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6 Ways to Increase Holiday Sales and Engage Your Customers

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Black Friday is just around the corner, and this is a great time to review your sales forecast goals and develop a strategy to meet them through your holiday campaigns. Here are 6 ways your business can build holiday marketing campaigns that help you increase holiday sales this season! Offer special discounts to loyal customers.

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Startup Benchmarks

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Forecasting is sometimes done by dragging the mouse based on many assumptions, because it’s hard to predict the future. While there isn’t a single magic number or set formula, understanding industry benchmarks can be really helpful to keep a finger on the pulse to measure the health of the company and make more informed forecasts.

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7 Trends That Will Define the Future of eCommerce in 2021

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The first thing most eCommerce companies did in February of 2020 was to smash their crystal balls and toss out demand forecasts because the world was shaping up to be like nothing we’ve seen before. eCommerce marketing tends to follow broader sales and social trends, prioritizing ease of access for its innovation.

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Will COVID-19 mainstream AR/VR?

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According to Facebook figures, 20 titles have pulled in at least $1 million each with 10 of those eclipsing $2 million in sales, and with more gamers staying more time at home these days, Quest’s second year seems promising. In 2019 we had $6 million in revenue. Indeed, some AR/VR startup founders are especially optimistic.

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How to Solve the Biggest Shipping and Fulfillment Challenges of 2019

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By 2021, global B2C ecommerce sales are expected to surpass $4.5 If you don’t, your competitors are lining up to scoop up those sales. Aside from direct to consumer online sales, shipping and fulfillment challenges can also have an impact on online retails who also sell their products through larger retailers. In the U.S.,

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10 Things I Hated About Your Business Pitch

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As I write this in early 2019, I’m thinking back on more than 20 years of hearing business pitches as a judge of business plan competitions and as an angel investor. Real businesses make profits like 7 percent, 9 percent, occasionally even low double-digit profits (stated as a percentage of sales). Please, get a clue.

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The 4 Hottest Industries To Start a Business in For 2020

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44 percent of businesses plan to increase tech spending in 2020, up from 38 percent in 2019. Free, downloadable SAAS sales forecast template. Global health care spending is expected to rise at a CAGR of 5 percent between 2019 and 2023. Sustainable product sales are estimated to reach $142.4 – $151.1