Procrastinating on your holiday gift shopping just got more costly. As The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, UPS will now charge retailers a $0.27 surcharge fee (for standard ground shipping) on packages shipped between Nov. 19 and Dec. 2 and again…
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Amazon once again drew the attention of the business world on Friday with the purchase of Whole Foods for $13.7B. While people have suspected that Amazon would like to expand into physical stores, many — such as myself — thought Amazon would…
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Summer in Chicago. What could be better? For marketers, pair it with a jam-packed agenda at IRCE 2017 and it is perfection. As always, “mobile” and “personalization” were two of the biggest buzzwords at the Internet Retailer Conference and Expo last week…
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As a cross-cloud Salesforce partner, we at DEG have sponsored and attended our share of Salesforce events: Dreamforce, World Tours, Connections (R.I.P.), etc. XChange 2017 felt a lot like Connections. The conference was run exceptionally well and it truly was an event designed for marketers…
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When Helix was released, the Sitecore community was very excited. For those of you who may be new to Sitecore, Helix is a set of overall design principles and conventions authored by Sitecore itself. Many partners had been following some…
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As the name would imply, the Email Evolution Conference (EEC) in New Orleans last week was all about the evolution of email, helping marketers find ways to take their programs to the next level. It was the ultimate lesson in “Crawl, Walk,…
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Last week the Social Media Strategies Summit landed in Chicago, taking place over a three-day period at the Union League Club. Day one consisted of hands-on workshops, while day two began the general summit. The conference boasted speakers from Kraft Heinz Company,…
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It’s a widely known fact in the industry that ad blockers exist and are available to everyone. But what happens to those in the advertising industry when ad blocking becomes automated? Related: Five things to know about the latest changes…
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How many disposable cups do you use at work each day? How many plates? Forks? We asked ourselves this question in anticipation of Earth Day. The average American throws away 4.5 pounds of trash per day. Sure, all of that waste doesn’t…
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Magento has announced a suite of new offerings during the Magento Imagine 2017 conference last week. Along side its flagship Magento Digital Commerce and Enterprise Cloud offerings, the company announced: Related: Magento 2, B2B features lead conversation at Magento Imagine…
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