The key to generating revenue and building a reputable brand is staying in good graces with your customers and closing deals quickly. Great customer service is necessary for brand longevity, and no business owner can afford to not emphasize the importance of maintaining great customer relationships. There are dozens of studies and surveys that demonstrate the importance of staying in […]

International payments are one of the most important components of e-Commerce operations. The Internet has facilitated a global marketplace of willing buyers and sellers, with multiple platforms such as Amazon, Alibaba, eBay and others driving the industry. However, payments processing options remain a thorn in the side of many retailers seeking to make a living from these types of operations. […]

With fast fashion wreaking havoc on the environment, the founders behind a local startup wanted to help divert clothing from landfills by giving barely used garments new life. That’s why they started Boro, a company that lets people lend out their dresses, coats and accessories to strangers across the GTA at affordable prices. Chris Cundari and Natalie Festa launched Boro on March 30 with a carefully […]

Share and Shop right from your chat keyboard. ShopChat is the world’s first shopping keyboard. Share it with friends to shop together while you chat. Founded in 2016, San Francisco-based ShopChat offers a downloadable iOS app (Android coming later) that serves to replace your default keyboard app and works across all major messaging apps, including  iMessage, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp, giving users a direct […]

Tableau first hit the market in 2003 and has been a hit for large corporations and non-profits alike. The software is incredibly versatile in providing necessary data analysis for budgeting, implementing new products and even assessing a removal of products or services and how it could affect the company. Tableau cornered the market and has stayed on top of necessary software […]

Electronic commerce, or ecommerce, can do almost everything that a brick-and-mortar store can do. Moreover, it’s cheaper to set up, easier to attract buyer traffic, easier to process orders, and easier to distribute electronic or physical goods. And your store is open 24/7 and can reach customers all over the world. Since ecommerce is so flexible, many entrepreneurs launch their […]

When you sell more on Amazon, you make more profit, right? Wrong. If you can only sell more by cutting prices, your profit on every item you sell is less. How do you find the perfect price to maximize profits? There is always a trade-off between higher prices/higher profits against a smaller number of sales you make. The sweet spot […]

If you are a budding entrepreneur, it is pretty normal to want to start somewhere where the playing field is evened out: the Internet. Now, you could go old school and set up a physical store, go through the usual stuff like doing a titles search to sift through properties, get the permits for construction, and so on. But if […]

An innovation to get all those salespeople to leave you the hell alone while you’re shopping has finally arrived. On Thursday, a Reddit user shared a photo of a shopping basket rack inside an Innisfree, a Korean beauty store located throughout Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. The basket with the green sign indicates the shopper doesn’t need assistance, while the […]

It takes a village to grow a business. The creatives of the professional world bring an intangible element to a marketing campaign. Without their unique skills, brands wouldn’t be memorable and a logo wouldn’t be able to convey an idea. Creative professionals think outside of the box. They’re the ones revolutionizing the way we market and the mediums that are […]