For retailers, managing store operations is much different than overseeing effective ecommerce processes. These two shopping mediums vary greatly, but consumers still prefer to use both to find and buy the products they want. For this reason, many businesses are offering both channels, and for those that haven't yet, now is the time to do so.

Bloomberg Businessweek reports that retailers that specialize mainly online are now venturing into the brick-and-mortar realm. Ecommerce may seem that it has taken over the retail industry and become customers preferred method of shopping, but that is certainly not the case, as internet merchants are realizing just how important storefronts are.

The source notes that ecommerce retailers are making the move to physical storefronts because they believe it is a great way to boost brand awareness and capture sales from consumers who otherwise may have not known about certain products and services if they didn't come across brick-and-mortar locations. But these businesses aren't forgetting about their online platforms; they are incorporating web aspects into their physical spaces, Bloomberg Businessweek explains.

To effectively manage both ecommerce and store operations, companies can use retail management software to handle all of their processes and procedures.