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Online Shopping Isn’t as Profitable as You Think

Harvard Business Review

When I argue that e-commerce isn’t likely to destroy innovative omnichannel retailers , I typically receive passionate responses. Census Bureau, ComScore, eMarketer, and Forrester. In general, however, e-commerce operations aren’t as cheap to run as most people think. in operating margins over the past three years.

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Quality vs Frequency: What's Your Mobile Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

Most telecom operators and banks fall in this quadrant. Many health insurers are in this spot, since they typically rate at the bottom of scores like the Forrester Customer Experience Index. Innovations in Digital and Mobile Marketing An HBR Insight Center. Brick and Mortars (Still) Can''t Beat the Web on Price.

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The Battle Over iPhones in India

Harvard Business Review

Forrester Research reports that online spending in India will grow to nearly $75 billion by 2020, from $12.1 Facebook launched an initiative aimed at bringing online the vast majority of the Indian population with no internet access through a controversial but innovative initiative called Free Basics. Although only one-fifth of its 1.3

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