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Walmart can afford lower profits to combat excess inventory, but can your ecommerce business?

While reporting its quarterly earnings last month, Walmart made headlines by announcing that it was lowering its profit guidance for the upcoming year.

Direct-to-consumer brands have seen share prices plummet. What can they do to restore value?

In 2021, many direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands — including Allbirds, Warby Parker, and FIGS — went public. In fact, IPOs among these types of companies were up more than 100% from the previous year.

How Ecommerce Retailers Can Make the Most out of Tough Economies — and Fantastic Ones, too

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced people around the world to stay home and shelter in place, shopping habits changed overnight. Suddenly, ecommerce retailers found themselves on cloud nine: U.S. consumers spent $1.7 trillion online in 2020 and 2021, a whopping 55 percent increase from the previous two years.

How Pureplay Ecommerce Companies Can Fight Back Against the Increasing Cost of Returns

Though ecommerce companies have no doubt enjoyed the pandemic-fueled surge of the last two years, growth of the sector has created a new challenge: returns.

Price and Profitability

Over the last two decades, a steadily increasing number of consumers have taken their shopping online. The value of ecommerce transactions grows each year: according to recent figures the global retail ecommerce market is expected to bring in more than $5.5 trillion in 2022.

Inflation: How Ecommerce Retailers Can Mitigate its Effects

Higher prices are here to stay. As a result, consumers are having to spend more on things like food, gas, and other staples — and many ecommerce companies are suffering as a result.

Profit Rules, But Price Will Always be King

Price optimization can help midsized e-commerce retailers to secure a profit margin and compete with the industry’s giants, but the experience of using analytics systems has to improve.

The Profitability Puzzle Facing E-commerce Retailers

The e-commerce industry is making moves to defend its margins. The ability of online retailers to balance price with profitability will determine who wins in volatile markets.

Why Profit is Becoming Priority #1 for Online Retailers 

As the e-commerce industry matures, it faces many of the same challenges as traditional retail. Mastery of data remains the key to success, but what that means is evolving. 

Use AI to Enhance these 12 E-Commerce Pricing Strategies

In this blog, we discuss 12 approaches, familiar and new, that can be significantly enhanced by AI-powered analytics.

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Price and Profitability

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Decision Intelligence 101

In this white paper by Rama Rao, learn why Business Intelligence is no longer what retailers need, and how decision intelligence is defining the future of work.

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Value in Volatility: AI-driven Inventory Management in a VUCA World

In this white paper, learn how businesses can find value in volatility when they embrace AI-driving inventory management solutions.

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The State of Enterprise AI

This white paper by Kumar Srivastava intends to offer a glimpse into patterns and anti-patterns that enterprises experience in their digital transformation journeys and offers blueprints for enterprises to establish AI adoption programs and strategies.