Stories of Success from a Record-Breaking Black Friday 2020

Leading up to the 2020 holiday season, the Pivotree team helped clients get ready for what we termed “the most digital Black Friday ever.” As the dust settles on Cyber 5 – the period of Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday – we’re excited to report that our clients, including leaders across several retail categories, experienced record-breaking 2020 Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.

Worried About Holiday Site Stability? Build an Infrastructure Plan

According to Deloitte, holiday ecommerce sales will get a huge boost this year, climbing 25-35%.  With droves of shoppers moving online (and shopping earlier than ever), merchants are staring down two big challenges: What if your infrastructure isn’t up to the challenge? During these peak times, site stability is essential. Even small missteps in your

Why Convenience is Crucial for the 2020 Holidays

After a challenging year (to say the least), this holiday season provides a golden opportunity to amp up digital commerce and turn the 2020 tides. Retailers know that many consumers are ready to spend – we see “Giftober” deals rolling in every day. Overall, experts expect seasonal online sales to jump 35% this year, and

Building an Oracle Commerce (ATG) Autoscaling Solution

Originally published in the Pivotree Cloud Technology Blog. The Challenge Pivotree had a client who wanted to autoscale ATG application servers under certain conditions. The challenge was that previously servers were provisioned and built up based on requirements and were static. Server configurations were baked into the EAR and called using JVM args. Any platform integration was

Building a Business Case for Manufacturing eCommerce: A “Zoomside” Chat with Serge Rose

I recently sat down with Serge Rose (LinkedIn profile here), an eCommerce veteran and thought leader, to discuss his thoughts and advice for manufacturers who need to adapt and evolve the way they do business for this new digital world. The COVID-19 pandemic has only increased the urgency for this evolution – and we’re ready

How to Be Digitally Agile in a Post-COVID World

While the world may look radically different in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, many of the commerce disruptions were already expected, just not on such a rapid timeline. The next few years were predicted to bring a shift toward more online buying, but that shift happened virtually overnight, spurred on by a global pandemic.