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Regardless of where you live, you can’t help but notice that we’re nearing that part of the year when the focus shifts to all things holiday-related. If you haven’t noticed, all you need to do is visit some of your favorite e-commerce sites and you’ll notice holiday-themed beginning to appear. …

E-tailers and retailers alike are prepping for another holiday season. While the retail industry’s labor shortage isn’t as dire as it was in 2020 and 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that there are still nearly 800,000 retail-based job openings across the country to…

Co-hosting Cloudinary’s DevJams podcast with Jen Brissman allows me to engage in insightful conversations with developers who are pushing the boundaries of how images and videos can be delivered.  In Episode #20 of the podcast, we spoke with…

For retail brands it’s like you can set your watch to the annual holiday-prep cycle. The first quarter of the year, you’re assessing the previous season’s results while ideating and designing for the next. By late spring/early summer, suppliers are delivering materials and manufacturing goes into full swing. By mid-year,…

For some, namely retailers, the holidays can be pretty stressful. Mainly because for many retailers, the holidays really are the most wonderful time of the year bringing in big bucks. How big? According to the National Retail Federation, sales during 2022’s November to December holiday season…

On Cloudinary’s DevJams podcast, I have the incredible opportunity to chat with developers who create innovative, inspiring projects with images and videos. These projects cover a wide range of digital experiences, including websites and mobile apps. Together with my co-host, Jen Brissman, we explore the…

Compelling, conversion-worthy visual experiences fill shopping carts. A recent Cloudinary global e-commerce consumer survey backs this up. Of the nearly 3,000 survey respondents, 47% credited their purchasing decision to user reviews that included images. More than a quarter stated that branded videos were a must-have for…

For retailers, November and December are two of the most profitable months of the year. Then comes January. The first month of the year is infamous for the holiday returns that cut into retailer’s hard-earned holiday revenue. According to the National Retail Federation, 17.9% of merchandise purchased…

Images are an important part of the web, so delivering the right image for the right device at the right time while maintaining optimized quality is very important. In this article, we’ll go over a few techniques using Cloudinary-React SDK v2 and JavaScript SDK v2 to apply transformations to our…