Digital Commerce

The latest research from Comscore, a trusted partner for planning, transacting and evaluating media across platforms, shows that as worldwide audiences continue to shift toward engaging more with mobile and multi-platform devices, mobile commerce (m-commerce) is gaining an increasing share of digital commerce. In the 2020 “Global Mobile Payments Outlook” whitepaper, Comscore examines the state of online mobile payments around the world to understand how the landscape is changing for payment networks, digital wallets,…

Today’s Daily MarTech Round-up covers the latest in Cloud, Marketing Analytics, Automation, Customer experience AI and ML announcements from SAP (Customer Experience), ActiveCampaign (Automation), HawkSoft (CRM), Appdome (Mobile), and Connexity (E-commerce). SAP for Me Is Generally Available With Expanded Scope Enhancing the Digital Experience SAP SE announced that its new customer portal, SAP for Me, has successfully completed its beta phase and is now available with enhanced capabilities across products, systems,…

AIMEE Proprietary Software Platform to Assist Emerisque in Evaluating M&A Targets Mohawk Group Holdings, Inc. the tech-enabled, consumer-focused product company, announced it is providing its managed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to Emerisque, a London U.K., based specialist private equity firm focused on global consumer and retail sectors. Marketing Technology News: VIOOH Completes Leadership Team With Senior Marketing and Product Hires The value creation thesis and core theme of Emerisque investments is to…

PROS®, a provider of AI-powered solutions that optimize selling in the digital economy, announced today that Les Rechan has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer – a new role to further enable the company to aggressively adapt and pursue market and customer opportunities as businesses accelerate adoption of AI-based digital selling solutions and redefine digital commerce initiatives in a post-COVID-19 era. In this new role reporting to Andres Reiner, PROS President and CEO, Rechan is now responsible for all…

Smart Answers on Lucidworks Fusion Uses Deep Learning to Understand Natural Language Questions and Provide Users with Immediate and Contextual Answers Lucidworks, leader in AI-powered search, announces Smart Answers on Lucidworks Fusion. Smart Answers enhances the intelligence of chatbots and virtual assistants by using deep learning to understand natural language questions and quickly return the right answers. Customers and employees can now locate critical insights to help them move to their next best action, avoiding…

Unbxd Inc., a leading provider of AI-based Commerce Search and Product Discovery solution marks its entry into 2020 with recognition in the Gartner report titled "The Gartner Digital Commerce Vendor Guide, 2020" (Subscription required). Unbxd is named as a Commerce Search and Personalization Engines vendor in the report. Marketing Technology News: Logicworks Named a Leader in 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant According to the report, "Best-of-breed commerce search products provide enhanced functionality, such as integrated…

Avionos Operate gives clients 24x7 digital support with a team of Salesforce platform experts to accelerate business outcomes Avionos, which designs and implements digital commerce and marketing solutions, recently announced the launch of its new Avionos Operate service, a virtual, digital service offering that provides 24x7x365 support for Salesforce solutions development and integrated marketing operations. Avionos Operate ensures risk remediation, business continuity, stability, and growth for organizations, which is…

As a leader in digital commerce website development, BVA will use Contentful’s app framework to build leading-edge digital experiences  Contentful, the global leader in headless content management, today announced a new partnership with BVA, a leading Shopify Plus agency. BVA will leverage Contentful’s newly released App Framework to build services that help BVA’s customers deliver omnichannel digital experiences. Since BVA was founded in 2013, it has accelerated the growth of more than 100 brands including…

In the three months since the Coronavirus began, online retailers and brand sites have seen an increase of 8.8% in online shoppers and 52% in total sales compared to 2019. As social distancing becomes the new norm for an uncertain amount of time, consumers have already started shifting their shopping habits online to help protect themselves and their communities. Under heightened stress, brands and retailers need to ensure consumers can find the right product with ease and speed. Major retailers and governments are…

Hawksearch, a leading provider of AI-driven site search, recommendations, and facetted navigation, has been named a sample vendor in Gartner's March 2020 Digital Commerce Vendor Guide. According to the report, "This guide presents a list of sample vendors for each technology section," along with key recommendations to help businesses prioritize areas of investment. Marketing Technology News: Viant Analysis Provides Insights into TV’s Role in an Omnichannel, COVID-19 World The digital commerce ecosystem has rapidly…

Safety distributor invests in digital commerce to meet demands of COVID-19 crisis Unilog, which offers powerful, affordable eCommerce solutions to midmarket B2B companies, announced today that Arbill has selected Unilog as their new eCommerce platform provider. Based out of Philadelphia, PA, Arbill is a leading distributor of safety supplies and a member of the AD (Affiliated Distributors) buying group. In addition to their catalog of nearly 10,000 safety products, the company carries more than 800 SKUs under their own…

The announcement was made today by Bloomreach, a lead sponsor of the new podcast A new podcast series, “The State of Commerce Experience”, hosted by Brian Walker, will make its debut today, featuring discussions with commerce industry experts and thought-leaders from around the world. The podcast will focus on the evolving nature of digital commerce, key industry trends, market dynamics, and how B2B and B2C companies can differentiate themselves to thrive in the current climate. The announcement was made today by…

Just one year after earning Adobe Silver Partner status, Avionos jumps another partner level as a result of technical expertise, Adobe Experience Cloud implementations, and customer success Avionos, which designs and implements digital commerce and marketing solutions, announces that it has climbed another level to Gold in the Adobe Solution Partner Program (SPP) in less than one year. The elevated status is the result of its dedication to growing its team of technical experts - architects, developers, business…

Exclusive strategies and tools to use when growing online businesses, straight from the experts 2Checkout, the leading all-in-one monetization platform for global businesses, announces it will host CommerceNOW 2020, an online event featuring leading experts in eCommerce, digital marketing, conversion rate optimization, customer experience, compliance, pricing, and other key areas of digital commerce. This edition of the event takes place on June 10 and 11, 2020 and – as in previous years – attendees are welcome to…

The enhanced Edge by Ascential business adds deeper Chinese innovation and analytics in digital commerce to its global AI-powered data analytics, empowering brands with the knowledge to win in digital commerce Ascential, the specialist global information company, has acquired Yimian Data (renamed 'Yimian by Ascential' after the acquisition, hereafter referred to as 'Yimian'), a leading AI-powered digital commerce data solutions provider from China, and has integrated it as a division of Edge by Ascential, its digital…

Driven by increased demand in its e-commerce consulting services, SUMO Heavy bolsters its leadership team and welcomes new staff SUMO Heavy Industries, a Philadephia-based digital commerce consulting firm, announced the expansion of its Old City headquarters with new hires and appointments across its technology, client strategy, and marketing teams. To keep up with demand as e-commerce continues to transform the retail landscape, SUMO Heavy added several new team members, most of whom will be based in the Philly office.…

“Today most providers stitch a bunch of disparate systems together to get the capabilities they need to offer, but next-generation platforms are gaining ground, becoming the ultimate disrupters.” Digital Transformation journeys are getting complex and advanced with new technologies. Which technologies do you keenly follow and work with? As you can imagine, in our field, digital comes first. We are not only a digital commerce platform, digital goods sales are also a big focus for us. I am very interested in and I…

The IDC MarketScape Report Notes Informatica's Strengths Around Technical Integrations, Data Management Expertise, and Artificial Intelligence Strategy Informatica, the enterprise cloud data management leader, announced it has been positioned as a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Product Information Management Applications for Commerce 2019–2020 Vendor Assessment. To view an excerpt of the report, you can download it here: IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Product Information Management Applications for Commerce…

Software is becoming a bigger piece of how every enterprise competes in the digital economy. To succeed, enterprises need to become a "digital innovation factory," creating and distributing digital products and services with digital-native speed and scale. To guide organizations through this transition, International Data Corporation (IDC) has published the Future of Digital Innovation framework. IDC has published the Future of Digital Innovation framework to guide organizations in the transition to becoming a "digital…

Leading luxury retailer taps companies for end-to-end product experience and media asset management PlumSlice Labs and Cloudinary announced their partnership for digital product information and media asset management. PlumSlice is a leading provider of Product Experience Management (PIM/MDM), Merchandising and Supplier Collaboration Solutions. Cloudinary is a leading provider of media management solutions, including an award-winning digital media asset management (DAM) solution. Together, they deliver an end-to-end…