Ah, the holiday season—the time of year when everyone’s schedules are packed, and literally everything feels urgent. For small business owners, this is crunch time. Orders are flying in, you’re wrapping up year-end plans, and the last thing you want is to deal with angry emails about late…
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we’re officially entering the holiday shopping crunch time. But this year, there’s a twist: the season is shorter, thanks to fewer days between Turkey Day and Christmas. It’s like the universe hit fast-forward, and everyone—shoppers and retailers alike—is racing to keep up.…
When your business revolves around holiday magic, getting the season right is everything. Just ask House of Holiday, New York’s largest Christmas store, where seasonal sales hit like a festive whirlwind each year. With ornaments, lights, and all things merry flying off the shelves, House of Holiday needed…
While the end of year holidays like Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Solstice, Kwanzaa, and New Year are joyous times to celebrate with friends and family, they can also create added stress to our already stressful routines. Since the last two years have been full of stress about the ups…
If you have an ecommerce store and ship to customers all the time, you know that mishaps can happen during shipping. Through no fault of your own, packages sometimes get damaged, lost, or stolen. And unfortunately, if a package is lost, sometimes it never gets found, at least…
If you’ve been following holiday ecommerce trends in 2021, you are aware that consumers have been shopping online in increasing numbers. Before the pandemic, ecommerce was already popular and growing steadily. Busy people could shop from anywhere with an internet connection and receive their purchases at home without…
Holiday season 2021 has started early this year due to worries about pandemic-related global shipping issues. While having items in stock is always ideal during the holiday shopping season, this year the stakes are higher due to problematic shipping logistics and backlogs. With shoppers still wary about in-person…
As the holiday shipping season blows in with the first blizzard, ecommerce readiness is the hot topic of the hour. Before your holiday shoppers hit checkout, your site needs to be able to provide a frictionless fulfillment experience. Customers are more focused than ever on frictionless shopping experiences.…
The 2021 holiday season is primed to be one of the strongest this decade for most retailers. TotalRetail is reporting an expected 7 to 9 percent sales increase from consumer demand. This is thanks to rising prices of goods associated with increased costs for materials, shipping, marketing, and…
Average Order Value (AOV) is one of the metrics used to understand revenue and profit growth for your business. Let’s take a look at average order value meaning and the AOV formula. Why is AOV important for your company? What is Average Order Value? No matter how good…