New Ecommerce Tools: October 24, 2024
We publish a rundown each week of new products from companies offering services to ecommerce merchants. This…
Clarifying the Relationship Between Popovers and Dialogs
The difference between Popovers (i.e., the popover attribute) and Dialogs (i.e., both the <dialog> element and the…
Holiday Gift Guides Drive Long-Term Revenue
The holiday season is a prime time to acquire customers, but it can also drive them away….
Top Life Project surpasses revenue goals by 59% in year one
The Top Life Project was founded in Italy in June 2021 by Cristina Tomasi, MD, and her…
European ecommerce turnover 887 billion euros in 2023
Last year, B2C ecommerce in Europe generated a nominal turnover of 887 billion euros. This was a…
NRF Forecasts Strong 2024 Holiday Sales Amid Shorter Shopping Season
Despite recent hurricane impacts, the economy generally remains strong, with consumer spending driving growth in the 2024…
OnBuy prepares for European expansion
OnBuy, a popular pure marketplace from the United Kingdom, has announced its international growth plans. By the…
Merchants’ Guide to Metaverse Platforms
The hype around the metaverse may have cooled, but immersive virtual experiences remain in the early stages…
New Google Shopping Is an SEO Reality Check
Google Shopping’s generative AI makeover is a reality check for ecommerce marketers seeking organic search traffic. Google…
Software Founder Pivots to PPE Manufacturing
I’ve interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs for this podcast. Most are problem solvers and optimists, confident in their…
Solving Background Overflow With Inherited Border Radii
One of the interesting (but annoying) things about CSS is the background of children’s elements can bleed…
Amazon implements longer return period during holidays
Ecommerce giant Amazon has announced that it is implementing a temporarily extended return period. The longer return…
Prep for the holidays + Reduce cart abandonment: Amazon Pay
Getting a jumpstart on the holiday season will lead to more sales, fewer customer problems, and less…
eBay launches Top-Service label for German sellers
eBay has introduced a new label in Germany, allowing commercial sellers to stand out on the platform….
Online Retailers’ Critical Task: Cleaning Up Product Data
Poor-quality product data routinely has severe implications for retailers. If left unresolved, bad data hinders the effectiveness…
How to choose an NFT and tokengating partner
The first post in this series introduced us to digital wallets and digital assets, especially NFTs. The…
Close, Exit, Cancel: How to End User Interactions Well
What’s in a word? Actions. In the realm of user interfaces, a word is construed as the…
New Books to Grow (or Sell) a Business, Fall 2024
Fall 2024 offers a bumper crop of new books aimed at helping ecommerce entrepreneurs and execs. Here…
How to find (and vet) the best product manufacturers
The hardest part is over. You’ve got your product idea down. That means you have taken the…
Marketplaces generate 69% of European cross-border sales
In the financial year 2023/2024, the whole European online cross-border market achieved sales of 326 billion euros….
‘Great news for online retailers in the United Kingdom’
Spending at major British online retailers was 3.2 percent higher in September than in the same month…
New AI Apps Reinvent Ecommerce Video
New AI-driven applications can generate video from text, edit a batch of short clips from a single…
Report: Gen AI to Transform Operations, Revenue
Generative artificial intelligence has the potential to transform businesses in two key ways: automating operations and growing…
CSS Tricks That Use Only One Gradient
CSS gradients have been so long that there’s no need to rehash what they are and how…