combines […]

August 8, 2023

In-stream shopping has become the key revenue driver for the Chinese version of TikTok, and the company is determined to make it a thing in Western regions too, despite limited interest, thus far, from users. TikTok’s latest effort on this […]

April 27, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic, an ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and inflation have severely disrupted many industries in the US, and e-Commerce is no exception. According to the Influencer Marketing Hub, online sales saw a dramatic surge during the pandemic.  While COVID-19 […]

February 14, 2023

Walmart concluded that, for the time being at least, it no longer needs e-commerce-only stores because the company has added pickup and delivery operations to thousands of full-service locations in the years since the Bentonville store opened in 2014, the […]

January 23, 2023

The E-commerce industry is in a state of constant evolution and the global pandemic has served as a catalyst for its growth. During this period, consumers have come to recognize the convenience and efficiency of online shopping, as well as […]

November 7, 2022

Digital spending has increased significantly during the first two years of the pandemic. US consumers alone spent $1.7 trillion online, according to Adobe. However, with inflation and the looming recession, how can brands and retailers sustain growth? Prompt, decisive actions […]

July 18, 2022

As consumers emerge from the pandemic, their new online shopping behaviors are merging with their pre-pandemic traditional shopping habits.1 This more modernized approach combines digital and physical channels, forcing merchants to move to an omnichannel strategy or risk being left […]

July 1, 2022

After nearly doubling its operations capacity over the past two years to keep up with a pandemic-fueled demand surge, Amazon is pumping the brakes on its expansion plans. CFO Brian Olsavsky said in April that the company built more fulfillment […]

April 7, 2022

Google’s looking to provide more ways to find exactly what you’re looking for in visual search queries, with a new ‘multisearch’ option that will enable users to combine visual and text parameters to expand their Search results. As you can […]

April 5, 2022

According to Reuters, U.S. consumer spending on e-commerce is estimated to reach a record $1 trillion in 2022, as a result of the switch to online shopping brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. New research by Adobe Analytics shows that […]

January 14, 2022

Online marketplaces are becoming consumers’ first preference for online shopping. That’s according to the Mirakl consumer survey The 2022 State of Online Marketplace Adoption released yesterday. The survey tracked 9,000 global consumers on their shopping habits and preferences. There were […]

December 15, 2021

The pandemic has caused major drops in the figures of retail shopping, predominantly due to the closure of thousands of shops, many of which have never opened again due to bankruptcy. However, this does not mean that people have started […]

October 29, 2021

It has become evident to the world that the e-commerce industry is growing exponentially. Companies, big and small, are closing down their stores and dedicating all their resources to online shopping. Some companies have decided to walk a different path […]

October 19, 2021

The world is experiencing supply chain shortages across multiple industries, largely caused by logistical interruptions due to the shutdowns caused by the pandemic. Employees in countries that were most heavily hit were unable to work, factories were without the supplies […]

August 30, 2021

2020 brought about a shift to everything digital, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept from country to country, changing shopping behaviors along the way. Online sales may have been the biggest surprise of the year, as lockdowns and social distancing rules […]

July 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted not only daily routines, jobs, and the way we spend our free time, but also multiple industries across the world. From healthcare to IT, businesses in most countries have started to experience the ever-growing need […]

December 22, 2020

OAKLAND, Calif. — When Eden Chen wants to go sneaker shopping, he takes out his smartphone and points the camera at his feet. Shoes materialize. He turns his feet from side to side. How does the shoe look on his […]

January 22, 2020

Two weeks before the start of basketball season, my son went online to buy a pair of customized sneakers. He selected his team color, put his number on the side, and added the important “C” for captain. He had everything […]

June 5, 2019

With the increase of consumer online shopping and less cash payments, the importance for businesses to choose the right payment processing solution cannot be overemphasized. Before investing in any of the available payment processing solutions that promise to make it […]

October 17, 2018

While online shopping has exploded over the last decade and innovation around e-commerce has skyrocketed, there has been very little development around quality improvements in product search, navigation or discovery, notwithstanding the success of generic and open source search solutions, […]