The retail world has been turned on its head during the current global pandemic and has created huge unknowns when we look to the future. There does appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel for the retail industry. Cracks in some of the retail industry segments have become more noticeable…
eCommerce is huge, and it is expected to grow even bigger. Although 2020 is a year that proved difficult in every aspect of life and business, there is one area that prospered. At a time when physical contact and movement were greatly restricted, online buying became the go-to mode for shopping. As people tried to…
At EDI Options, we’ve been a leading provider of EDI solutions to companies of all sizes for almost 30 years now. Our model has always been intelligent and easy to use products backed up by the best support in the industry. The trend in retail is quickly centering on online marketplaces where drop shipping direct…
Trending for quite a few years already, retail brands have created online shopping options and some have even transitioned fully to online shopping closing their physical stores. Recent events have furthered the march toward online shopping even more than ever. eCommerce is thriving today, and even with our new reality most consumers still want…
Businesses often choose an EDI provider under a time deadline and based on an initial EDI partner’s requirements. The EDI choices made to satisfy the first purchasing relationship often wind up setting the stage for all future EDI relationships. Here are some things to ask yourself to determine how that initial EDI selection is…
Even though many diverse techniques for trading online orders have emerged in recent years, the concept of the Dedicated EDI Network (EDI VAN) is still as meaningful as ever. Always the backbone of retail e-Commerce trading, EDI VANs have evolved well beyond handling traditional EDI documents and have become full-blown e-Commerce Networks with very diverse…
As retail operations come back online, there will be a new reality. In-person jewelry sales are going to be down and will take some time to get back to levels that were enjoyed earlier this year. This year’s industry trade shows, like JCK Vegas, have been either postponed or cancelled altogether and jewelry vendors will…
The Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) standard is one of the most novel and helpful set of rules in our electronic and digitized age. The EDI standard has been used to exchange transactions between businesses electronically rather than sending paper-based information. Like so many key technologies, EDI has changed over the years to adapt to changing…
In the last 12 months, Google, Facebook and Instagram have joined the traditional online selling centers of Amazon, Shopify and WalMart, opening up tremendous new opportunities. The growing popularity of online marketplaces has provided retail vendors great new opportunities for marketing their goods. E-commerce selling has been the one growing opportunity for vendors that want…
However limited, business is still being conducted. We have always seen our role as being totally at the service of our customers. As a company whose product is technology, it was a straight line for us to move from in-office to at-home operations but we know it is much more challenging for some of our…