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Announcing Forrester’s 2012 B2C Commerce Suites Wave
After many, many months of analysis and hard work, we are very pleased to have published the 2012 edition of the B2C Commerce Suitesr eport - or the artist formerly known as the "eCommerce Platform Wave". Some high-level conclusions:Read moreCategories:Agile Commerce
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Announcing Forrester’s 2012 B2C Commerce Suites Wave
After many, many months of analysis and hard work, we are very pleased to have published the 2012 edition of the B2C Commerce Suites report - or the artist formerly known as the "eCommerce Platform Wave". Some high-level conclusions:Read moreCategories:Agile Commerce
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Join Me And Drive Our Next Generation Commerce Technology Research
Wow, do I have the perfect job for the right person. We have just posted a new position to join me in developing, creating, publishing, and delivering research and consulting services to inspire and guide eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. This Associate Analyst will write and publish leading eCommerce and agile commerce research and become a critical member of Forrester's eBusiness and channel strategy research team. They will also be out in front of ...
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Amazon.com: Friend or Foe?
As Amazon.com has grown aggressively in recent years, expanded into diverse businesses, and achieved profitability, its impact on the eBusiness and retail sectors is greater now than ever before. For many businesses, Amazon is simultaneously a sales channel, a potential service provider, and a competitive threat. To explore this complex relationship and to understand Amazon both today and where they are going next, my colleague Sucharita Mulpuru and I conducted many interviews with retail ...
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Where Does Commerce Technology Investment Stand Today?
As customer behavior continues to evolve, and digital channels become ever more important to businesses, eBusiness budgets have been steadily rising since 2008. In 2010, the average company invested $34.4 million on their customer-facing online presence, and the average mobile and social spending both passed the $2 million per year mark. There has also strong growth is spending in eCommerce technology, with nearly two-thirds of eBusiness professionals citing an increase in eCommerce technology investment ...
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How to Start Your eCommerce Business in China
China has become the leading emerging market for many Western brands and retailers. For many businesses, the growing spending power of high-income consumers and the middle class in China has become a compelling growth engine. For luxury brands, China is already a huge growth market, and many Western companies have had a brand presence in China for many years, albeit often with counterfeit products and even whole counterfeit stores. But as the economy grows ...
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Adobe Partners With hybris: What It Means
Adobe recently announced its partnership with hybris. This deal has been a poorly kept secret as Adobe waited to make public announcements at its customer summit even after it has been out selling the joint solution and working with partners. Adobe is integrating the hybris commerce platform with Adobe's Web Experience Management (WEM) solutions, an artist formerly known as Day CQ5. ...
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Online Marketplaces Set To Proliferate
It seems online marketplaces are cropping up everywhere. Retailers, software companies, media companies, and consumer electronics makers are using marketplaces as a means to enhance and augment their own offerings with products made, owned, and distributed by third-party retailers, distributors, developers, and brands. The most successful examples of these today are of course Amazon's Marketplace, eBay, Apple's App Store, and Valve's Steamworks. But based on numerous inquiries of late, soon we will ...
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IBM Sells POS Business To Toshiba: What It Means
IBM announced today that it is selling its $1.15B Retail Store Solutions (RSS) business delivering and supporting retail point-of-service (POS) terminals to Toshiba for a reported $850 million. IBM will continue to have a nearly 20% stake in the new company formed by the deal, with plans of divesting that over the next three years. With retail being such a core vertical market for IBM, the deal begs some questions. Why would IBM sell ...
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Order Management Has Become A Strategic Commerce Capability
Over the last few years we have seen a shift in client requirements. Commerce solution programs and eCommerce platform projects have begun to reflect a change in how companies are beginning to do business, and in next generation capability needs they have that encompass:Read moreCategories:
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