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Tolkien wrote about a fantasy journey through a land of dwarves, elves, and hobbits. But his world might feel surprisingly familiar to your own epic journey towards digital marketplace expansion. Like Middle-earth, modern commerce is easily fragmented. And while there is no Sauron to vanquish, the threats—channel chaos, manual work, disconnected tools—can cast long-shadows just as formidable as any Dark Lord.

Learn more about the growing impact of online returns and what retailers and brands need to know now.

Returns are shaping purchasing decisions—Rithum’s new data reveals 47% of consumers have stopped shopping with a retailer over a return policy, and 88% now expect free returns, highlighting opportunity for loyalty and long-term profitability.

A whopping 60% of retailers and brands report ongoing profitability challenges. By prioritizing growth at all costs, instead of looking at the factors chipping away at that very growth from the inside, you end up throwing good money after bad priorities. Here's a better way to start scaling.

Learn how brands and retailers can prepare for 2025 peak sales events. Get strategies for Prime Day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and global holiday shopping success.

The chaos of creating listings, inventory, and data across siloed channels can sneak up on you right at crucial growth milestones. Here's what to look for, and how to shift towards visibility and connectivity.

This is not our usual style blog post, but these are unusual times in e-commerce. And we’re getting a lot of questions about how Rithum specifically can help amidst the uncertainty. So we want to yell the message loud and clear: Rithum can help you thrive in unpredictable markets. Here's how.

Amazon Prime Day 2025 is on track to break records. Here are the five things to do right now to get ready for the biggest Prime Day event in history.

After a few days of recuperation from the whirlwind, I caught up with James Lang, Dylan Hogan, and Matt Mallouk, to get their takes on what had the biggest buzz across everything they saw, heard, and shared at Shoptalk 2025.