Following on from our previous article outlining predictions and trends for 2018, the world has changed beyond anything we could have envisaged. 2020 brought in the biggest disruption that our planet has ever seen. The unprecedented pandemic that has swept through the...
New frontiers for eCommerce in 2018 We’ve not done one of these in a while, the last one was our 2015 eCommerce trends article and things have changed somewhat since then. 2017 has been a great year for eCommerce, with global retail eCommerce sales up to $2.3...
The eCommerce giant Magento (magento.com) has been the platform of choice for more Internet Retailer Top 1000 merchants, more than any other platform in the business. For the third year in a row, the Internet Retailer B2B eCommerce guide has named Magento as the top...
Rise in popularity of Magento Following on from Magento 2 vs. Magento 1; What’s New?, this article investigates Magento 2 and its integration with Apple Pay and PayPal One Touch. Magento, now owned by Permira funds, a London based private equity investment group, is...
In our previous article we covered whether now is the right time to move to Magento 2. This is the next article in our series. Magento 2 marks a huge improvement on its predecessor, Magento V1, and has come awash with plenty new features. Here we explore in more...
Magento 2, after initially being announced back in 2010, has now been released for over three months, promising to empower brands, retailers and businesses, offer enhanced performance and scalability, boost conversion rates and introduce unmatched levels of...
In October this year, there will be significant changes to the payment networks, with the introduction of EMV in the US. For those that don’t know, EMV stands for Europay, MasterCard and Visa. EMV is the new worldwide standard for chip cards (technically called...
We’ve got some great news for you all – Magento 2 Merchant Beta is now available for download! You may remember our earlier post on Magento 2, where we predicted that the merchant beta version would be available in the third quarter of the year and it seems as though...
We’re just over half way through 2015 and what a year it’s been so far! All sorts of new technologies and ideas have been developing in the world of eCommerce, so we thought we’d take a look at five of the top trends expected to dominate the rest of the year. 1) ...
This week it was announced that Forrester Research, has named eBay Enterprise as one of the top B2b commerce suite vendors. In the report ‘The Forrester Wave: B2B Commerce Suites, Q2 2015” they cited eBay Enterprise as a strong performer among the eight most...
The latest version of Magento Community Edition 1.92 is now available to download. The new release promises a number of features and benefits that will make it easier than ever before to build and maintain a professional eCommerce store. Want to find out more about...
Traditionally luxury items like custom furniture, designer clothing and expensive cars have all been products that consumers purchase from local outlets. However it looks like times are changing! New sales forecasts revealed at the Financial Times Business of Luxury...