Are you an SMB retailer trying to navigate the world of e-commerce shopping cart technology? You need a proper vendor selection tool that helps you separate the Wheat from the Chaff (in the context of your business of course) – Right? Choosing the right e-commerce platform vendor is crucial for success in the digital rat …
Winter may be here – but New Year brings New Opportunities! As a slightly late Christmas present, my latest TCO model for mid market ecommerce platforms is complete! Happy to share – click here to access The model has been radically overhauled, and has had a load of new (and I think sensible) assumptions added. With …
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Gamification is a hot topic right now (and has been for a few years), especially as retailers look at ways to increase engagement with their customers and chase ever increasing sales targets. In this article we look at what gamification can do for ecommerce, and some simple steps to start implementing gamification principles. What is …
Magento 2 is here, and already we are getting inundated with calls from retailers who are thinking about migrating on to it, and want information. So what is our advice? Well, as always, the devil is in the detail and it depends on the size and complexity of your eCommerce infrastructure. In the main our advice …
2015 was, without doubt, a great year for ecommerce with sales expected to top £60 billion, and with the UK expected to lead the way to 19.3% of sales by 2019. Retailers such as John Lewis reported a fantastic 40% of sales coming from online over the 6 weeks to Christmas. DELIVERY Having a great delivery proposition …
5 Ecommerce Trends that are Critical for Success in 2016 Read More »
Over the last few weeks we have spent a huge amount of time assessing a huge variety of cloud based SAAS platforms – and it has been a hugely enlightening process. We have looked at order and inventory management systems (BrightPearl, Linnworks, Netsuite, Unleashed), Booking systems (Timely, Book4Time, ISalon) Point of sale systems (Vend, BrightPearl, …
The new Magento Community Edition 1.9 and the Enterprise Edition 1.14 have been released with a new theme called RWD (Responsive Web Design). The great point of this is that we won’t need to have a different theme for mobile and tablet devices, because the responsive theme adapts the layout to the viewing environment.
The Consumer Rights Directive (CRD) came into force last week (Friday 13th June) which aims to bring clarity to consumers on their rights when buying goods and services. What does this mean for you, the retailer? The legislation targets a number of areas from pricing to telephone hotlines, all businesses selling goods and services must ensure they are in …
Are you evaluating Magento? If so you are likely to be drowning in a sea of conflicting information – some of which says that Magento is the best thing since low sugar salt free bread, and some of which makes you wonder why anyone in their right mind ever uses Magento at all. First of …
Evaluating Magento? – 9 Factors You Should Take into Account Read More »
With all the talk of Responsive web design being the only future of web design you could be forgiven for thinking that the debate was over. So is it? For those of you who are not familiar with responsive design – this is a technique where a web page re-formats itself depending on the dimensions …
Responsive Web Design or Mobile Skin? – it’s not as clear cut as you might think! Read More »
