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How B2B Companies are Preparing For an Economic Downturn

Kibo

Disruptive supply chains, high inflation, and a looming recession are just some of the hurdles on the horizons of B2B companies. It’s clear that B2B businesses have a complex landscape to navigate. How will the economic downturn impact B2B companies? How will B2B buying habits shift?

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Brian Beck on Documenting Objectives When Choosing a B2B eCommerce Platform

GetElastic

This post is an excerpt from Brian Beck's Billion Dollar B2B Ecommerce: Seize the Opportunity , available now. The process of choosing an Ecommerce platform can seem overwhelming, particularly for B2B organizations that have little internal expertise or experience in Ecommerce. Form a customer advisory board.

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How Will DTC Rebound After The COVID Retail Shakeup?

Retail TouchPoints

Stitch Fix, Warby Parker and others became beacons for established brands, including Coca-Cola, to invest in DTC sales channels. As a sales/marketing channel, DTC and digitally native brands will, of course, survive current economic conditions. Throughout 2019, “digitally native vertical brands” were the darling of retail.

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Can I Run Multiple Digital Business Models With One Commerce Platform?

GetElastic

Over the last year at Elastic Path, we have seen more and more brands who need to run digital commerce for multiple business models. Whether they are a B2B business launching D2C for the first time, or a D2C brand getting into B2B2C for the first time, more and more companies are looking for solutions to help them power all routes-to-market.

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WHY YOU NEED TO DIGITALIZE YOUR B2B BUSINESS NOW!

PFS

Increasingly, B2B companies that fail to go digital are being left behind by competitors – and, yes, this includes the ever-present threat of Amazon. According to McKinsey & Company, digital leaders in the B2B space generate five times more revenue than the rest of the B2B field. The Amazon effect.

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The Headless Commerce Showdown: The Unseen Strategy Retailers Use to Win Ecommerce Market Share

BigCommerce

But more than 50% of Americans begin their product search on Amazon, so it’s wise to think of Amazon as a sales channel rather than a competitor. But shifting to direct-to-consumer from a b2b wholesale model isn’t easy. Thanks to SaaS ecommerce technology allowing brands to rapidly build modern ecommerce websites affordably.

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Navigating Omnichannel Complexities: 3 Tips for Success

GetElastic

Whether they started out online or as physical business, knowing which channels to leverage can be tricky. Stefan Sjostrand, Ikea Canada President, recently shared his views on multi-channel retailing and how many businesses are doing it “wrong”. Navigating the omnichannel universe is a challenge for many retailers.