Innovation at its Best: The Demandware Commerce Pacesetter Award
By Ilana Goddess, Product Marketing Manager at Demandware The topic of innovation was at the forefront of The Demandware XChange Conference 2014. Andy Laudato, CIO of Pier 1 Imports shared with us his...
View ArticleCommerce and Speed: An Inseparable Duo
By Dan Shim, Industry Strategy and Insights Group at Demandware Demandware commissioned Forrester Consulting to generate a Total Economic Impact™ case study, which included in depth interviews with...
View ArticleVideo: Welcome to a World of Digital, In the Store
By Brandi Slaughter, Senior Solutions Marketing Manager It’s no mystery that consumers today are more connected and informed than ever before. They want what they want, when they want it, how they want...
View ArticleThe Mount Everest of Retail: The Customer Shopping Experience
By Caley Iandiorio, Senior Market & Competitive Intelligence Delivering a unique, differentiated and effective customer experience is the Mount Everest of retail. Retailers operate in a highly...
View ArticleAre You Ready for Today’s Retail Realities?
By Ilana Goddess, Product Marketing Manager There is a seismic shift occurring in the retail landscape. We’re in the middle of an evolution, one that requires modern retailers to be innovative and...
View ArticleReinventing the Box
By Rob Garf, VP Industry Strategy and Insights The urban and rural physical store – the “box” – has gradually evolved over the past decade. It really came to light for me as lead retail analyst at AMR...
View ArticleThe New Retail Reality: One Platform
By Demandware Omni-channel capabilities give retailers new opportunities to break from the traditional store format – they’re testing new concepts, bringing digital capabilities into the store and...
View ArticleDon’t Shortcut your ‘Buy Anywhere, Fulfill Anywhere’ Strategy
By Brandi Slaughter, Senior Solutions Marketing Manager Digitally savvy consumers have high expectations for today’s shopping experience. For one, they expect to be able to shop and interact with...
View ArticleIf You Could Have Only Been at the IRCE Breakfast with RW Baird
By Rob Garf, Vice President of Industry Strategy and Insights I attended the annual IRCE show in Chicago last week. One of the highlights was a private breakfast hosted by Colin Sebastian, Managing...
View ArticleThis Week in Retail: The Top 5
By Adam Forrest, Director of Product Marketing Today, we’re kicking off a new section of our blog that looks at the top industry stories that caught our eye over the past week. 1. Fire Phone Immerses...
View ArticleEnabling Cross-Channel Order Fulfillment
By Brandi Slaughter, Senior Solutions Marketing Manager As I mentioned in my last blog post, today’s digital consumer expects a cohesive, seamless experience across retail channels. Taking this a step...
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This Week in Retail: The Top 5
By Adam Forrest, Director of Product Marketing Items in the news this week all point to a similar trend: the role of digital in the consumer shopping experience. Here are some of the top items I read...
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Grow Fashion Highlights the Changing Focus of Fashion Retail
By Rick Kenney, Regional Director, Customer Success With a few hundred fashion brands and retailers gathering in New York for a session on ecommerce, you’d expect a heavy emphasis on merchandising,...
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Get Holiday Ready: Managing Delivery Schedule Expectations
By Sue Chapman, Director of Merchandising Practice Last week, we talked about planning record-breaking holiday promotions, highlighting some of the things you can do to stand out from the competition....
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This Week in Retail: The Top 5
By Adam Forrest, Director of Product Marketing Discussions around order management and fulfillment have been hot topics over the past week, and it goes without saying that digital integrations to...
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Social Commerce in China
By Amanda Massello, Product Marketing A few months before Alibaba announced its intention to launch its initial public offering in the US, Founder Jack Ma told the world that ecommerce in China is not...
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Get Holiday Ready: Test Your Holiday Readiness (before your customers do)
By Sue Chapman, Director of Merchandising Practice Last week, we talked about managing delivery schedule expectations, offering some tips to clearly communicate order cutoff dates and shipping...
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Get Holiday Ready: Giving Loyal Customers the VIP Treatment
By Sue Chapman, Director of Merchandising Practice Last week, I shared with you my Testing Commandments to ensure every element of your holiday shopping experience runs properly to give your customers...
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Omni-channel Dictates New Order Management Needs
By Brandi Slaughter, Senior Solutions Marketing Manager Nearly every retailer has made it clear that creating a seamless customer shopping experience is a priority. In fact, a recent article from...
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Cracking the Code: Using Social Interactions for In-store Engagement
By Demandware Every retailer is working toward delivering a seamless, multichannel shopping experience. But not many have discovered how to bring social interactions with their customers into the store...
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