Posts Tagged ‘Magento’

Adoption of cloud technologies and applications built for the cloud are sweeping across B2B and B2C organizations. According to IDC, more than 50% of enterprise IT infrastructures and software investments will be cloud based by 2018. Digital commerce is one of many segments that has embraced cloud-first because of its many benefits, including: Increased scalability […]

“The times they are a-changing,” to quote Bob Dylan, and this couldn’t be more true for B2B sales. Self-service B2B commerce is on the rise, estimated to grow from $780 billion in 2015 to $1 trillion by 2020. While traditional B2B selling channels remain influential, the combination of ubiquitous digital technologies and increasing buyer expectations […]

Marketers are now in the business of selling experiences – not products – and the numbers that support this statement do not lie. According to a survey of more than 7,000 marketers worldwide, two of the top three digital priorities for 2016 include targeting/personalization and content optimization. Creating and delivering an exceptional customer experience is […]

In keeping with the promise for more functionality and a rapid development cycle, Magento announced version 2.1 today (4-13-16) in the opening session at Magento Imagine. This release is going to focus on 5 areas of improvement: Staging and preview enhancements for admins– the new and enhanced staging process makes it faster, easier and less […]

In the final general session of Magento Imagine yesterday, Earvin “Magic” Johnson joined us as the keynote speaker. While he started out on stage, he didn’t stay there long. He engaged and entertained attendees as he walked through the audience telling his story. And standing at 6’9”, you couldn’t miss him! His stories about how […]

Figuring out and building requirements aren’t always easy. In a session this week at Magento Imagine, Rob Tull from Classy Llama shared his formula for creating requirements and developing a good relationship with your implementation partner. Three core principles are critical to getting off on the right foot with your implementer: TRUST – establish a relationship […]

Magento’s big announcement at Imagine 2016’s opening general session today is a game changer for clients. As of May 1, companies will have the option to move to Magento Enterprise Cloud. Peter Sheldon, head of strategy at Magento, made this announcement to 2,500 of Magento’s nearest and dearest – the attendees of their annual conference. […]

I had the chance to hear first-hand from Magento 2.0 Beta Merchants and their system integrator partners about their journey moving from Magento 1.x to Magento 2.0. In this session, they shared thoughts and ideas for how to prepare for a Magento 2.0 project, how key improvements in the platform helped their companies, and gave […]

Less than six months ago, Magento announced the release of Magento 2.0, its “next generation open source digital commerce platform”. A recent whitepaper reported findings from initial benchmark testing[1] and revealed how the new platform can: Process up to 39% more orders per hour Deliver nearly instant server response times for catalog browsing Enable up […]

“As a Magento 2.0 certified training and Beta partner, we have been very hands-on with this new release. Magento 2.0 is an architecturally robust platform with a modular tool kit that, when coupled with our expertise, allows us to push the boundaries of commerce functionality on our clients’ sites. Our implementation at Loom Décor is […]

7 websites 35,000 page views per day 40% of site traffic coming from mobile These are the key stats for BSN Sports, the largest distributor of team sports apparel and sports equipment in the U.S. In 2015, this client entrusted Perficient with building its first eCommerce site on Magento Enterprise. After seeing the trend in mobile […]

The countdown is on for Magento Imagine 2016! Now in its sixth year, this event connects more than 2,500 people of the global eCommerce ecosystem, including senior executives, marketers, merchandisers, developers, and commerce visionaries. We’re proud to be a Diamond Sponsor of Magento Imagine and are excited to participate in a panel discussion and breakout […]