While eCommerce is a huge investment for a B2B company, it can return some very measurable benefits, such as increased profits, increased efficiency and customer loyalty. But did you realize there are additional benefits an eCommerce site can offer, ones that may not...
Implementation
Plan and Prepare for Your eCommerce Journey
Is your company ready to offer an online shopping experience for its customers? Before you begin the arduous but worthwhile journey to create an eCommerce site, make sure you’ve got your trip planned, your preparations made and the right platform and partner on board....
Back-End Implementation and Data Voted Top Two Implementation Barriers
During a live poll at the recent B2B Online conference in Chicago, attendees ranked data (sharing, cleansing) and back-end integrations as the top two implementation barriers they face in getting their businesses effectively online. These concerns topped channel...
Making Employees a part of the eCommerce Evolution
Setting up an online store is not only challenging in itself, but companies also have to be aware of how their employees view the transition. So how can you make this transition less threatening for employees and help them understandthe changes that lie ahead? Keep...
Against the Wind: De-coupling technology in the age of omni-channel
(This is an edited version of an article originally submitted to the Eclipse User Group October 2014 Newsletter) Nearly 24 years ago, I rode my motorcycle each morning from a small apartment on Martha's Vineyard to an office where I wrote code all day. It was in that...
B2B business? Join the eCommerce bandwagon!
Earlier this year Forrester and EpiServer conducted a survey on the success of B2B eCommerce. Appropriately titled ‘B2B eCommerce gets results - Get on board now’, the report tells us how 100 different organizations with median annual revenues of one billion dollars...
eCommerce for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are incubators for the growth of innovation and of employment. They not only play an important role in the United States where they account for 99% of all business establishments, and have generated 9.8 Million jobs between 1993 and...