Category Archives: Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional

This sub-category encompasses retail institutions by ownership type, retail institutions by store-based strategy mix, and Web, nonstore-based, and other nontraditional forms of retailing.

Online Shopping Behavior Is Still Evolving

As we reported yesterday, the future of E-commerce is brighter than ever.  Now, we study how online shopping behavior is still evolving. In this post, we look at: (1) online shopping trends and (2) the recent success of eBay. The material … Continue reading

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New Infographic on E-Commerce’s Future

Today, we present a new infographic on E-commerce’s future. This builds upon these prior posts: Mobile Drives E-Commerce Globally Social Media and E-Commerce Interesting Facts U.S. E-Commerce Projections Through 2021    A New Infographic on E-Commerce’s Future from Go People Go People, an … Continue reading

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How Social Media Can Energize In-Store Sales

Social media can help or hurt companies in many ways. For example, see these two posts. Social Media Marketing Tips and Social Media and E-Commerce. Today, we examine how social media can energize in-store sales. Special thanks to Chris Landry … Continue reading

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