Video of my presentation at Internet Retailing ecommerce platforms Jumpstart Event

Back in September I presented at Internet Retailing Jumpstart. The challenge set was to put together a short presentation (20 – 30 mins) on the important issues retailers will face in ecommerce in the next twelve months and how technology and platforms can help solve these problems. [...]

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What is the future of site search for ecommerce: Part 2

In the last two years there have been a series of mergers and acquisitions that have completely changed the landscape of search vendors. This only goes to re-enforce the point I made previously that search in retail is commoditized and reached a level at which innovation in functionality is left to smaller iterative improvements, and the future for search is to not as a stand alone service but as an integral component of a larger vision for ecommerce.

But how have all these Acquisitions played out and what can we expect from retail search in the [...]

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Climbing the eCommerce Property ladder

I start this blog with a summary of my latest thoughts around eCommerce platforms which I presented at eCommerce Expo recently. In this presentation I make the analogy between the journey a business takes when it comes to eCommerce platforms to that of a person navigating the property ladder. [...]

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