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Scraping Decathlon using Playwright in Python

Thasni M A

May 5, 202313 min read

Scraping Decathlon using Playwright in Python

Decathlon is a rеnownеd sporting goods rеtailеr that offеrs a divеrsе rangе of products, including sports apparеl, shoеs and еquipmеnt....

How to Build an Amazon Price Tracker using Python

Tony Paul

Jul 22, 20226 min read

How to Build an Amazon Price Tracker using Python

Everybody loves to get their products on amazon at their lowest prices. I have a bucket list full of electronic gadgets that I am waiting...

Predatory Pricing of eCommerce companies in the pulse oximeter category: Data & Insights

Tony Paul

May 20, 202111 min read

Predatory Pricing of eCommerce companies in the pulse oximeter category: Data & Insights

With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the market for medical equipment for at-home health monitoring has witnessed a boom. One of...

The Indian Washing Machine Market: Product Category Analysis and Insights

Bhagyeshwari Chauhan

May 12, 20216 min read

The Indian Washing Machine Market: Product Category Analysis and Insights

The Indian washing machines market is expected to grow between 3 - 4 CAGR from 2021 to 2025. For a country with over a billion people,...

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It’s the Season to Get Holiday Pricing Right!

Fiona Mathews

Dec 8, 20204 min read

It’s the Season to Get Holiday Pricing Right!

To say a lot has changed this year would be an understatement. The pandemic has globally affected consumer spending across all income...

3 Ways Popular Price Comparison Websites Gather Data

Bhagyeshwari Chauhan

Dec 3, 20204 min read

3 Ways Popular Price Comparison Websites Gather Data

A few years back, a typical online buyer looking to buy apparel or an electronic gadget would scour the web to compare prices from...

5 Major Challenges That Make Amazon Data Scraping Painful

Bhagyeshwari Chauhan

Oct 27, 20206 min read

5 Major Challenges That Make Amazon Data Scraping Painful

Amazon has been on the cutting edge of collecting, storing, and analyzing a large amount of data. Be it customer data, product...

How To Scrape Amazon Data Using Python Scrapy

Bhagyeshwari Chauhan

Oct 21, 20206 min read

How To Scrape Amazon Data Using Python Scrapy

With a large number of companies providing products, price, review, and other forms of monitoring solutions for Amazon, scraping Amazon...

The Retailer’s Guide to Price Optimization Solutions to Increase Profits

Fiona Mathews

Sep 8, 20206 min read

The Retailer’s Guide to Price Optimization Solutions to Increase Profits

Pricing is actually very simple. Customers will not pay literally a penny more than the true value of the product. ~ Ron Johnson, former...

How to Hit a Home Run as an Amazon Seller

Sakshi Ragini

Jan 29, 20207 min read

How to Hit a Home Run as an Amazon Seller

Amazon is a global platform that harbors buyers and sellers, both. Nowadays, its online presence defines a business. Hence, all merchants...

FLASH SALES: How Web Scraping Helps Businesses Win Big

Sakshi Ragini

Nov 16, 20199 min read

FLASH SALES: How Web Scraping Helps Businesses Win Big

What differentiates a successful business from a mediocre performing business? We say it is their sales and marketing strategy. A...

Start an Online Fashion Store in 7 Simple Steps – Part 2

Amrin Kareem

Oct 31, 20195 min read

Start an Online Fashion Store in 7 Simple Steps – Part 2

If you’re planning to start a business, more specifically an ecommerce venture, why not start an online fashion store? And since you’ve...

Start an Online Fashion Store in 7 Simple Steps – Part 1

Amrin Kareem

Oct 11, 20196 min read

Start an Online Fashion Store in 7 Simple Steps – Part 1

The world is becoming fashion-savvier day by day. People are more concerned about how closely they resemble their on-screen idols. The...

12 Essential Key Metrics That E-commerce Businesses Must Track

Srishti Saha

Jul 2, 20199 min read

12 Essential Key Metrics That E-commerce Businesses Must Track

Online retail or e-commerce has become a new playing arena for many companies. A lot of major e-commerce sites monitor some key...

How can Web Scraping Social Media data help E-commerce Owners

Harshit Agrawal

Jan 2, 20196 min read

How can Web Scraping Social Media data help E-commerce Owners

E-commerce is a significant internet industry, which also makes one of the most competitive ones. Companies are looking to maximise their...

The Economy of the Web Scraping Industry

Srishti Saha

Dec 24, 20186 min read

The Economy of the Web Scraping Industry

The web scraping industry is penetrating every other industrial vertical. With the large volumes of data available for multiple purposes,...

How Web Scraping Can Optimize Online Merchandising

Anmol Chawla

Oct 13, 20186 min read

How Web Scraping Can Optimize Online Merchandising

Today’s online shoppers don’t only buy products, but they also buy experiences. How quickly does the screen load, how seamless are the...

How to Use Predictive Analytics to Prevent Customer Problems Before they Arise

Rupal Mishra

Aug 6, 20185 min read

How to Use Predictive Analytics to Prevent Customer Problems Before they Arise

Prevention is better than cure. An important point to consider for a successful business is forecasting problems before they arise and...

How Web Scraping can be Used to Increase Dropshipping Sales

Rupal Mishra

Jul 26, 20186 min read

How Web Scraping can be Used to Increase Dropshipping Sales

Imagine getting an extremely relevant and vital piece of information, for as little as $3.33 per hour. How appealing it sounds? One of...

Chatbots for Retail: How retailers are using chatbots to boost customer engagement

Bhagyeshwari Chauhan

Jun 26, 20186 min read

Chatbots for Retail: How retailers are using chatbots to boost customer engagement

In present age, technology is developing at a pace faster than our ability to keep up with it. With technologies like embedded analytics...

Walmart Acquires Flipkart: Impact on the Retail Industry and Consumers

Bhagyeshwari Chauhan

May 20, 20183 min read

Walmart Acquires Flipkart: Impact on the Retail Industry and Consumers

Earlier last week, the Indian retail scenario saw a major transformation with an acquisition that involved one of the biggest players in...

How Web Scraping Can be used to Automate Dropshipping

Tony Paul

May 9, 20184 min read

How Web Scraping Can be used to Automate Dropshipping

Over the past two decades, the internet has evolved from a geek’s work to a common man’s daily functioning tool for pretty much...

Online vs In-Store Shopping: How Can Retailers Close the Gap Between Online & In-Store Shopping

Bhagyeshwari Chauhan

Apr 6, 20184 min read

Online vs In-Store Shopping: How Can Retailers Close the Gap Between Online & In-Store Shopping

In today’s world, the word “shopping” doesn’t only mean the purchase of a product. Rather, it’s an entire customer experience. Right from...

How 2018 will Usher in the Next Disruption in Online Shopping

Bhagyeshwari Chauhan

Apr 4, 20183 min read

How 2018 will Usher in the Next Disruption in Online Shopping

Humans are a creature of habit. We love our habits, but we also like them challenged. Whenever the market presents a new toy for the...

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