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Tag: ecommerce

  • Financial Times – Kimberly-Clark competition helps to boost online engagement

    Financial Times – Kimberly-Clark competition helps to boost online engagement

    View the original interview on ft.com US-based consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark has invested in a number of start-ups in an effort to discover technology that would inspire customers to change their behaviour. In 2013, the maker of consumer household products such as Kleenex tissues, Andrex toilet paper and Huggies nappies set up a digital innovation…

  • SiteCore Acquires CommerceServer – From Technology Fragmentation to Consolidation

    From technology fragmentation to consolidation The recent (2 days ago to be precise) acquisition of CommerceServer.net (a leading eCommerce platform) by SiteCore (a leading Web Experience Management Platform) is not just a flash in the pan. While it may sound like yet another technology acquisitions, I see this as a step towards the eventual “convergence”…

  • Omni-Channel Experiences, Still Far from Reality!!!

    Can you complete let alone win a Formula One race with flat tires? Don’t think I need to answer that question but am sure you’re thinking, what in the world is this guy writing about and what has this got to do with omni-channel experiences. Well, it does because I feel the same way every…

  • The Technology Dilemma – What Fuels your eStore Experience!!!

    What Fuels your eStore Experience!!! If you are a retailer or a brand that is trying to get into the business of selling product(s) online through an online store, you would have either asked or been asked this question a hundred times: Should you use your eCommerce platform to enable your store experience or should…

  • Can online video drive sales?

    Can online video drive sales? In a recent conversation with Adam Burns, chief editor @ MeetTheBoss.TV I shared my thoughts on why and how online video is not just a primary engagement touchpoint for brands and consumers but also a fairly significant sales channel that drives both brand equity and sales. Video is unique, the…

  • Globalization – Marketing’s Biggest Challenge?

    Globalization – Marketing’s Biggest Challenge? A great question to ask and I can bet you that 9 out of 10 answers would be around specific technologies and innovation that is happening around us, may be Data or rather “Big Data”, content, mobile and the list can go on. Interestingly though, while technology in general may…

  • eCommerce vs Digital Landscape OR eCommerce Within Digital Landscape?

    In an ever evolving and highly complex digital landscape, nothing is a simple straight line let alone the consumer journey or even the consumer’s final destination that has gone way beyond the traditional conversion or selling point. As a matter of fact, you may argue that the real journey or the true battle for the…