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Gartner Trends 2023: How a Retailer Can Turn Them Into Growth

Published: Mar 30, 2023 | Updated: May 16, 2023 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

With 2.64 billion people shopping online, retailers need technology to deliver an omnichannel retail experience. Gartner’s strategic technology trends give retailers insights into technologies that can help them achieve their yearly goals, from growing revenue to building a brand. Gartner trends 2023 is focused on themes like optimization, scale, pioneering, and sustainable technology, making this release one of the hottest topics in the industry. Therefore, like every year, we have prepared for our readers a breakdown of Gartner technology trends in 2023, along with advice for applying these trends to eCommerce, omnichannel retailing, and other facets of a retail business.

Retail Trends 2022-2023: 101 industry experts share their predictions

Published: Jul 12, 2022 | Updated: May 8, 2023 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Since 2020, the retail industry has been challenged by numerous threats and challenges. At first, it was the pandemic that shook the world, pushing the eCommerce adoption rate to +30% over the 2019 levels and fiercely switching the purchase behavior of consumers across the world. In 2022 and as the world tried to normalize its pace, the Ukrainian War, the energy crisis, and inflation shook the world, with 52% of the consumers claiming that the rising costs affect their ability to purchase goods, according to EY. The retail industry has been adapting to a new reality so we expect to

80 Black Friday statistics every retailer should know (2023)

Published: Oct 29, 2021 | Updated: Oct 17, 2023 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Black Friday 2023 is expected to continue its impact on the retail sector, with many retailers offering special sales and offers. According to TheBlackFriday.com, carriers like Verizon, AT&T, Sprint & T-Mobile, and stores like BestBuy are expected to offer up to $300 gift cards with iPhones. Walmart, Target, BestBuy, and Amazon are expected to offer the cheapest laptops, TVs, and video games. Black Friday statistics for 2023 highlight the significant impact of this shopping day on the retail sector. Despite the challenges brought by COVID-19 disruptions to the economy and changes in buying habits, Black Friday saw an impressive 22%

Gartner Trends 2021: What They Mean for Retailers

Published: Apr 5, 2021 | Updated: Jan 10, 2023 by Sofia Spanou in Marketing Automation

Each year, Gartner publishes a list of the top strategic technology trends for businesses to pay attention to for the upcoming year. As a world-leading research and advisory company, Gartner understands the retail business and how customers interact with it, so understanding their trends each year can have a significant impact on your business. Compared to last year’s Gartner trends, which focused on D-commerce, personalization, and privacy, among other things, the Gartner trends 2021’s retailers need to care about are driven by AI engineering, distributed cloud, and cybersecurity mesh. Let’s take a look at this year’s Gartner trends and — most importantly

Retail Trends 2021: What 61 Industry Experts Predict for the Post Covid-19 Era

Published: Mar 16, 2021 | Updated: Dec 22, 2022 by Joyce Qian in Ecommerce

In 2020, the unexpected pandemic unsettled the world as we know it. Fortunately, the retail industry’s growth rates in nearly all leading economies remained positive. For instance, in the United States, the retail index grew by 6.9% (YoY), with eCommerce sales contributing 21.3% of the total retail revenue or more than a fifth of the GMV generated for the first time. E-commerce sales spike is not entirely surprising since the lockdowns kept the physical retailers shuttered for weeks in many countries. “In 2020, the YoY growth of eCommerce in retail is 3 times higher than that of 2019.” Despite the favorable

[Report] How has COVID-19 Impacted Ecommerce Trends?

Published: May 27, 2020 | Updated: Jun 8, 2022 by Joyce Qian in Ecommerce

At the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, many governments enforced Stay-at-Home measures that require social distancing for millions and closures of non-essential stores. Unsurprisingly, home confinement forced consumers towards online shopping, as weekly eCommerce sales shot up 61% within the first weeks of the closures. That growth in online sales seems to be the main hope for retailers to retain part of their market share and survive through this crisis. This report examines the weekly eCommerce sales patterns as a result of stay-at-home measures, which products consumers are purchasing online, and which categories consumers have cut back on, in an

Retail Marketing Trends 2020: What 31 Industry Experts Predict

Published: Mar 12, 2020 | Updated: Dec 22, 2022 by Joyce Qian in Ecommerce

2019 was another glorious year for the retail sector, with sales reaching $25 trillion worldwide, according to eMarketer. Unsurprisingly, the key growth driver was eCommerce, which grew over 16% year over year, accounting for $3.46 trillion (~14% of total retail sales). “Online retail grows twice as fast as the rest eCommerce sector and 5 times higher than the global retail sector. As eCommerce penetration is expected to rise from 56.1% in 2020 to 65.5% by 2024, a major trend to watch is around how retailers can capitalize on their brand assets, starting with their physical stores, which account for a

Gartner Trends 2020 Predictions: What They Mean for Retailers

Published: Feb 25, 2020 | Updated: Dec 16, 2022 by Joyce Qian in Ecommerce

Each year, Gartner, the world-leading research and advisory firm, identifies top strategic trends that shape the future of businesses across the globe. Retail business owners, CMOs, and eCommerce professionals have highly anticipated Gartner Trends on Digital Commerce 2020, as it provided insights into the ever-shifting digital commerce landscape with sophisticated analysis. From AI to Visual Commerce, there are many emerging trends to watch and, more importantly, adopt to grow your business. In this post, we picked five of Gartner trends on digital commerce that we believe have the most near-term impact on eCommerce business for a deep dive. Aside from

The 88 most amazing Ecommerce Statistics of 2023

Published: Jan 28, 2019 | Updated: Feb 3, 2023 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Every marketer needs to be in the know-how of the latest eCommerce statistics in order to ride the wave of ever-changing trends. By knowing what your consumers are looking for, you will have all the information and tools you need to set up your brand for success with a solid eCommerce marketing strategy. In 2018, eCommerce progressed on a global scale, and the proof, is in the pudding. In 2018, we witnessed technology and marketing automation soar to new heights and achieve record-breaking Black Friday weekend sales totaling $18 billion in turnovers — just in the United States alone! ECommerce

The Evolution of Ecommerce Email Marketing

Published: Dec 21, 2018 | Updated: Nov 17, 2023 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Email marketing has made some notable strides over the past few years to become a major channel for eCommerce. However, the eCommerce email marketing landscape wasn’t always such a seamless, automated process. Once upon a time, companies marketed their brands and products to potential customers by delivering postcards by snail mail, or delivering entire printed catalogs to physical mailboxes. This impersonal method of marketing was destined to morph into email marketing as technology advanced and more and more people adopted email as their main channel of communication with friends, family, and their favorite brands. Drip marketing arises as a strategic

Top 6 Ecommerce Trends to Watch in 2019

Published: Nov 9, 2018 | Updated: Aug 30, 2019 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Ecommerce trends have an undeniable growing influence on shoppers and retail sales. In fact, figures for the most up-to-date eCommerce trends show that eCommerce influences as much as 56% of in-store purchases, while eCommerce itself represents almost 10% of U.S. retail sales. These stats illuminate a promising future for eCommerce, showing a positive upwards trend with an average annual increase of 15%. The bottom line is that eCommerce is not only here to stay but also a driving factor of retail growth. It plays a crucial role in how your customers interact with your brand now and in the future. As an online retailer,

Study: How Do Millennial Shoppers Behave on Black Friday & Cyber Monday?

How Millennial Shoppers Behave on Black Friday & Cyber Monday

Published: Nov 22, 2017 | Updated: Oct 9, 2019 by Joyce Qian in Ecommerce

This year, 20% of Millennial shoppers won’t make a single holiday purchase in a brick-and-mortar store. Instead, they will likely continue escalating an unstoppable national trend toward e-buying by holiday shoppers. Dollars spent online already outpace those spent in retail stores during this Christmas shopping season. According to the National Retail Federation, 154.4 million shoppers bought products on the Thanksgiving/Black Friday weekend in 2016. Of those, 108.5 million shopped online while 99.1 million shopped in stores. Nearly half of Black Friday and Cyber Monday are Millennial Shoppers Millennial shoppers love Black Friday and Cyber Monday. 2016 Black Friday sales buried 2015 numbers

6 Tips to Rock Your Cyber Monday Marketing (2018 updated)

Published: Nov 14, 2017 | Updated: Oct 9, 2019 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

On Cyber Monday 2017, US retailers expect to haul in $3.81 billion in sales revenue. How much of that lands in your pocket depends in part on how well you prepare your Cyber Monday marketing plan. In this article, we collected some useful trends, facts, and marketing tactics that will help you boost your eCommerce store’s sales this year. Here is what we know about Cyber Mondays and modern shoppers: Amazon is the most popular cyber shop for buyers ? More men than women shop on Cyber Monday ? Americans spend 4.7 hours per day on their phones, much of it researching