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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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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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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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Announcing Forrester’s Global Commerce Service Providers Wave Report
After many months of analysis and hard work, we are very pleased to have published the Global Commerce Services Provider Wave report late last week. As I wrote about recently, selecting the right services firm can make or break your project, and therefore your business. As commerce programs that reach across customer touchpoints get more complex and risky, the process of selecting a services provider has become increasingly critical to businesses' success or ...
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Selecting The Right Services Firm Can Make Or Break Your Project And Your Business
When commerce platform initiatives kick-off the discussion naturally turns to commerce platforms, order management solutions, content management, search, and many, many other point solutions. Often the question of who will help integrate the solution is left for last. This is frequently a mistake. In fact, selecting the right services firm can make or break your project, and therefore your business. As commerce programs that reach across customer touch-points get more complex and risky, the process of ...
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