BigCommerce, e-commerce platform

Is BigCommerce the Right Online Sales Platform for You?

By Ruth Richter • November 04, 2020

There’s no doubt that how consumers shop in 2020 has changed dramatically. In fact, according to DigitalCommerce360, 36 percent of surveyed consumers now shop online weekly, and nearly a third say they now shop more online than in-person. If you’re an e-commerce retailer, that’s good...

Benefits and Challenges to ERP Integration

By Ruth Richter • October 28, 2020

ERP integration is known for putting together multiple “best of breed” applications to build or strengthen a near-custom ERP solution so companies can automate processes and ultimately increase revenue. Integration proves useful by affecting relationships between ERPs and other systems in order to customize solutions...

ERP Integration Patterns: What They Are and Why You Should Care

By Ruth Richter • October 21, 2020

There’s no doubt that there are serious financial (and non-financial) boosts to a company that organizes itself around an ERP. The challenge has been properly organizing and orchestrating ERP data flow. When data moves across systems, it’s not always in a standard format. Integration empowers...

Do You Really Need an ERP Integration Strategy?

By Ruth Richter • October 15, 2020

The postmodern ERP has been defined by Gartner as a “fundamental shift away from a single vendor mega-suite toward a more loosely coupled and federated ERP environment.” Nowadays, ERPs can do almost anything, but some businesses are finding that the huge systems that can do...

3 Customers Innovate New Products to Address Demand

By Ruth Richter • October 07, 2020

While the pandemic is changing the ways and the times we work, it hasn’t changed the need for innovation and getting results. Extended quarantines and rapid changes in economic trends have caused many businesses to think outside the box and it’s pretty amazing how some...

How to Integrate Sage 100 and nopCommerce for Quick Ecommerce Wins

By Ruth Richter • September 30, 2020

Whether you’re a long-time ecommerce veteran or the events of 2020 have your business considering ecommerce for the first time, you know the value of connecting the right platform to the right back-end systems for success. Otherwise, you could be losing out on important sales....

Rethinking Retail With a Multichannel Approach

By Ruth Richter • September 23, 2020

It’s been difficult to be a retailer in 2020. The way customers shop has been dramatically impacted by stay-at-home orders, supply chain interruptions, job loss, and multiple other contributing factors. As the economy moves into the next normal, retailers are looking for ways to encourage...

Six Evolutionary Trends in Website Design for 2020

By Ruth Richter • September 16, 2020

It’s safe to say that the internet and web design have grown up in the last 30 years. Facebook used to be TheFacebook. Amazon only sold books. Even Google had an exclamation point at the end of its name and was still just a website...

Facebook Shops Empower Shopify Ecommerce

By Ruth Richter • September 09, 2020

The resounding stay-at-home orders that echoed across the country and the globe in early 2020 ended up bringing record sales to many ecommerce companies. On the other hand, small businesses—especially those with only a brick and mortar presence—had to halt operations. Many are courting imminent...
B2B ecommerce

5 Ways Your Customer Portal Can Boost B2B Customer Experience

By Ruth Richter • August 26, 2020

There are often fewer purchasing options for customers in the B2B world. Many specialized components or materials are only offered by a select few merchants who build supply contracts with their customers. While many end users will have contracts to purchase large items from specific...