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Report:2013 eBusiness Organizational Trends

eBusiness Professionals Believe Teams Should Integrate With Their Organizations

As digital channels and strategies grow in importance across firms and become increasingly vital to the success of the company as a whole, eBusiness teams see their responsibilities, budgets, and...

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Blog:European Brands are Embracing the Cross-Touchpoint Reality

I had the pleasure of presenting an evolution of our Agile Commerce research last week at the Internet Retailing conference in London. It was an interesting event on a number of fronts, but my key...

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Report:Why The EU ePrivacy Law Will Not Kill eCommerce

Privacy Laws Force Rich Dialogue With Customers

In May 2011, the EU ePrivacy Directive came into effect across Europe. This directive has met with a mixed response at a national level, with some countries jumping to hit the deadline, some stalling...

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Client Inquiry:What Are Customer Expectations Around Customization Of Packing Slips By Ship Country?

There is discussion in my company around returns forms (packing slips) — we will be shipping out orders from five different websites (five different brands). There is discussion about having...

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Blog:Is Anyone In The UK Actually Using QR Codes?

Intrigued by a lot of what I’ve been reading recently, I’ve started looking for evidence of QR codes transforming how shoppers are interacting with retailers. The thing is all the...

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Blog:Online Video Retail Success Stories

Increase your conversion rates overnight! Really? That’s amazing. How can I get a piece of that pie?  Call it what you will -- V-Tail, vCommerce, or just plain online video -- we...

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Report:Driving Agile Commerce Transformation

Continuous Improvement: The Agile Commerce Playbook

Organizations face a number of roadblocks to executing on an agile commerce vision. Legacy technology, siloed KPIs, and a lack of understanding of how customers really use emerging touchpoints can...

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Blog:European Online Retail Forecast 2012 to 2017: Online growth will begin to polarize across Europe

European online retail sales will reach €191 billion by 2017, up from €112 billion in 2012 – reflecting a 11% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the next five years. ...

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Blog:A Unified Digital Europe. Is It Possible?

  Yesterday the European Commission outlined its ambition to create a “genuine Digital Single Market” by 2015. You can read the whole text here if you have some time to kill . . ....

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Report:Building The Agile Organization

Organization: The Agile Commerce Playbook

eBusiness leaders face an increasing number of organizational challenges. Delivering compelling cross-touchpoint customer experiences demands cross-functional collaboration and fundamentally new ways...

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Report:German Online Retail Overview, 2011

Despite A Thriving Online Market, Multichannel Retail Is Still An Untapped Opportunity For German Retailers

The German online retail market is the second largest in Europe. Amazon.de and eBay are dominant forces, with major German consumer brands selling through those sites, and others following suit...

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Blog:DSGI Know How. Do you?

I’m intrigued by the recent launch of KnowHow.com. I’ve known it was coming for a while, but now that it’s here it’s not quite what I expected. However in a way it’s...

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Blog:Shooting Arrows At Eagles

Mao Zedong is quoted as having said that: “A revolution is not a dinner party . . . A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.” However,...

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Blog:The Lost Art Of Serendipity

ser·en·dip·i·ty  /ˌsɛr ənˈdɪp ɪ ti/ –noun 1. an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. 2. good fortune; luck: the serendipity of getting the...

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Report:European Online Retail Forecast: 2011 To 2016

Online Retail Sales Growth In Europe Will Continue To Outpace Offline Growth For Years To Come

Online retail sales will continue to outperform overall retail sales figures in terms of percentage growth for many years to come in Europe. As the Web becomes an increasingly mainstream part of the...

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Blog:European Online Retail : Adopt A Local Approach

I have a great interest in history. I always have. I grew up in the North of England very close to Hadrian’s Wall. In fact, the remains of the Vallum (the defensive ditch dug behind the wall to...

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Blog:What does the arrival of the Chief Digital Officer mean to the eBusiness team?

I’ve been thinking, talking to clients, and reading a lot recently about the rise of the Chief Digital Officer. Most of my recent research has been concerning the shift we are seeing in leading...

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Report:Agile Commerce: Know It When You See It

Landscape: The Agile Commerce Playbook

Executing on the agile commerce imperative is not easy. It requires a paradigm shift in how organizations think about and go to market now and in the future. While examples of companies that have...

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Blog:Can an Old Dog Learn New Tricks ?

Hot off the press from last week’s Retail Week conference, “HMV will still have a portfolio of hundreds of stores on the high street in five years, HMV CEO Simon Fox told delegates”...

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Report:Using Online Video To Drive Clicks And Conversion

A Guide To Approaching Or Revitalizing A Retail eCommerce Video Campaign

Shoppers are beginning to use online video to inform their purchases. Although consumer uptake is slow when compared with the wider acceptance of Internet video, online retailers are turning to video...

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Blog:Managing the Cross-Touchpoint Customer Journey

It’s no great surprise that many retailers are reporting an increase in multi-touchpoint engagement from their shoppers this year in the run-up to Christmas. Our own Technographics® data...

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Blog:Fake Apple Stores - Is This The Tip Of A Counterfeit Iceberg?

Last week a lone blogger broke the news that not one but three fake Apple stores had sprung up in the city of Kunming in China, though it appears the problem is fast becoming a worldwide one for...

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Report:Developing An Agile Business

Executive Overview: The Agile Commerce Playbook

Consumer behavior is changing. Customers are becoming increasingly connected and adopting growing numbers of touchpoints as they discover, explore, buy, and engage with brands and products. And...

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Report:Defining New Metrics For The Agile Business

Benchmarks: The eBusiness Digital Transformation Playbook

Agile commerce has broken traditional metrics. Key performance indicators (KPIs) that measure the success of a single touchpoint fail to inform eBusiness executives of the impact of consumer...

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Report:Website Functionality Benchmark: European Consumer Electronics Retailers

Forrester Applies Its Website Functionality Benchmark Methodology To The Sites Of Four Specialist European Consumer Electronics Retailers

Forrester applied its Website Functionality Benchmark evaluation methodology to four European consumer electronics retailers: Best Buy UK, Currys, Darty, and Redcoon. These specialist retailers...

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