With a host of events around the corner, we thought it was time to update last year’s list with the freshest information on the best eCommerce events for B2B and B2C you could be a part of this year (or for some, meet us at!). B2C eCommerce Events (or skip to B2B events) Shoptalk March
Cloud economics can be a touchy subject. Much of the hype surrounding cloud hosting points to a shiny list of organization-wide changes — this includes watershed upgrades to strategy, scalability, cost and beyond. While such excitement is deserved, the cloud is not as plug-and-play as most promotions would have us believe. An apples-to-apples comparison of
$1.13 Trillion. According to a third-party research firm, that’s how much US manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors are predicted to sell online (inclusive of EDI) by the year 2020 – less than four years from now.1 By the way, that figure represents more than twice the 2014 prediction of $304.91 billion in US retaileCommerce sales. Suffice to
Last month some of the leading Oracle Commerce experts met in San Francisco to share their knowledge and learn from each others’ experiences with the platform. The occasion that brought these people together was Spark::red Insight West, one of the annual Spark::red Insight events tailored to the Oracle Commerce community. With speakers that included both Oracle Commerce customers
Last week some of the most well-known Oracle Commerce customers and industry experts met at the Oracle offices in Cambridge, MA to hear industry news, share their experiences with the platform and learn best practices. Inspired by ATG Insight, the Oracle Commerce Insight East is one of the series of ATG and Endeca community meet-ups
Earlier this month, Internet Retailer published the 2014 Top 500 Guide. Based on a thorough analysis of the top 100 online retailers listed in the Guide, I was able to gather the following information about eCommerce platforms used by the largest online retailers in America. 1. Most online retailers use in-house built eCommerce platforms. The
Updated – May 27, 2014 If you work for a large online retailer and are looking for an eCommerce platform, you probably research different platforms’ capabilities and prices. While this step is very important, having examples of the biggest sites using those platforms can also be helpful. By looking at different platform-based online stores (product
Global eCommerce sales will reach $963 billion by 2013, growing at an annual rate of 19.4%, predicts Goldman Sachs in JP Morgan’s annual Nothing But Net: 2011 Internet Investment Guide on digital commerce. The report surveyed over 1,000 internet users to get insight into consumer behavior and eCommerce trends. Underscoring the growing importance of international
Let’s start with one important forecast from a recent Steel House data flash: 60% of buyers plan to spend more money via online shopping! Taking that trend into account, I read a few surveys and articles about online shopping published since this past March. Those articles gave me the idea to work on a list