2016 is well and truly underway but we’re not quite ready to let go of 2015 so we decided to reminisce on our best content and top retail trends from 2015. We didn’t want to be selfish and keep it all to ourselves, so we’ve rounded up the top 5 pieces from last year for you to newly discover or reminisce with us!
2015 was a big year for retail with too many changes to mention, but our favourites include thecontinued growth of mobile commerce, Amazon rolling out same-day delivery in areas of both the US and UK, and Facebook launching a “buy” button.
Brightpearl also had a big 2015 with several exciting product updates (including Landed Costs, Brightpearl Insights and Drop-shipping), a huge Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend where we processed up to 14,000 orders per hour and 4.5 million items were shipped using Brightpearl, and we collaborated with ecommerce giant, Alibaba.com.
But moving on to content, what did you enjoy reading the most? What advice was most helpful? We’ve come up with our top content of 2015 by taking a look at which blogs, white papers and customer stories had the highest number of interactions at the end of the year.
Take a trip down memory lane and check out our top 5 pieces of content in 2015…
5. How Online Shoppers Will Drive Retail Change in 2015
Kicking things off in 5th place is a blog from back near the beginning of 2015. It takes a look at how online shoppers will drive retail change in 2015.
The blog explores using data to understand customer preferences and behaviour, eBay’s smart dressing room technology and changes to PayPal. It predicts they will all drive retail change in 2015.
Why not take a read and decide if the predicted trends were true?
4. 13 Reasons Every Retailer Should Use Purchase Orders
Ranking at number 4 is a white paper to help you maintain an efficient system for purchase orders and help your business grow. It offers 13 tips for maintaining control of your products, suppliers and employees, allowing you to get back to the heart of what you do.
In this white paper you can learn the best way to manage orders, receipts and invoices, how purchase orders help prevent overpaying and over-buying, how to improve forecasting, reporting and decision-making, a strategy for increasing visibility and sales, and how to share responsibility with your whole team.
Learn more about purchase orders by downloading this free guide.
3. Oaklandish Marries Civic Pride with Savvy Retailing
Coming in at number 3 is a customer story about our lovely customer, Oaklandish. Oaklandish are a scaling, multi-channel retail business which evolved from a street art campaign highlighting Oakland historical figures.
We spoke to Oaklandish to hear all about their business, find out what they think of Brightpearl and shoot a small business success story video. With the help of Brightpearl, Oaklandish have saved $2,400 in operational costs per month, grown 25-35% annually and saved 40 staff hours per month.
Find out more by reading Oaklandish’s customer story.
2. 10 Reasons Accurate Inventory Tracking Matters
The runner up in the top content of 2015 contest is our always-relevant white paper on accurate inventory tracking. For many retailers accurate inventory tracking can be extremely time and resource consuming. This guide outlines 10 reasons why it matters and why it’s worth the effort!
In this thoroughly educational white paper you’ll learn how to prevent missed sales from out-of-stock products, tips on how to avoid costing yourself money through overstocking, how to improve your customer experience and a strategy for producing more accurate reports.
If you haven’t already got your hands on this guide, get your free downloadable copy now.
1. How to capture the impulse shopper effectively
Taking the top spot is this blog on impulse shoppers and how to encourage them to spend their money with you. Impulse shoppers are never going to disappear so why not check out these tips to help increase profits.
This blog offers advice on how to utilise the placement of merchandise, complementary products, special offers and POS.
Find out how to capture your impulse shoppers effectively here.
Have a different favourite than those above or is there anything you’d like to see us write about in 2016? Let us know by commenting below.
