KHD Buzz – Amazon Stops Buying from Suppliers, Target Launches Third Party Marketplace and More
Amazon Stops Buying From Suppliers, Expands Marketplace Direct Selling According to a new Bloomberg report Amazon is severing long standing relationships with suppliers in favor of encouraging direct Amazon Marketplace selling, a move that nets the retail giant increased profit for minimal extra effort. Read More Target Launches Third Party Marketplace Following in the footsteps…
KHD Buzz – Online Retail’s Big Holiday Challenge, eBay Goes Retro for the Holidays and More
This Holiday Shopping Season May Be a Huge Challenge For Online Retail’s Digital Readiness By all accounts with a more stable economy and with consumer confidence high, this holiday season is likely to be a bumper one for online retailers. But according to many experts – and some new reports – the biggest challenge any online retail…
KHD Buzz – Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15, Toys ‘R’ Us May Not Be Dead After All and More
Amazon is Raising Worker Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour – How Will That Affect Other Retailers? Last week Amazon announced that the minimum wage across their workforce is being raised to $15 per hour. The new minimum wage, effective Nov. 1, will affect more than 250,000 Amazon employees as well as over 100,000 seasonal employees…
KHD Buzz -Emojis in Marketing Emails, In-Store Retail Experiences Push Customers To Shop Online & More
Emojis in Marketing Emails – New Report Says They are Big Sales Converters Do you use emojis in your email marketing campaigns? If not, you might want to start doing so, as a new report from Leanplum, the mobile-marketing platform states observed an 81% increase in open rates — and a 363% jump in revenue — from…
KHD Buzz – PayPal Debuts Personalized Checkouts, Facebook Quiz App Exposed Masses of User Data, Should Google Home Be Free and More
PayPal Personalizes the Checkout Process If your business takes PayPal as a form of payment you and your customers are in for a change. PayPal is rolling out personalization features that will not only make it easier for consumers to pay for goods but hep merchants gain extra insights into their preferred shopping and payment habits. Read…
KHD Buzz – Amazon is Bigger Than You Thought, Target Aims for Same Day Delivery, Consumers Don’t Want to Get Personal and More
Morgan Stanley Break Down: Just How Big Amazon is in Online Retail We all know that Amazon is a huge player in online retail in the US, but do we ever really realize just how big they are? A recent Morgan Stanley report broke the numbers down and actually, big does not even really begin…
KHD Buzz – Deadly Retail Sins, Amazon Instant Pickup, AR Comes to QVC and More
Credit Suisse on the “Seven Deadly Sins of Retailing” There is no doubt that while some retailers are enjoying a great year so far there are others who are truly struggling and some who have lost the ‘battle’ to stay in business altogether in 2017. Now, having analyzed a slew of earnings reports for a…
KHD Buzz – Instagram Story Ads for All, Facebook Reactions’ Success, Grim News for Some Retailers and More
Instagram Story Ads Opening Up to All Instagram Story Ads have been available to a limited number of businesses since Septemeber 2016. But now the platform, which is particularly popular and effective among retailers, is opening the program up to everyone. Read More More Love than Like – Facebook Reactions ARE Working It’s been a little over a…
KHD Buzz – Online Retailers Seeking New eCommerce Solutions, How Big is Amazon, The History of Content Marketing and More
Report: Nearly Half of Online Retailers are Looking for a New eCommerce Platform For any online retailer choosing the right software platform to conduct their business on is of the utmost importance. And according to a new report from Internet Retailer, more than half of them are actively looking for a new solution. Read More…
KHD Buzz – Macy’s Bad Christmas, Wendy’s Gets Sassy, the Rise of the Chatbot and More
Wendy’s New Twitter ‘Voice’ is Making Waves The common wisdom is that a company’s social media ‘voice’ should represent their brand as accurately as possible. So is Wendy’s sassy new Twitter persona an example of following that wisdom or just a grab for extra media attention? Read More Macy’s Making Big Cuts After Dismal Holiday…