The initiative looks to help draw attention to independent online businesses during this time of economic hardship
Brand Boost is a community of independent ecommerce stores from various industries joining together to help promote and grow each others’ reputations during this economic downturn.
By filling out a simple form on Drip’s website, ecommerce businesses can join Brand Boost and be added to the directory. A different brand will be highlighted on the landing page each week, determined by the order in which ecommerce businesses join.
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Top eCommerce Tactics to Reduce Cart Abandonment, According to eCommerce Development Rating
72.8% of retail consumers abandon their carts. eCommerceCompanies.com shares key tactics to help eCommerce businesses recapture customers
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Guest Checkouts allow customers to shop without creating accounts. They are user friendly, decrease bounce rates and make the buying process easier and simpler. The fewer options the checkout process requires, the more prospects will convert.
With Focus On Local, Patanjali's 'OrderMe' To Take On Ecommerce Giants
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to 'buy local', Baba Ramdev's Patanjali is now set to enter the ecommerce market space to sell their FMCG line of products and connect consumers to neighbourhood stores selling items manufactured by Indian companies.
Patanjali Ayurveda's managing director and chief executive Acharya Balkrishna said that the efforts are in line with the PM's "vocal for local" call to supply products made by Indian companies.
The Rise Of eCommerce Wine Sales And Shipments | PYMNTS.com
Consumers might not have returned to their pre-pandemic shopping habits yet, but they are setting records for wine. Online wine retailers are reporting large increases in sales amid the pandemic, and they are hiring more people for their operations. And in logistics, shipping companies are contending with Black Friday-like eCommerce levels. All this, Today in Data.
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How Ecommerce Businesses Can Prepare SEO & Content for Post-COVID-19
Unfortunately, many industries have been hit hard during this pandemic and have seen a massive decline in traffic and conversions.
One of the most interesting trends we’re seeing is in ecommerce – both in terms of SEO and conversion.
According to research from Stackline, certain online retailers providing medical supplies, food, and fitness equipment have grown a considerable amount.
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Ecommerce Sales Continued Explosive Growth in April
Driven by COVID-19 restrictions, ecommerce sales grew 49% between the early March shutdowns and the end of April, according to Adobe's latest Digital Economy Index, with large gains in curbside and store pickup and e-grocery as the retail world continues to reset.
During the period, daily online grocery sales more than doubled at a 110% jump, and electronics sales were up 58%. Grocery delivery service Instacart in particular is reaping great gains from e-grocery, seeing its first profit and selling $700 million worth of groceries in the first two weeks of April, according to The Information , up 450% since December.
Will New Ecommerce Sellers Squeeze Existing Merchants? | Practical Ecommerce
The coronavirus pandemic has forced some brick-and-mortar businesses to focus on ecommerce, but this shift in focus is not likely to stop many permanent closures.
“If this isn’t the retail apocalypse, I don’t know what would be,” said Sarah Wyeth, the lead analyst for retail and restaurants at S&P Global Ratings, according to a Wall Street Journal article on May 14, 2020.
Wyeth has estimated that 19 large retail businesses are a coin toss away from going out of business because of mandatory shutdowns and Covid-19’s overall economic impact.
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