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Adapting B2B Integration To Support Distributed Commerce

RTP blog

Today’s distributed commerce environment — with its improved digital shopping technologies and widespread adoption of multiple commerce channels — demands greater supply chain agility to drop-ship merchandise when and where the customer wants it. Supply chains generate a huge amount of data from all of the connections among business partners.

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Internal Warehouse vs. 3PL: How to Reach the Best Decision for Your Business

Retail TouchPoints

The company must have a warehouse to keep its inventory, and a logistics team to manage the goods for storing, ordering and shipping directly to stores/distributors or customers. In contrast, 3PL services oversee the order fulfillment cycle on behalf of the company. But maybe this is not the best solution for all businesses.

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A Vendor’s Guide to B2B Ecommerce

FastSpring

While we’ve been shopping for items like clothes or shoes online for years, another trend is now emerging—business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce. It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online. What is B2B Ecommerce?

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How Online B2B Marketplaces Are Shaping the Future of Procurement and Sustainability

365 Retail

B2B commerce underwent a significant revolution during the pandemic as many buyers were forced to look for alternative suppliers online. In addition, supply chain disruptions continue to cause order fulfilment issues, leading to a 38% decline in customer satisfaction and 40% of consumers to change suppliers to outside of the UK.

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Generative AI for Personalized Service and a Competitive Edge in Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

In the crowded landscape of ecommerce, a positive customer experience across every aspect of an order has become intrinsic to online success. Details matter, from the initial landing page to order fulfillment through to delivery and aftercare. Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way brands connect with their customers.

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Do You Have What It Takes to go from Wholesale to DTC?

Retail TouchPoints

There are plenty of good reasons to sell direct, from higher margins to insulation from future pandemics, but succeeding at DTC requires a different set of skills than the B2B environment you’re used to. You can’t just repurpose your B2B website and add a shopping cart to turn it into a shopping platform.

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Modernizing legacy systems for supply chain excellence

Pivotree Blog

An integrated supply chain ecosystem When modernizing, it’s important to address the end-to-end supply chain so that all systems work together, including ecommerce, omnichannel, order management, warehouse management, transport management, and other platforms that are critical to order fulfillment.