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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

BigCommerce

Eddie Machaalani and Mitchell Harper co-founded BigCommerce in 2009 and introduced it that year as a 100% bootstrapped ecommerce storefront platform. Other ecommerce technology platform providers launched in the same era. Ecommerce also makes it easier for companies to reach new customers all over the globe.

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How 3 Global Brands Scaled Using a Product Information Management (PIM) Solution

BigCommerce

Order fulfillment. When researching and working to select a PIM we strongly recommend that use the following feature list as a baseline for comparison: Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System. Warehouse management. Multi-channel automation. Customer relationship management (CRM).

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7 B2B Ecommerce Trends + 13 B2B Brands Changing How Businesses Buy

BigCommerce

However, 63% of B2B e-business professionals say that their experience is worse than Amazon’s. Many believe that what’s holding them back from a better “Amazon-like” experience is their current B2B ecommerce technology. 57% of B2B executives stated that ecommerce integration was another top technology need.

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