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• Report The Future Of Distribution

  Use Platforms Of Distribution To Bring New Outcomes To New Buyers

  February 23, 2021 | Joe Cicman, Jay McBain

  Traditional distribution faces obsolescence as buyers seek closer relationships with vendors. Distributors evolved over decades to buy time — adding value via fulfillment, credit facilities,...

• Report B2C (Still) Sets The Standard For B2B

  Roadmap: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  February 1, 2021 | Joe Cicman

  If you want to see the future of B2B e-commerce, look at the top-rated consumer sites. Sure, business buyers have some unique needs, but when it comes to design, interactive features, and community...

• Report Make Omnichannel Real In B2B Commerce

  Business Case: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  February 1, 2021 | Joe Cicman

  Disruption is turning B2B buying and selling on its head. Quick and efficient B2C buying journeys have reshaped B2B buyers' expectations, and marketplaces have shortened the distance between buyers...

• Report Make Your B2B Business A Digital Business

  Executive Overview: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  January 29, 2021 | Joe Cicman

  Ever-evolving buyer demands are forcing B2B sellers to fundamentally rethink how they go to market — from the customers they target to the channels they sell through. The B2B e-commerce playbook...

• Report Gauge Your B2B E-Commerce Digital Maturity

  Assessment: The B2B E-Commerce Playbook

  January 8, 2021 | Joe Cicman

  As B2B C-suites increasingly demand that their companies accelerate their digital transformation, digital business professionals face more pressure to show progress and benchmark their maturity....

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  Webinar The Key Points You Don't Want To Miss From The 2020 B2B And B2C Commerce Forrester Wave™ Evaluations

  July 23, 2020 | Emily Pfeiffer, Joe Cicman

  Commerce technology is changing, and our evaluations of the most significant vendors in the space bring to light key findings about it. Forrester published two Forrester Wave evaluations of...

• Report The Forrester Wave™: B2B Commerce Suites, Q2 2020

  The 13 Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up

  May 19, 2020 | Joe Cicman, Emily Pfeiffer

  In our 29-criterion evaluation of B2B commerce suites providers, we identified the 13 most significant ones — Adobe, Apttus, BigCommerce, commercetools, Elastic Path Software, Episerver, Insite,...

• Report Now Tech: B2B Commerce Suites, Q1 2020

  Tools And Technology: The B2B eCommerce Playbook

  February 6, 2020 | Joe Cicman

  You can use B2B commerce suites to digitize buying and selling processes, provide convenient engagement for customers, and uncover valuable customer insights to personalize the buying experience....

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  Webinar Predictions 2020: B2B Commerce And Marketplaces

  November 7, 2019 | Allen Bonde, Joe Cicman

  B2B sellers double down on digital to remove friction from their channel ecosystems. They adopt new roles, seek new partners, and use M&A to focus on "doing one thing well." Key takeaways: You...

• Report Predictions 2020: B2B Commerce And Marketplaces

  Headless Models Enable Innovation Across The Value Chain, While Manufacturers Get Back To Basics

  October 29, 2019 | Joe Cicman, Allen Bonde

  The API economy and marketplaces have proven to be more effective at delivering value than vertically integrated value chains. They are principled on stewardship of the customer problem, sense and...

• Report The New Commerce Revolution: Off With Their Heads (Or Not!)

  A Loosely Coupled API-Based Architecture Makes It All Possible

  August 13, 2019 | Joe Cicman

  If you're not fluent in headless commerce at this point, you're in a critical state, and vendor sales teams might not even talk with you. No matter your industry, competitors have figured out how...