WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation

Today, low barriers to entry have encouraged an explosion of DNBs, flooding the market with the fruits of creative entrepreneurship. However, DNBs that break through with outsize investor returns are rare. Over the past two decades, fewer than 0.5 percent of DNBs have reached $100 million in revenues. In fact, more than 90 percent of businesses that originated through e-commerce earn less than $1 million in annual revenues (Exhibit 1).4 Investors face the challenge of sifting through concepts to determine which are worthy of the capital required to scale a business or buy into an existing company at high multiples.

The 2022 edition of the Marketplace 100 ranks the largest consumer-facing marketplace startups and analyzes the trends behind the next generation of marketplace giants.

Secondhand, or recommerce, will grow at 11x the rate of regular retail. If that doesn’t smell like opportunity, I don’t know what does. We at Alpaca wanted to investigate the white space in the…

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1. What consumers bought in 2021: The global consumer behavior report
2. Product-to-consumer strategies replacing outdated B2C and D2C models
3. Retailers switching to low-carbon products in a move toward net-zero targets
4. The challenges for brands as customers demand better shopping experiences

Download Shopify’s Future of Commerce report for sound predictions from commerce leaders and business forecasts that will impact 2022 and beyond.

Leading organizations are increasing revenue and improving customer experience by becoming more collaborative, unified and digital-optimized across all of their customer interactions. Application leaders must make strategic technology investments that transform digital selling functions. This report highlights emerging and continuing trends for 2022 including customer's insistence on self-serve and assisted experiences, continued focus on unified commerce especially in terms of customer experience, and the uptick in b2b brands embracing digital.  

La popularité des services payants de visionnement en ligne a dépassé pour une première fois celle des services de télévision par câble ou fibre optique dans les foyers québécois. L’enquête intitulée Portrait numérique des foyers québécois révèle en effet que 71 % des adultes québécois sont abonnés à au moins un service payant de visionnement en ligne tel Netflix, Amazon Prime ou Disney+ alors que 66 % sont abonnés à un service de télévision par câble ou fibre optique. L’enquête rapporte que le taux d’abonnement à un service de télévision par câble ou fibre optique a diminué de 6 points de pourcentage au cours de la dernière année et de 13 points de pourcentage depuis 2018.

The leading edge for successful B2B sales growth is digital. Here’s why.

With the table thus set for the continued importance of online shopping, it’s an ideal time to start planning your annual eCommerce strategy. Our recommendation is that whether you experienced success in 2021 or need to go back to the drawing board, the road to improvement lies in effectively using the experiences and data of the previous year.

Read the report to learn the critical advice IDC has for technology buyers and why VTEX is a Leader.

Shipping challenges reached a peak in 2021 – and we’re here to tell you that things aren’t looking better for 2022. But that doesn’t mean your operations need to suffer. You have more control over supply chain disruptions than you realize. Download our report today to find out what else we discovered and how it impacts your business.

Sometimes the centre of gravity in tech is very clear, but as we enter 2022 there are lots of areas where trillion dollar questions are wide open. These are the questions I wonder about today, from crypto to cars to fast fashion - there are others.

Discover 6 ways tech will change the grocery store experience, from text-based customer service to micro-fulfillment to virtual kitchens.

2021 was the year of broken supply chains, Amazon aggregators, more advertising, Shopify's almost-marketplace, and one unanswered question - did the pandemic boost e-commerce after all? For now, the world of marketplaces revolves around Amazon - it has doubled in size in two years. No one will challenge it directly, but a different paradigm might.

This year's State of the API report covers the largest and most comprehensive survey on APIs, ever. More than 28,000 developers and API professionals shared their thoughts on a range of topics, including their organizations' development priorities, how they get their work done, and where they see the industry going. We combined this data with data we've observed on the Postman API Platform to build a robust picture of the current state—and the future—of APIs.

This year, customers will do a lot more than window shop, so we’re gathering the data and statistics and putting the insights on display. Download the Holiday Forecast 2021 report to understand when, how, and what consumers plan to spend money on this season, and use our findings to create shopping experiences your customers want. We know you’re excited. So come, take a close-up look, but hands off the glass, please.

E-commerce conversion rate and lead generation stats compilation desktop and mobile devices benchmarking averages across different industries

As B2B buyers become more digitally savvy, they prefer less human interaction and expect more from their digital interaction. COVID-19 has accelerated this expectation. B2B buyers expect a similar shopping experience to B2C buyers. This means B2B buyers expect the digital commerce platform to understand them and anticipate their needs as a sales representative might do. They expect better tools for researching and comparing products. They want to engage with organizations digitally without having to resort to a call or email to get a quick response and a good deal.

Technology has emerged as the primary disruptor and value creator across all sectors.

Investments in digital commerce continue to grow as companies adapt to new business models and sales processes prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This research evaluates the viability of 17 digital commerce platform vendors to help application leaders make informed decisions.

The shift to digital channels is happening at the speed of “a decade in days.” Our research suggests that the change will be sticky: a majority of consumer categories will continue to project more growth in e-commerce than in other channels over the next several years.

The ERP for product-centric enterprises market is accelerating its transition to cloud deployment models. ERP application leaders should use this Magic Quadrant to evaluate cloud ERP application suites as part of a composable ERP strategy.

This report presents research findings from the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), with McKinsey & Company as a knowledge partner. Our analysis identified seven imperatives that can give retailers the ability to adapt to a changing consumer landscape while pursuing new opportunities.

Based on a survey of 3,000 senior executives around the globe, the 2021 AlixPartners Disruption Index confirms that cycles of disruption, which displace existing businesses, markets, and value networks in favor of newer ecosystems and relationships, have emerged as the central strategic challenge for business leaders today.