Follow these tips for retailers during the holiday season to increase sales.
You’ve wrapped all your gifts and now you wait and see if the person you bought the gift for actually likes the gift. Starting December 26, it’s the most wonderful time of the year for that rare person who loves to take a thoughtful gift and return it for something they want even more.
As holiday spending continues to rise, how are you handling inventory concerns as the season continues to move forward.
We took a look at Black Friday trends this holiday season, and now we present to you our findings about Cyber Monday.
The results are coming in and retailers had an extra helping of cheer this week as Black Friday 2017 looks to have set new records. We saw a continuation of the trend that has changed Black Friday from a single day to a weeklong event, consumers have been trained to look for bargains beginning at
Why not make this coming return season (Dec 26 through Jan 15…and beyond) your golden opportunity to build customer loyalty? During the holiday surge, a flood of orders originates from all different channels: including online shopping carts, postal mail order forms, inbound calls to customer service centers and physical points of purchase at brick and
As a busy eCommerce retailer, you’re probably acutely aware of the “Monday Rush.” Those orders that have been accumulating since they were completed and paid for on your eCommerce platform Friday afternoon, all day Saturday, all day Sunday AND early Monday morning. Now it’s “Monday Rush” AM and your warehouse staff is faced with their
Halloween has come and gone leaving us even less time than normal to regret all the candy we “checked” for our kids (chocolate and peanut butter is the best!) with the advent of the annual USPS announcement about Holiday mail deadlines. Thanks to the good folks at EcommerceBytes here is a comprehensive guide to ensuring that
If poorly planned and handled, multichannel inventory management can get very ugly during high-volume order surges around holidays. Without question, the Number One holiday inventory mandate is: avoid stock outs. All of your resources and expertise must be focused on having the right items in the right mix at the right place to meet holiday
Imagine shipping 6,000 orders in a single day. OK, we just said that to scare you, but one of our customers actually did just that...and lived to tell the tale. And as you might imagine, they're quite proud of it. Whatever your normal shipping volume is, here’s one thing you know for sure: it’s going
The busiest shopping season of the year is fast approaching. While merchants are compiling their own shopping lists, they are also focused on the busiest shipping season of the year. Two of the biggest considerations are meeting consumer expectations and preventing shipping costs from eroding the bottom line. Servicing customers this time of year can