E-Commerce’s Fast Boat to China – and Beyond
When Brooklyn-based PruneDanish.com sends shipments of its electronics, accessories, and home and garden products to customers overseas, it uses Swedish stamps. As odd as that might seem, it makes...
View ArticleE-Commerce Carts That Are Ready for a World of Shopping
Shoe shoppers from Antigua to the United Kingdom, when visiting the Jildor Shoes website, can click a link for the “International Website” on the homepage and enter their country and currency....
View ArticleShipping Abroad: Customs and Duties and Laws, Oh My
When overseas customers order smartphone and tablet repair parts and accessories from RepairsUniverse.com, they must know the laws and regulations in their individual countries regarding international...
View ArticleSelling to the World: A Map for Global Marketing Success
When Dr. Martens customers from around the world search for its site, it’s possible they’ll end up on one designed specifically for their country. “They have specific sites for specific countries,”...
View ArticleWhat We Think We Know About Twitter Music: Presumably Uncondensed
Twitter has officially announced its forthcoming push into the digital music space. After weeks of rumors, including one that promised such a service would officially launch over the weekend, Twitter...
View ArticleSquare Stand Lets Small Retailers Put Their iPads to Work
Square announced Tuesday it would reach out to retail outlets with its new Square Stand, an iPad dock that can handle business transactions and customer analytics. The mobile payments processing...
View ArticleLessons Learned: VacuumSpot Founder Comes Clean, Inspires
Alec Nelson grew up in the wealthy semi-rural Sydney suburb of Dural in a home that his builder father built in the 1960s. At age 11, he moved to Wagga Wagga, a small city, where his father bought a...
View ArticleIs the End in Sight for the Supermarket Aisle?
Shopping for groceries might not be top of mind for many rail commuters — at least, not until they see one of Peapod’s virtual supermarkets in a train station. Peapod, which has long been at the...
View ArticleCompleteness Is the New Black
Are we collecting enough data? It seems like a weird question given the glut of it at most companies, and perhaps it is. Perhaps a better question is, are we collecting the right data? We could get...
View ArticleMaximizing Facebook Ads for Ecommerce Sales
Facebook ads are the rage lately — and for good reason. If you can supply at least a few valuable targeting components of your prospective customers, Facebook can … Continued here: Maximizing Facebook...
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