BigCommerce

BigCommerce sees big opportunity in B2B e-commerce

In June 2021, BigCommerce launched its B2B Edition, a global software-as-a-service e-commerce platform designed especially for business transactions. As 2022 winds up, the company continues to focus on growing its B2B e-commerce offerings.

“We are continuing to bet big on B2B,” Mark Ostryniec, chief sales officer for the company, told Modern Shipper at the recent National Retail Federation’s Big Show in New York City. “There is more B2B e-commerce than all of B2C.”

A 2021 white paper from DHL...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/bigcommerce-sees-big-opportunity-in-b2b-e-commerce

CMA CGM, BigCommerce join forces boost end-to-end e-commerce

The CMA CGM Group, its subsidiary NewOxatis and BigCommerce, the open software as a service (SaaS) e-commerce platform for fast-growing and established brands, will collaborate to enable thousands of NewOxatis’ merchants to build digital storefronts powered by BigCommerce.

Particularly, the partnership will equip merchants of NewOxatis, which is a publisher of e-commerce solutions, with a new online sales channel that is fully integrated with information systems, uses enterprise resource...

https://container-news.com/cma-cgm-bigcommerce-join-forces-boost-end-to-end-ecommerce/

Pain killer: Happy Returns, Staples join forces to ease online returns

Staples to accept e-commerce returns from Happy Returns

Estimates for e-commerce return rates range from a low of about 8% to as much as 35%, depending on the source. Most experts have centered on estimates of 25% to 30% of all items purchased online being returned.

Some brands make it easier than others to process returns, but for customers, even those often rely on packing the item up, printing out a shipping label, and perhaps most worrisome, waiting sometimes days or even weeks for the brand to refund the purchase price.

Happy Returns has been...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pain-killer-happy-returns-staples-join-forces-to-ease-online-returns

E-commerce tracking firm AfterShip lands $66M funding round

E-commerce shipment tracking platform AfterShip has landed a $66 million Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. The company previously raised a $2 million Series A1 in 2019 led by 10Fund and a $1 million Series A in 2014 led by China’s IDG Capital Partners, according to data compiled by Crunchbase.

Founded by Andrew Chan, the Hong Kong-based company provides e-commerce shipment tracking and has partnerships with over 700 carriers worldwide tracking over 6 billion shipments,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/e-commerce-tracking-firm-aftership-lands-66m-funding-round

BigCommerce merchants can now sell on Walmart.com

Vitabox, a seller of everyday products including vitamins, bath gels and skin products, saw a 25% increase in sales once it was able to sell its 8,500-plus items on Walmart.com (NYSE: WMT). That opportunity came about because it uses e-commerce platform BigCommerce, which is now integrated with Walmart’s Marketplace.

“Vitabox believes in making everyday essentials available to everyone, regardless of how or where they choose to shop. With BigCommerce, we were able to offer our entire product...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/bigcommerce-merchants-can-now-sell-on-walmart-com

FedEx teams with BigCommerce on shipping discounts

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has forged an alliance with BigCommerce, a venture-backed e-commerce platform, to help small and medium-sized businesses sell their products as the inexorable march by brick and mortar retailers toward online selling accelerates during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With more than 60,000 stores and brands on its platform, BigCommerce aims to help small, medium and large businesses create “great storefront experiences,” so they can sell more with as little friction as possible,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-teams-with-bigcommerce-on-shipping-discounts

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