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The B2B buying experience is set for a revolution, according to Wunderman Thompson Commerce & Technology’s new B2B Future Shopper report, with 67% of B2B buyers wanting to conduct their online buying via an avatar in the metaverse. Whilst this might seem fanciful, B2B buyers are desperate for experiences that …
Read More »Over two-thirds of B2B buyers want to buy via an avatar in the metaverse
The B2B buying experience is set for a revolution, according to Wunderman Thompson Commerce & Technology’s new B2B Future Shopper report, with 67% of B2B buyers wanting to conduct their online buying via an avatar in the metaverse. Whilst this might seem fanciful, B2B buyers are desperate for experiences that …
Read More »Almost 90% of Mid-Market IT Decision-Makers Think They’re Losing Influence Over IT Purchases
New independent research commissioned by Node4, the cloud-led digital transformation Managed Services Provider (MSP), reveals that 84% of IT decision-makers in mid-market companies think that their influence over IT purchases has diminished in the last 12 months. It’s a situation that has its roots in the Bring Your Own Device …
Read More »Side tackling the skills shortage
The IT skills shortage has been an issue for years, and is not going away anytime soon. In fact, as businesses strive to be more digital and data-led, the available pool of candidates is getting even smaller, explains Donna Bain, SVP People and Development Westcon-Comstor. According to recent statistics, three-quarters …
Read More »Order Management 101: Two strategies to optimise retail fulfilment
Rob Shaw, SVP Global Sales at Fluent Commerce, explores the benefits of drop shipping and explains what retailers can do to make it work. Over the last two years, with consumers compelled to shift to online channels, retailers have had to supercharge their operations to respond efficiently to these changing …
Read More »Summer sale returns turn up the heat for retailers
Genefa Murphy, CMO at Five9 explores the impact the rise in the cost of living is having on the retail industry as consumers look to tighten their outgoings. With soaring temperatures echoing the UK’s soaring rates of inflation, experts are warning that retailers are facing a challenging summer. Trends indicate …
Read More »Three Reasons Ecommerce Merchants Should Monitor the Battle Between Amazon and Shopify
Derek O’Carroll, CEO of Brightpearl investigates the highly competitive world of ecommerce. The behind the scenes battle going on between the two biggest ecommerce platforms in the US – Amazon and Shopify – could have significant implications for merchants. Amazon’s real customer is the end consumer – rather than the …
Read More »Extracting maximum value from an eCommerce CMS is down to systems integrators
Alison Williams, Business Development Director, Amplience look at how SI’s can help to create ‘information architecture’ and coach customers to model their content effectively. We’re back in physical stores, but this has made little difference to the popularity of eCommerce, which continues steadily along its rising trajectory. This does not …
Read More »Three Reasons Ecommerce Merchants Should Monitor the Battle Between Amazon and Shopify
Derek O’Carroll, CEO of Brightpearl investigates the highly competitive world of ecommerce. The behind the scenes battle going on between the two biggest ecommerce platforms in the US – Amazon and Shopify – could have significant implications for merchants. Amazon’s real customer is the end consumer – rather than the …
Read More »June Retail Analysis: The greatest shift in the history of commerce is coming
Soumaya Hamzaoui, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at RedCloud, explores the shift toward open commerce and how Web3 and decentralised platforms will be integral to the next phase in a user-controlled Internet. Since the dawn of time, global commerce has been linked to economic development. From the Silk Road, which …
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