Brightpearl is today announcing it will power the growth of Shopify’s recently launched collection of retail hardware, which includes a redesigned Tap & Chip Reader, as well as the Dock and Retail Stand, to offer a more comprehensive solution for brick-and-mortar retailers. Shopify is now employing Brightpearl’s retailer-first digital operations platform to automate and support the fulfillment and distribution of new hardware […]
Category: eCommerce
Which Tools to Use for Amazon Market Research
Are you an Amazon seller? Then you’ve probably realized that the market is hyper-competitive. And, Amazon market research tools are what you need to make it easier for you. But, how do you identify the right tools? The great news is, there are many. And, we’ve prepared 6 of the most effective ones. The right […]
Finbold.com: US accounts for 73% of all live Shopify websites
Finbold.com announced new research showing US stores account for 73% of all live Shopify eCommerce websites worldwide at 1.09 million Data acquired by Finbold.com indicates that the United States accounts for the highest number of live Shopify eCommerce websites at 1.09 million. The number represents about 73.24% of all Shopify eCommerce live websites globally. Health […]
Social Media Marketing Strategies for eCommerce Stores
There’s never been more competition than there is right now in the eCommerce industry. If you are running an eCommerce business, you are probably very aware of just how important social media has become when it comes to the evolution of shopping online. With popular social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, and YouTube […]
What Are Some Great Ecommerce Business Ideas?
Starting an ecommerce business seems like a great idea. People are spending a lot of their time at home, and, naturally, the internet is one of the most attractive locations. The internet provides entertainment, means to socialize with friends and family, and shopping. Many businesses have moved online because of the pandemic, and […]
Elastic Path, Apptus survey B2B buyers to make the case for improved commerce experiences
B2B vendors can see the size of a deal shrink by 20 per cent if buyers aren’t satisfied with their experience, and nearly half are losing customers due to poor commerce capabilities, according to studies from Apptus and Elastic Path. In an effort to demonstrate the value of automated processes and more streamlined ways to […]
B2B Next 2019 takes ‘choose your own adventure’ approach to educating e-commerce professionals
Executives from Unilever, Caterpillar, and Johnson Controls will be among the speakers heading to Chicago late next month for the second annual B2B Next, which explores the evolution of e-commerce between corporations, partners, suppliers, customers and other stakeholders. According to Mary Wagner, editorial director of live content, the event’s agenda is driven by the growing […]
Paradigm B2B reimagines e-commerce buyers’ guide with enterprise and mid-market Combine reports
The limitations of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant, Forrester’s Wave and similar market research offerings have inspired Paradigm B2B to launch a series of reports called Combine that break down the merits of e-commerce applications for enterprise and mid-market buyers. Chicago-based Paradigm B2B, which released its first two Combine reports last week, said the research also drew […]
Nearly half of B2B buyers tell PROS survey they’d pay 5% extra to get pricing instantly
While a majority of B2B buyers say they still want to deal with sales reps for complex configurations and special pricing, 48 per cent told a survey from PROS they would spend five per cent more to get pricing information right away, and most don’t want to wait more than two hours to hear back […]
Impact CEO argues partnerships will drive more growth than extra sales people or more ads
A company simply called Impact wants to do for developing and managing enterprise partner relationships what Salesforce did for sales teams and Marketo did for marketing teams, according to its CEO. Speaking at its second annual Impact Growth summit in New York on Tuesday, Impact’s David Yovanno argued that referrals from influencers, publishers or even native […]
Pimcore Data Hub brings product and web content together to address a key CX challenge
Pimcore has launched a tool designed to solve what its co-CEO suggests is an overlooked challenge in the quest to improve customer experience: bringing product details, digital assets and other information into a common format for use in e-commerce and other areas. The company, which is originally from Austria but has U.S. offices in Houston, […]
SAP Ariba and Fieldglass CMO puts ‘experience management’ in a B2B context
SAP on Tuesday kicked off its annual SapphireNOW conference with a focus on “experience management” following its recent acquisition of Qualtrics — and the CMO of SAP’s Ariba and Fieldglass businesses is already thinking about what it will mean for her B2B customers. The company announced 10 different offerings as part of its XM platform […]
The state of B2B e-commerce in 2019 (so far)
B2B e-commerce is changing at a rapid pace. A report from Forrester suggests that the US B2B e-commerce industry will hit $1.8 trillion by 2023. Besides, there would be a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10% for B2B eCommerce over the next five years. Another report from Frost and Sullivan presents a different scenario. […]
Amazon Business and Google overtake supplier portals as B2B buyers’ starting point: Avionos
Thirty per cent of corporate customers now start their e-commerce purchases on sites owned by consumer giants Amazon and Google rather than the 22 per cent who turn first to independent supplier portals, according to research that will be released Wednesday by Avionos. The Chicago-based digital commerce marketing firm’s 2019 report, titled Positioning B2B Commerce […]
Paya Connect promises increased ‘acceptance capabilities’ like Apple Pay to B2B merchants
A payment solutions vendor called Paya on Wednesday launched a platform it said will make it easier for B2B merchants to accept Apple Pay, Android Pay and other point-of-sale and transactional options from their customers. Paya, which is based in Atlanta, is aiming Paya Connect at enterprise developers in health-care, the non-profit sector and other […]
Elastic Path CMO knows better than to use a hard sell to market ‘headless’ e-commerce
An Uber ride is an e-commerce transaction, but you don’t swipe your credit card before climbing out of the car. If you press an Amazon Dash button you get products delivered instantly. Now Elastic Path CMO Darin Archer is trying to help B2B organizations achieve a similarly quick, convenient and seamless way to conduct all […]
Showpad launches AR e-commerce as a way for sales people to offer a more immersive buying experience
Sales enablement software firm Showpad has released what it describes as an AR e-commerce tool that will let B2B buyers get a closer look and feel at what they’re purchasing and how it might work in their organization. Using Apple’s ARKit, the AR e-commerce tool allows sales people to develop models that are projected through […]
Avionos research shows most procurement officers are bypassing supplier portals in favor of some consumer-friendly search options
Even though they work in B2B firms, 78 per cent of procurement managers begin looking for product searches on Amazon or Google rather than a vendor’s own site, and most are disappointed by what they find, according to a new report from Avionos. Avionos, a digital marketing firm based in Chicago, surveyed 160 U.S. B2B […]
Magento Commerce discovers why many B2B firms aren’t completely sold on the capabilities of e-commerce tools
More than half of B2B organizations said integration with legacy technologies is hampering their adoption of e-commerce tools and 37 per cent say they lack the ability to support various sales channels, according to a research study from Magento Commerce. While 85 per cent of organizations said they were interested in offering customers ways to […]
The importance of e-commerce transparency, explained
Throughout the supply chain – from manufacturer to distributor to retailer to end consumer – the connections between each party are increasingly remote. At a time when ingredients, manufacturers and end consumers may each be in a different continent, maintaining control and visibility throughout the entire network — or e-commerce transparency is more important now […]