As its fastest-growing channel, ecommerce is helping to drive double-digit increases in sales for the provider of industrial and residential lubricants, cleansers and other maintenance products in the United States and in several overseas markets, the company said last week.
Movado is moving its brands to the eShopWorld platform, which helps merchants more easily sell in more than 200 markets by providing local payment options and help with customs and duties.
Mirakl, a provider of B2B and B2C online marketplace software, says it will use the funds to hire more than 300 technology engineers and also expand its customer service and sales teams.
Some pilot programs have begun to expand shipments into the region. The company is considering setting up distribution centers in free-trade zones so that it can deliver imports quickly.
Although online sales increased 55% year over year in July, online sales growth decreased from June, according to new data from Adobe. But Adobe expects 2020 online sales to surpass the total online sales in 2019 by Oct. 5, 2020.
As the coronavirus spread in the United States, stateside shoppers purchased more from e-retailers outside of their home country, new research reveals.
Among the precautions businesses take to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, companies selling across multiple B2B and B2C channels need to review their ability to manage extra inventory while also planning for disruptions to their supply chains and distribution center operations, Alexandra Wood of LiveArea writes.
The e-marketplace company has launched an ecommerce portal to connect the world’s medical suppliers with hospitals in China. Alibaba is using the portal to purchase the supplies itself and ship them for no charge to the recipients. Pictured above: Alibaba workers prepare to ship medical supplies from New York to China.