Business
An ecommerce site is a business. Our Management & Finance category addresses online payments, funding needs, employee issues, merchant profiles, key metrics, multichannel and omnichannel strategies, cross-border analyses, inventory management, accounting topics, sales taxes, and much more.
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Inventory
Charts: Investment Trends in Operations Q1 2024
May 1, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
PwC surveyed U.S. operations and supply chain executives on tech investments — plans and outcomes.
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Shipping & Fulfillment
Can Retailer Co-ops Cut Ecommerce Shipping Costs?
April 23, 2024 • Armando Roggio
Retailers have used purchasing cooperatives for years to obtain volume pricing.
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Business
Charts: Global Executives’ Plans, Projections Q1 2024
April 17, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Global execs foresee a softening of demand for their company's products but remain optimistic about profitability.
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Payments
BNPL Competition Drives Wins for Merchants
April 14, 2024 • Dale Laszig
The lines have blurred between buy-now pay-later providers and credit card issuers. The winners are merchants and consumers.
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Business
Amid Downturn, Ecommerce Investor Perseveres
April 12, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Roman Khan's ecommerce holding company seeks aquisitions, albeit cautiously.
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Business
Early Hair Loss Spurs DTC Founder
April 5, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Losing his hair was the first step in Faraz Khan's entrepreneurial journey. Fully Vital, his DTC hair-wellness company, is the result.
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Business
Charts: Retail Sporting Goods Trends Q1 2024
March 27, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
McKinsey & Company foresees better times ahead for global sporting goods retailers despite shifting consumer preferences and uneven supply chains.
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Inventory
4-5-4 Calendar Aids Retail Planning
March 24, 2024 • Armando Roggio
Dividing the year into months of four weeks, five weeks, and four weeks facilitates comparisons and decision-making.
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Business
Commerce Drives Culture, Says Media CEO
March 22, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Future Commerce founder Phillip Jackson sees the good in commerce as a societal stabilizer.
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Business
From Bankrupt to Thriving Entrepreneur
March 15, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Aaron Marino drove a beer cart for gas money after his first business failed. He's recovered, big time.
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Payments
Card Issuers Are Top BNPL Providers, Survey Finds
March 14, 2024 • Dale Laszig
Credit card issuers offer BNPL options after the checkout. Consumers are responding.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Amazon Seller on Profitable Products
March 8, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Why did an Amazon seller choose disposable dinnerware plates made from palm leaves? Three reasons.
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Business
Painful Decisions Greet First-time CEO
February 23, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Bryant Jaques is a serial CMO turned CEO of BuddyLove, a women's apparel brand suffering from a post-pandemic meltdown.
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Business
Grow or Die, Says Momentum Shake Founder
February 16, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
To Mike Tecku, entreprenureship is more than making money. It's helping others, building a team, and personal growth.
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Business
How Merchants Rack-up Airline Points
February 9, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
The founder of SpyGuy is a seasoned world traveler and an authority on inexpensive flights and hotel accomodations.
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Business
Marketer Finds Joy in ‘Bigging’ Others
February 2, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
"I find joy in bigging others up," says Aaron Orendorff, a former chaplain turned writer turned digital marketer.
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Cross-border Selling
Charts: Ecommerce in Emerging Markets 2024
January 31, 2024 • Adel Boukarroum
Most of the growth in global ecommerce is from Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Asia.
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Finance
Marketplaces to Buy and Sell Websites
January 29, 2024 • Sig Ueland
A ecosystem of buyers, sellers, and brokers creates a thriving M&A market for digital businesses.
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Business
Beardbrand Survives Its Hardest Year
January 19, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Having overcome declining sales, unexpected taxes, a frivolous lawsuit, and the loss of a key account, the company sees better days in 2024.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
How to Research Amazon Keywords
January 18, 2024 • Ann Smarty
Searchers on Amazon use commercial-intent keywords, which inform rankings on Google and elsewhere.
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Amazon & Marketplaces
Simple Modern CEO on Competitive Markets
January 12, 2024 • Eric Bandholz
Per Mike Beckham, lots of competitors mean lots of potential customers.
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Staffing
Q&A: Ecommerce Employment in 2024
January 8, 2024 • Kerry Murdock
"It's like Baskin-Robbins. There are 31 flavors of available candidates — interim, permanent part-time, full-time, per-project, onside, remote, partial remote, and fractional."
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Shipping & Fulfillment
Charts: Shipping Priorities of Online Consumers
December 27, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
Two separate surveys of U.S. ecommerce shoppers report similar findings: free shipping is a priority.
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Inventory
New FBA Tool Points to Future of Inventory Management
December 24, 2023 • Armando Roggio
Amazon's new minimum inventory fee and AI tool foretell industry-wide optimization models.
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Finance
Q&A: Ecommerce Acquisitions Steady in 2023
December 20, 2023 • Kerry Murdock
The founder of Quiet Light, a digital business brokerage, describes steady deal flow in 2023, a return to normal from the frenzied market of 2021.
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Business
Bushbalm Normalizes Bikini-line Skincare
December 15, 2023 • Eric Bandholz
Selling lotions for razor burns along bikini lines is a booming business. The name is memorable, too.
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Cross-border Selling
Charts: Ecommerce in Asia 2023
December 13, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
The number of ecommerce shoppers in Asia will grow by 52% from 2023 to 2028, although the rate of growth is slowing.
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Business
Argentina Suppliers Fuel Palermo House
December 8, 2023 • Eric Bandholz
The direct-to-consumer furniture brand is known for the Dune Lounger, a mix of a luxury beanbag and a vintage chair.
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Finance
Charts: Top Publicly Traded Ecommerce Companies, Q3 2023
December 6, 2023 • Adel Boukarroum
The first step in ranking ecommerce companies is to define the term. Online only or omnichannel? Software vendors or merchants?
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Business
Beard-care Founder on Juggling Brands
December 1, 2023 • Eric Bandholz
Brio, Eric Steckling's male grooming company, was running smoothly. Then it acquired a teeth whitener.