For online merchants, a clear, easy-to-spot returns policy is increasingly important. How you choose to handle returns, and how effectively you communicate your returns policy to your staff and customers, can make or break sales. It keeps customers coming back for more. If they find your policy unclear, it can prompt them to abandon their […]
How much do you really know about what your customers do when they visit your online store? Can you say with confidence that you understand why so many of them leave your site right before checkout? The issue might lie in how you present your shipping fees. Recent Canada Post research concludes that 64% of […]
E-commerce retailers love the Christmas season’s sales surge – less-loved is the inevitable wave of January returns. The “boomerang” month after the holidays sees more returns than any other time of the year. But prepared online retailers can leverage these returns to create satisfied customers beyond the holiday season, loyal for years to come. Just […]
To achieve lasting e-commerce success, businesses must master every step of their operations – including the not-so-glamorous steps like packaging. Many merchants underestimate how critical good packaging is. But prioritizing it can help to set your business up for success. The right packaging helps you keep costs down. It also helps to create a more […]
Like magic, a good point of sales (POS) system works in the background, saving the business owner time and helping to ensure that the store’s inventory management is at peak performance. Choosing the right POS, or assessing if your current POS is meeting your needs, is essential for your business. POS systems typically fall into […]
Here is a scenario: your e-commerce operations have been rising on a wave of interest from international buyers. To keep up the momentum — and keep your global customers happy – you need your exports to arrive quickly and safely in their destination countries, and more importantly, in the hands of your clients. But as the number […]
What does a packer do? Packers take order items from the pickers (the staff who walk around and collect the products for each customer’s order), package them for shipping, add an invoice, apply the shipping label and send the product to the spot where it will be picked up by your shipping carrier. Tip: You […]
No matter when it happens or how long it lasts, nearly every business endures an annual stretch when sales slow down. Off-season slumps can be especially tough on small business owners, some of whom struggle to survive the temporary drop in revenue. If your small business deals with a yearly swoon, you don’t have to […]
The holidays might be over but the package returns season is in high gear. It kicked off in mid-December, shortly after the first wave of holiday deliveries, and is expected to run through most of this month. Returns track with the online retail market — as shopping online grows, so, too, do package returns. About […]
Starting January 2018, the province’s minimum wage will go from $11.60 to $14 per hour. A further increase to $15 per hour on January 1, 2019 is expected to be followed by annual rises at the rate of inflation thereafter. Premier Kathleen Wynne has pledged to support small business owners dealing with a higher minimum […]
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