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Unleashing Efficiency and Growth in B2B Distribution

The distribution industry is experiencing unprecedented digital commerce growth, with B2B eCommerce sales expanding by 17% in 2023, reaching just over $2 trillion. This surge underscores the critical importance of digital transformation for distributors and…

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Order Management System: Build, Buy, or Both? 

Order management systems have undergone a transformation, evolving from mere back-office operational tools into pivotal components that significantly enhance the overall customer experience. It’s the engine that processes customer orders, manages inventory, and ensures timely…

Omnichannel Benchmarking for Your Retail Business

Omnichannel Benchmarking for Your Retail Business

Benchmarking is an essential tool for successful retailers. Benchmarks help retailers understand how well they are performing in key competitive vectors such as Finance, Operations, Technology, and Customer Experience. Retail consultancies, Wall Street analysts, industry…

3 Tips for a Successful Customer Referral Program

3 Tips for a Successful Customer Referral Program

The old saw “the customer you’ve got is gold” has never been more true — and not just because repeat buyers are lucrative. With costs rising for acquisition activities, from paid search to social advertising,…

The Best Tactics for Retail Fraud Prevention

The Best Tactics for Retail Fraud Prevention

It’s not just the dollars you lose through fraud, but what it can cost your accuracy down the road. And there’s no better arbiter of your fiscal accuracy than the tax man. Online retailers are…

Two Ways Technology Can Improve Customer Care

Two Ways Technology Can Improve Customer Care

In the rapidly shifting age of the omnichannel shopper, one thing remains true: a focus on customer service is still imperative. Unfortunately, in the age of the omnichannel shopper, customer service has become more difficult.…

3 Ways to Encourage Holiday “Showrooming” in Stores

3 Ways to Encourage Holiday “Showrooming” in Stores

If there’s one predictable certainty about the upcoming holiday shopping season, it’s that online/offline shopping crossover will continue to grow. Thanks to smartphones, a lot of that cross-channel activity will happen in stores, when shoppers…

Three Ways to Provide Hassle Free Shopping Experiences

Three Ways to Provide Hassle Free Shopping Experiences

It takes a strong commerce game to attract, engage, and entice shoppers to keep coming back. Customers can be fickle creatures, ready to move to a different retailer or branded manufacturer for any reason. One…

O2O: 4 Easy Ways To Drive Online to Offline Store Visits Via Social Media

O2O: 4 Easy Ways To Drive Online to Offline Store Visits Via Social Media

As online mobile shopping grows, omnichannel retailers should take advantage of social media’s dominance to promote the benefits of online to offline commerce. Mobile devices play a role in a third of all retail transactions…

GDPR Requirements: Why Merchants Should Stay Ahead with Privacy Practices

GDPR Requirements: Why Merchants Should Stay Ahead with Privacy Practices

Last year marked the start of a new wave of digital privacy regulation that has now reached U.S. shores. To successfully navigate the changing tides, merchants should embrace both the spirit and the letter of…

Postman Setup for the Kibo Unified Commerce Platform

Postman Setup for the Kibo Unified Commerce Platform

These setup instructions should get you pinging Kibo APIs and getting a feel for running against the Kibo Unified Commerce Platform.

Using Order Management to Deliver Better Customer Experiences

Using Order Management to Deliver Better Customer Experiences

A list of capabilities needed to deliver order fulfillment and post-sales experiences that keep customers coming back—again and again.

New Kibo Survey Uncovers Current State of Product Subscriptions 

New Kibo Survey Uncovers Current State of Product Subscriptions 

The subscription craze started in the 2010s with the likes of Blue Apron and Dollar Shave Club and has since become a staple for over a third of US consumers according to a Kibo survey.…

6 Ways to Turn Product Subscription Skeptics into Loyalists 

6 Ways to Turn Product Subscription Skeptics into Loyalists 

Newspapers have been using the subscription business model for decades, and only in the last decade has the subscription model expanded into products. From dog food and razor blades to clothing and wine, subscriptions have…