B2B Commerce

Today’s Daily MarTech Roundup covers the latest in Cloud, Marketing Analytics, Automation, Customer experience, AI, and ML announcements from HubSpot (CRM), Episerver (Customer experience), Contentful (Content Management), Slintel (Sales Intelligence), and Sendoso (B2B Commerce). HubSpot Introduces Marketing Contacts HubSpot, a leading growth platform, announced the launch of marketing contacts, a new pricing model that allows customers to only pay for the contacts they want to market to via email or ads. Customers can…

Investment expands VEON's fintech reach into SME commerce VEON Ltd. and (Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), through VEON Ventures, has joined Sequoia Capital India and Flourish Ventures as investors in ShopUp, Bangladesh's leading full-stack B2B commerce platform for small businesses, becoming ShopUp's first strategic corporate investor. The investment enables VEON Ventures to support ShopUp's fast-growing digital ecosystem for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), which form a vital backbone of Bangladesh's …

Expanded suite of services enables brands to create and share enriched, verified product content with trading partners for E-Commerce and supply chain efficiencies 1WorldSync, the leading provider of product content solutions, announced expanded capabilities to its product content platform. The new capabilities, referred to as Content Acceleration, enhance, automate and accelerate the sourcing, enrichment, management and distribution of product content for B2B and B2C commerce experiences. "As physical and online…

Interacting with customers has always been a tricky proposition. The COVID-19 pandemic has more than unquestionably changed our world.  As companies look to regain lost momentum, sustain existing business activity, and return to growth, what can we learn from how the pandemic changed the way companies and customers communicate? To answer this question, we’ve been conducting biweekly rounds of consumer research and in-depth company interviews since April to get a pulse on how interactions have changed between customers and…

Vendasta is pleased to report it secured a spot on the Globe and Mail 2020 Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies, released. With verified three-year revenue growth of 135%, the leading end-to-end ecommerce platform placed #273 among the nation’s fastest growing businesses. In total, 400 companies earned a spot on this year’s list. “As we continue to push toward the $100 million revenue mark, maintaining a high growth rate is challenging,” Vendasta CEO Brendan King said. “However, our growth rate…

Enable overseas newbies to tap into cross-border e-commerce easily The pandemic continues to spread, international trade shrinks sharply, and the local economy is severely damaged, directly impacting many most vulnerable small, medium and micro enterprises and individuals worldwide. However, cross-border e-commerce, particularly the decentralized cross-border e-commerce, has brought new forces to the global trade and e-commerce industry, providing them a solution to weather the storm. DHgate, one of the leading B2B…

Today’s Daily MarTech Roundup covers the latest in Cloud, Marketing Analytics, Automation, Customer experience, AI and ML announcements from Doxim (Unified Communications), Jeto.io (Email Marketing), Alfresco (Content Management), SEMrush (Content Marketing), and AppDirect (B2B Commerce). Doxim Acquires Striata, a Leading Digital-First CCM Platform Doxim (R), a leader in Customer Communications Management (CCM) software and services, announced it has acquired Striata, a leading provider of customer communications…

Combination creates ultimate system of differentiation for companies to compete and win in the digital-first economy Episerver, a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Experience Platforms, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Optimizely, the leader in experimentation and optimization. This combination creates the most advanced digital experience platform to optimize every customer touchpoint across the entire user journey. "For nearly three decades, Episerver has helped…

Nish Tech, Inc., a leading enterprise technology digital agency, announces the finalization of the Episerver B2B Commerce Accelerator by Nish Tech, to be available for purchase in October 2020. The Accelerator allows brands to create an enhanced B2B eCommerce solution on Episerver B2B Commerce Cloud using a “quick to launch” front-end experience driven by Episerver Content Cloud while lowering implementation cost. Nish Tech, an Episerver Gold Solution Partner, has been providing development solutions for Episerver B2B…

Coveo and commercetools team up to provide unified multi-channel and intelligent Ecommerce architecture for highly personalized buyer experience Coveo, the industry leader in search and intelligence SaaS solutions, announced that its cloud-native platform will be available in the commercetools Integration Marketplace. The strategic agreement provides access to powerful, personalized experiences with flexible architecture for today’s search and merchandising needs. From consumer brands to B2B manufacturers, from retailers…

Today’s Daily MarTech Round-up covers the latest in Cloud, Marketing Analytics, Automation, Customer experience, AI and ML announcements from Banzai (Marketing automation), Blippar (Augmented Reality), Box (Content management), Mastercard (B2B Commerce), and Jebbit (CDP). Banzai Announces New Independent Board Director Kevin Riegelsberger Banzai, a leading provider of SaaS marketing automation for events, announced the addition of Kevin Riegelsberger as an independent director effective July 16, 2020. Kevin is a 40 year…

Today’s Daily MarTech Round-up covers the latest in Cloud, Marketing Analytics, Automation, Customer experience, AI and ML announcements from AnyClip (Video),  Hive9 (B2B commerce), 3CLogic (Customer experience), Bazaarvoice (e-commerce), and Guru (Customer Experience). AnyClip Launches Luminous Watch Event Video Solution As virtual events, conferences and trade shows gain popularity among event hosts and audiences alike, video data and technology company AnyClip is launching Luminous Watch for Events, a specialized…

Company Invests in Its Future with New CMO and New Product to Round Out Digital Experience Platform Despite global unpredictability caused by the pandemic, customer-centric digital experience company Episerver™ closes H1 with double-digit growth. The business experienced a 20% increase in new business, reliably serviced record page views at the height of COVID-19, and supported go-lives for customers further embracing digital experience like Cuisinart™ and Dolby™. To initiate its next phase of growth, Episerver – a Leader…

Sana Commerce was one of the 13 most significant B2B commerce providers Forrester, one of the most influential technology research firms in the world, recently published its The Forrester Wave: B2B Commerce Suites. Sana Commerce was one of the 13 most significant B2B commerce providers selected by Forrester to take part in the report. In this 2020 evaluation, Forrester named Sana Commerce a B2B commerce suites Strong Performer. The Forrester Wave™: B2B Commerce Suites report identified, evaluated and scored the 13 most…

Wunderman Thompson Commerce’s B2B Future Shopper report shows nearly half of all B2B purchases are now made online New research by Wunderman Thompson Commerce has revealed that almost half (46%) of all B2B purchases are now made via digital commerce channels, indicating a need for more robust online sales strategies in the wake of the pandemic. The B2B Future Shopper report 2020 – which surveyed over 200 B2B professionals in the UK on the current B2B commerce landscape – found that many businesses have moved away from…

Former Salesforce Executive Brings Industry Expertise and Customer Insight inRiver, a leading provider of product information management (PIM) solution that helps customers sell more products, today announced that Ray Grady, president and CEO of Conexiom, a SaaS platform that delivers sales order automation, has joined the inRiver Board of Directors. Grady has more than twenty years of technology leadership experience in scaling high-growth, B2B companies like Acquity Group (Acquired by Accenture), CloudCraze (Acquired by…

New Pay on Email Solution Revolutionizes Billing, Preserves Cash Flow Amidst Pandemic and Enables Remote Workforces As the global pandemic continues, maintaining and accelerating cash flow by making it easy for customers to pay is crucial to every business. Designed to complement their comprehensive order-to-cash suite, Billtrust, the leader in B2B order-to-cash solutions, has enhanced its robust Payments platform with powerful tools which revolutionize email billing, rapidly enable expanded digital payment acceptance,…

Joint customers can now deliver Real-Time Market Pricing into their eCommerce platforms Zilliant, the industry leader in intelligent B2B price optimization, price management and sales guidance software, today announced it has launched its B2B Commerce Connector for Salesforce Commerce Cloud on Salesforce AppExchange,  providing customers new ways to deliver pricing that accurately reflects current market conditions in real-time online. Marketing Technology News: EPAM Joins Newly Formed MACH Alliance as Founding Member…

Coronavirus has been like a buzz saw going through our lives and our livelihoods, with 100,000+ dead and the economy in tatters. According to the recent numbers released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 38 Million people have filed for unemployment assistance in the past few weeks, and the unemployment rate that had hovered in the sub 4% range for a while is now a scary 14.7%. With limited access to cash and/or capital, such Black Swan events tend to disproportionately impact small & medium size businesses. In a…

Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, announced that Forrester Research has positioned Salesforce Commerce Cloud as a leader in The Forrester Wave™: B2C Commerce Suites Q2 2020 report, and for the first time, also in The Forrester Wave™: B2B Commerce Suites Q2 2020 report. Salesforce B2C Commerce received the highest possible scores in the criteria of AI and machine learning, product vision and roadmap, supporting services, delivery and extensibility ecosystem, customers and customer acquisition, and product revenue.…