8 retail eCommerce platforms you need to look at before launching an online store
It feels like everyone and their mother have been taking their brick-and-mortar business online lately. They have a good reason to do so. People have changed their shopping habits, and if you want your business to thrive, launching an online store is nearly inevitable. With a few hundred eCommerce platforms out there, choosing the best […]
June 1, 2022
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Strategy & Transformation
How to implement a new market rollout every two weeks
expansion, you’ll hardly find a better resource. All of us have felt the pain of creating a website within an organization. Those projects are often difficult to estimate properly, have struggles with resources, and end up taking weeks and months over the initial deadline. It’s the perfect fuel for burnouts within the team. The good […]
May 26, 2022
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Commerce & Customer Experience
Artificial intelligence in eCommerce: Benefits and examples
Whenever we hear the words “artificial intelligence (AI),” the very first thing that comes to our mind is a crazy plot device usually featured in science fiction movies and novels. However, when it comes to the eCommerce industry, AI revolves around the concept of algorithms and learning technologies that provide the foundation for automation and […]
May 23, 2022
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Data & Platforms
DB-Lock-Issues with Transactional REQUIRES_NEW — More Spring/Java transaction handling pitfalls
If you haven’t read it yet, it’s probably a good idea to read part 1 of this post-series first. From now on we’ll assume that we remember roughly what part 1 was about. As a refresher, here’s one of the main points again: What is Propagation.REQUIRES_NEW? One may think that it “magically tells the database […]
May 18, 2022
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UX/UI Design
Accessibility: Necessary for some, useful for everyone
Accessibility of services is not about being nice and caring. It’s about doing the right thing, especially in the online world where creating a barrier-free environment for people with special needs can yield significant benefits. Despite the common perception, digital exclusion does not only affect people with disabilities. Accessible solutions are ones that can be […]
May 16, 2022
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Commerce & Customer Experience
eCommerce versus retail and why you should integrate them
You’re running a business, and things are looking up for you. At the same time, you have this feeling that you could be doing more. Your online business is booming, and you’re thinking about opening an offline retail store. Or maybe it’s the other way around, and you’re thinking about supplementing your successful brick-and-mortar business […]
May 11, 2022
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Commerce & Customer Experience
Top 5 international eCommerce platforms for 2023
Going global requires efficiency, reliability, and a certain set of features from your software. Building eCommerce for over 1,000 international brands, Cloudflight has evaluated dozens of solutions that address the problems of international expansion. Here’s our shortlist of the top five international eCommerce platforms in 2022. They are the safest bet to quickly roll out […]
May 4, 2022
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Data & Platforms
Running the OpenShift console in plain Kubernetes
The OpenShift console is a nice GUI intended for use within OpenShift clusters. It offers a consolidated overview of resources, integrated metrics, alerting and also allows you to update cluster resources from a web browser. As the name implies, the console is developed with OpenShift being the primary use case. During my work at Cloudflight, […]
May 2, 2022
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Commerce & Customer Experience
Six areas to analyze before a global eCommerce rollout
Entering a new market is a step that allows manufacturers, suppliers, and other sellers to expand the spectrum of sales for their products from a specific local market to the wider world. It’s the ultimate time for scaling up that opens new potential sales with each new market. The right kind of rollout can bring […]