In 2009, Adventure Northumberland was selling bikes and parts in a local shop in a small village in the north of England. Fast forward to 2016, it now has plans to expand across the UK, Ireland and into mainland Europe. How has it grown so fast? By successfully scaling its online business, explains founder and …
4 ways sellers can prepare for Amazon Prime Day 2016
Amazon Prime Day, the 24-hour global shopping event exclusively for Prime members, will be held on July 12th.
What the world’s most successful companies really think about customer support
IT giant Oracle has 420,000 customers including all 100 of the Fortune 100 companies, so getting customer support right is non-negotiable. Its customers don’t mess about. What it thinks about customer support will surprise you. Software group Sage has 6.1 million customers of different sizes and different needs and DHL Express is the world’s leading …
4 key considerations for growing a multichannel empire
By Guest Contributor Aimee Goodsall for Linnworks. As an online retailer, it’s extremely likely that you will be looking to maximise the growth of your business, in what is undeniably an increasingly competitive landscape. In order to successfully grow your business, however, you will realistically need to expand your reach by selling across a range of …
Are you missing out on 508 million high-spending online buyers?
The wild Atlantic has a bountiful supply for David to farm. Seaweed has eight times as much magnesium as spinach and Europeans are on a serious health buzz. The possibilities are endless, he thought.
Why men’s underpants are 28% more profitable than women’s for online sellers
Men’s underpants can cost about 28 percent more than women’s knickers. But women’s shampoo can be as much as 48 percent more expensive than a similar product for men.
The end of bubblewrap? Welcome to the new packaging revolution
When Marc Chavannes and Al Fielding sealed two shower curtains together in 1957, they didn’t know their air-filled textured wallpaper would become a $4 billion industry. Bubblewrap was born. But the world has changed since then and now bubblewrap is about as environmentally acceptable as seal clubbing. Could seaweed be the answer?
Jet.com is growing almost 280 times faster than Amazon
Hoboken, New Jersey is home to the hottest new online marketplace on the planet. Jet.com’s customer numbers have rocketed to a face melting 3.6 million in less than a year – that’s 278 times faster than Amazon’s growth rate.