KHD Buzz – Jet.com Gets a Makeover, Online Retail to Predicted to Hit $525 Billion by the End of the Year and More
Walmart’s Jet Gets an Urban Rebrand Jet.com, which Walmart acquired in the hopes of making it an Amazon competitor, has undergone a complete rebrand, changing its image to better appeal to urban shoppers living in big cities, a demographic that makes up the largest section of its customer base. Read More Report: Online Retail in…
KHD Buzz – Holiday 2018 Retail Predictions, Jeff Bezos’ Chances of Becoming a Trillionaire and More
An Early Look at the 2018 Holiday Shopping Season Even though the summer is not quite over yet most retailers are already gearing up for the big holiday shopping season, but what do the experts think that the 2018 season has in store? Forbes took an in-depth look and it seems that the 2018 holiday…
KHD Buzz – Competing with Amazon, Recouping Returns Losses & More
How the Supreme Court Tax Ruling Will Change Online Retail Back in June, the US Supreme Court sent down a landmark ruling that opens the door for the 45 states that charge State sales tax to begin doing so in regard to online retail. But what will that really mean for online retailers in 2019, especially the…
KHD Buzz – US Retail Posts Strong July Showing, The Future of Retail , The ‘De-Schlepping Of Retail’ and More
US Retail Sales Showed Strong Increases in July July’s increase in core retail sales suggested the economy started the third quarter on a solid footing after posting its best performance in nearly four years in the second quarter. Read More Is China Offering the Western World a Look at the Future of Retail? It’s the largest…
KHD Buzz – SEO Advice for Voice Search, A New Lease on Life for Empty Malls, Legal Issues Impacting Retailers Right Now and More
Report: How Retail Brands Can Rank Better in Voice Search It’s now estimated that 55% of all U.S. homes are expected to own – and use – a smart speaker like Amazon’s Echo or Google’s Home by 2022 and the voice search market is growing quickly. But how can brands leverage SEO in this new space?…
KHD Buzz – US Online Retail Sales Up 10% Thru June, eBay’s New Image Search and More
eBay Introduces Smart Image Search In an attempt to keep shoppers engaged eBay has launched a new search feature; image search. Available via mobile only at the moment, the search is powered by artificial intelligence and utilizes deep learning networks, known as convolutional neural networks, to process the images. Read More U.S. Online Retail Sales Up…
KHD Buzz – Prime Day Makes History, Dogs Invade Amazon, The Real Cost of Retail Hacks and More
Despite Technical Glitches, July Prime Day Biggest in Amazon History Despite a large number of technical hitches – which led to many people seeing nothing but ‘Amazon dogs’ for hours, the company says that last week’s Prime Day was the biggest shopping day in the site’s history – with over 100 million products sold in 24…
KHD Buzz – ‘Pointy’ Buttons May Help Retailers Beat Amazon, the Real ROI of Chatbots and More
Start-Up Raises $12M to Develop Button to Help Physical Stores Beat Amazon Pointy is a startup that has developed a ‘button’ that helps bricks and mortar retailers get their products online with ease. Founded on the premise that people head to Amazon because it’s hard to find local products online the Pointy hardware links to a store’s…
KHD Buzz – Will Sales Tax Ruling Reshape Online Retail? Shopper’s Habits Boost Brands & More
Supreme Court Ruling on Sales Tax Will Reshape Online Retail – Again When the Supreme Court ruled that states can now mandate that online retailers charge tax they set up a new online retail revolution, whether they actually meant to or not. Read More. HBR: How Shopper’s Habits Can Boost Brands According to a recent…
KHD Buzz – Supreme Court Rules on Online Sales Tax, IGTV Debuts, Prime Tops 100M Members and More
Supreme Court: States Can Require Online Retailers to Collect Sales Tax After a long legal battle, last week the Supreme Court finally came to a decision on online states sales tax; it can be enforced, but the decision to do so or not will rest with each individual state. Read More Instagram Takes on YouTube As IGTV…