Category Archives: Wholesale Management

Top 5 Things to Look for in a New Ecommerce Platform

Consumer expectations in ecommerce evolve rapidly. It’s important to stay responsive to those expectations in order to stay competitive in a diverse and growing field. This doesn’t mean adopting every new trend as it comes along in an effort to … Continue reading

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Upshot Commerce 2015 – A Year in Review

2015 was a great year of growth for Upshot Commerce and our loyal brands. Our expanding team developed numerous improvements for our platform that benefited our existing partners and new clients we on-boarded this year. In addition, our digital strategy team … Continue reading

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Integrating Warehouse & Shipping Management

While it’s easy to see the benefits of an optimized and integrated ecommerce system for customer management, it’s equally – if less obviously – important to have that system integrate with the one managing your inventory and shipping operations. The best ecommerce … Continue reading

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

Part 4 of 4 – Fulfillment In the first three parts of the E-commerce Playbook for the Holidays we discussed how to use Data Analysis to create an effective Holiday Sales plan, how to focus your Marketing in order to … Continue reading

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Why and When Should a Brand Go Direct-To-Consumer

Is your company at the crossroads, trying to determine if a full investment in Direct-to-consumer e-commerce is worth it? Are you having doubts about the effectiveness of your current site? Do you believe that your market is growing, while you … Continue reading

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To Wholesale or not to Wholesale

In the world of ecommerce, there are many different ways to create a business from the buying and selling of products.  Many small business owners who create or produce their own products will at one time or another consider the … Continue reading

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