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9 Plays e-Commerce Leaders Are Running to Protect Margin
On the surface, selling out sounds like a pretty good holiday problem to have. That’s the case until the costs add up.
CommerceIQ discovered that stockouts cost brands 140% more than baseline on Black Friday and 248% more on Cyber Monday.
Holiday growth can be difficult because more sales don’t always mean more profit. Margin quietly disappears across ad spend, discounts, inventory decisions, creator payouts, and returns that hit in January.
9 Plays to Defend Your Margin This Holiday Season looks at nine of those places, including:
Healthy ROAS hiding money-losing SKUs
Discounts on products shoppers aren’t price-comparing
Ad dollars going toward inventory at risk of stocking out
Creator payouts capped by first-order math
Returns that turn into refunds instead of exchanges
Plus learn four more ways to keep more of what you earn this Q4.
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Great for job hunters who dread the blank page.
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You answer, file, forward and remind yourself, and the inbox still fills up by lunch.
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Slot it between your inbox and your calendar and you have a little back office that never clocks out.
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Your ads never learn from what worked 📉
You launch 3 ads, 1 does well, and nobody has time to make more like it.
Runway Ads closes that loop.
Connect your ad account and brand kit, and it makes video and image ads for you.
It publishes them to Meta, Google and TikTok after you approve, then reads the results and makes the next round from whatever earned the spend.
You set the budget limits, and approval stays switched on by default.
It’s brand new and pricing isn’t public yet, so treat it as one to watch.
Great for small brands who want more ads without more hours.
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You know the look you want, but 40 sliders stand between you and it.
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Photoshop applies it with real layers and masks, so you can still tweak every step afterwards.
Your photos are edited on your own computer, and it’s free to install.
You’ll need Photoshop and an AI assistant like Claude Desktop, so it suits the slightly curious.
Great for photographers and small shops who want faster edits without losing control.
I’ll be back soon with more great discoveries.
EVƎ 1♡1
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