Hyper-personal logistics: Omnichannel’s balancing act
Alex MacPherson, Director of Solution Consultancy and Account Management at Manhattan Associates, explores how retailers can find the right balance between the ever-increasing demands for seemingly faster, more personalised brand experiences, while at the same time balancing the need to be more sustainable and environmentally conscious as brands and consumers… Ethical and sustainable behaviour has […]
Making sure your app and website is ready for peak shopping
As Black Friday quickly approaches, it marks the start of the holiday shopping season and endless opportunities for ecommerce sites to advertise tempting promotions for sales-hungry customers. In 2021, UK shoppers roughly spent £9.2bn in Black Friday sales. With the cost of living crisis hitting households hard, it’s hard to predict what this year’s figures […]
Data in retail – The power it can harness
By Charles Southwood, Regional VP at Denodo Historically, retail has always centred around the in-store industry and is categorised as singular and transactional. However, as data begins to underpin the retail industry, retailers are discovering that is far from the case in today’s society. As our lives have become busier in the return to a […]
The unexpected opportunity to accelerate a green commerce revolution
Worldwide pandemics and more recently, military conflicts in Eastern Europe are continuing to cause significant disruption to global commerce, supply chains and consumers. However, in an unexpected turn of fortune, these very same events present an opportunity to rethink many of the approaches that have facilitated rampant consumerism and exacerbated the climate crisis. In due […]
The most overlooked method of improving conversion rates
In the era of accelerating digital opportunity and hypercompetition, ecommerce teams need websites and apps that deliver value to customers from the moment they’re released, with constant updates to functionality that open up more sales opportunities, drive loyalty and increase conversions. Global ecommerce sales are predicted to reach $7.385 trillion by 2025. How will you […]
How will shoppers pay online in 2026?
By TrueLayer Cards have been successful in driving global commerce over the last century, but they weren’t designed for digital. The experience of paying by card online is often poor and security is weak — yet costs to businesses remains high. In 2021, credit and debit cards made up 41% of all ecommerce payments in […]
The future of ecommerce payments: 3 ways open banking is ready to challenge card payments
By TrueLayer One key motivation behind open banking is to enable the growth of alternative payment methods. With the continuing growth of online retail sales and the card network’s ageing infrastructure, there’s an opportunity for the ecommerce industry to embrace open banking payments. Here are three reasons why open banking is ready to challenge the […]
Connect, Manage, Optimize: The three pillars of payment orchestration explained
Payment orchestration is getting more and more buzz in the digital payments world. It will soon become a requirement in the software stack of businesses trading internationally. This article from BridgerPay will walk you through the three principles that make payment orchestration the invaluable tool it is… Payment orchestration is not just a buzzword. It’s […]
FREE GUIDE: Automate your ecommerce operations to drive growth
By Linnworks As your sales increase and your operations scale across multiple channels, automation is key to keeping control as you drive growth. To continue finding new customers and growing sales, retailers need to be wherever their customers want to shop. To deliver a frictionless and convenient experience from product discovery right through to fulfillment […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Magento 2 + Thunes
Magento is a powerful e-commerce platform that offers both an open source version for smaller businesses and the enterprise level offering for more advanced sellers. Built on top of industry leading technologies, choose simplicity with this free integration of our Magento 2 plugin. The rise in online shopping has been exponential. To keep up with this […]
