Descartes' article was released on September 21, 2023 EDI eliminates the need for manual data entry by automating the exchange of business documents. EDI minimizes the risk of errors associated with manual data entry. EDI enables real-time or near-real-time communication between trading partners. EDI eliminates the need for physical documents,...

Pimcore's article was released on April 18, 2023. Here’s delving deeper into what constitutes the best practices in product taxonomy and how to ensure it does not get too taxing for your customers. Visualizing Hierarchies Well ‘Naming’ Is the Name of the Game Automation Is the Best Policy   READ MORE...

Digital Commerce 360's article was released on October 18, 2022. Marketplaces are growing in popularity. The Top 100 U.S.-based marketplaces recorded 18.7% growth in total gross merchandise value (GMV) in 2021 to reach a record high of $917.79 billion, according to Digital Commerce 360 estimates. READ MORE...

Digital Commerce 360's article was released on October 14, 2022. Doing what it takes to manage a brand’s products across marketplaces requires a considerable number of tools and a sizeable amount of manpower. Given the various approaches that marketplaces take to product pages, sellers like CPO must dedicate considerable resources to managing...

CXO Today's article was released on October 17, 2022. In a day and age where data sources and models are getting increasingly complex, the quality of data and its standardization assumes great importance. With PIM, businesses have a central location for their product information, facilitating efficient data handling and processing. PIM can...

Digital Commerce 360's article was released on October 10, 2022. Headless commerce is a way to de-couple the front-end presentation layers (and other components) of your ecommerce experience to leverage the best-in-class content management system (CMS), site search, shopping cart, personalization, etc. Headless commerce is a great approach to keep up with...

Modern Distribution Management's article was released on October 7, 2022. What do Grainger and Amazon have that most distributors don’t? A deep, rich online catalog. They give online buyers all the information they need to make a buying decision — extensive product data with supporting details and insights. And because no distributors have...

McKinsey & Company's article was released in June 10, 2022. Like top retailers, the most profitable distributors have detailed end-to-end views of category performance. This helps them manage complexity and supply constraints, keep costs down, and meet customers’ needs while driving profitable growth. But few truly understand how to extract full...

Institute for Local Self-Reliance's article on Revenue Management was released in December 2021. This report finds that Amazon is exploiting its position as a gatekeeper to impose steep and growing fees on third-party sellers. Even as these exorbitant fees bankrupt sellers, they are generating huge profits for Amazon, a fact that...