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Retail Integrations: The Case for Middleware

OrderDynamics

Some still include manual data entry on the spectrum of data movement strategies, but generally true data integration is automated with the use of APIs and webhooks , or EDI. Both errors and costs for re-implementation quickly stacked up. Put simply, data integration is automating your data movements between two or more applications.

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The State of Ecommerce Platforms in 2018: Cloud Commerce, Open SaaS and The API Economy

BigCommerce

Understandably, this decision has wide-ranging implications –– to your customers in engaging with your brand and reducing friction of getting the product they need, to your employees that have to implement campaign strategies, and to your bottom line in terms of sales growth as well as cost of maintenance and installation.

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8 Ecommerce ERP Integration Patterns & Data Orchestration Frameworks

BigCommerce

This is because ERPs rely heavily on EDI and APIs to sync with outside systems. EDI is the more traditional approach and still often used in B2B and wholesale channels, and Walmart specifically. You see, some ERPs are better suited for product lots, or for shipping, or even for growth across multiple locations. .

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Segmenting and Personalizing the B2B Ecommerce Experience

Blue Acorn

A B2B ecommerce site without either isn’t much better than a digital catalog and an EDI. Personalization can be leveraged during the transaction–at the end of the process–to automate special pricing and discounts. You can read more on how your ecommerce solution can help simplify B2B pricing and processes in this report.

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21 Sessions, Presentations and Workshops You Can’t Miss at IRCE 2018

BigCommerce

For consumers, Rent the Runway is a luxury clothing rental company that allows regular folks to rent and wear expensive goods they’d otherwise never have access to. But in 2018, Skullcandy made the move from Demandware to BigCommerce, drastically cutting operational costs and speeding up GTM on innovative marketing campaigns.

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

BigCommerce

Once other factors are added like trying to manage multiple price lists, geographic locations, languages, currencies, promotions, etc. Inefficient processes, resulting in higher costs. In short, it’s often a high cost and low return scenario. Download Your Guide. Error-prone and inaccurate product updates.