Category Archives: Merchandising Manager

Integrating D2C with Your Existing B2B

Surveys indicate that brand loyalty and better merchandise options are already drawing customers directly to brand and manufacturer websites with the intent of making purchases directly. As Alex Becker points out, “consumers will buy from the channel that best suits … Continue reading

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Optimizing Your B2B System

The volume of business-to-business orders occurring online continues to grow – even outpacing direct-to-consumer growth in 2014.¹ Research conducted by Forrester Consulting indicates B2B suppliers plan to expand ecommerce platforms in order to offer improved omnichannel experiences for customers in coming … Continue reading

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Does ecommerce technology evolve through natural selection?

Does technology evolve through natural selection? Or are all successful products simply the result of conscious design, based on customer feedback and preference? Drawing from a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, an article in The Economist recently … Continue reading

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Tools for Apparel Merchandising

With online apparel sales projected to hit more than $80 billion by 2018, it’s important that retailers take advantage of available merchandising tools to provide customers with the optimal online shopping experience. Because of the complexity inherent in apparel manufacture … Continue reading

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Upshot Commerce 2014 – Year In Review

2014 has been another landmark year for Upshot Commerce and the brands we work with. In addition to onboarding a host of new clients, we helped the majority of our clients achieve record breaking results. Here are some of these … Continue reading

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The 6 Silliest Sales Tax Rules in the US

With the online holiday shopping mostly over we are sharing guest content from our partner Avalara. If you’ve ever dealt with sales tax rules, then you know there are some crazy laws about how to tax products. But do you know exactly … Continue reading

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Strategies for Increasing Your Average Order Value

Encouraging your customers to buy more items and spend more money each time they shop is a proven method to boost revenue and profitability. Brick-and-mortar retailers have perfected the practice over the years, based on the marketing concept of the … Continue reading

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Christmas 1.0 – or the E-commerce Playbook for the Holidays

Part 3 of 4 – Website Optimization In our first two parts of the E-commerce Playbook for the Holidays we discussed how to use Data Analysis to create an effective Holiday Sales plan and how to focus your Marketing in … Continue reading

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Are we ready yet?

The National Retail Federation estimates that what a retailer sells during the holidays can be as much as 20 – 40% of the annual sales. The expectation is that 2014 will build upon the success of 2013. During last year’s … Continue reading

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Christmas 1.0 – or the E-commerce Playbook for the Holidays

Part 2 of 4 – Marketing In our first part of the E-commerce Playbook for the Holidays we discussed how to use Data Analysis to create an effective Holiday Sales plan. Today we will focus on Marketing. This stage is … Continue reading

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