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COVID-19 and eCommerce in Canada
Impacts, Data, Trends and Benchmarking Tools. Canada is on the digital tipping point. In the future, we’ll remember that there was a way of buying BEFORE COVID-19 and AFTER.
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A message to our clients on the Covid-19 crisis.
Dear valued customer, In light of the uncertainty we are all facing surrounding the COVID-19 situation, I feel it’s important I update you on our business continuity plans. It goes without saying that the well-being and safety of our employees is our top priority....
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Does Your Coronavirus Strategy Include eCommerce?
In October 2009, the world was a very different place. Barack Obama was the president of the United States. Microsoft launched Bing, proving the Internet was here to stay. Twitter had just become worth $1B, proving the Internet was a very strange place. And the Web...
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eCommerce Replatforming Guide for Infor Users
A high-level guide for navigating your replatforming questions and concerns. Dive and Explore : A Yes/Now Flowchart: “do we actually need to replatform?” Detailed checklists, segmented by strategic, financial, cultural, operational and technical considerations for...
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AEM + Magento Custom Product Configurator to be Debuted at Adobe Summit in Las Vegas
Developed by two of the Adobe/Magento ecosystem’s most celebrated partners, AMx allows brands to deliver experience-driven content while leveraging product info and checkout in Magento, in 90 days or less. Las Vegas, Nevada - February 25, 2020 - Absolunet and ICF...
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Magento 2.3.4 Has Chat, Adobe Stock Integration, PWA Page Builder and More
From interactions to content to security, here is what is included in Magento’s most recent release Magento is starting 2020 with a bang with a January 28th release. A relatively small release compared to the ones we received in 2019, Magento 2.3.4 has some...
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The 10 eCommerce Trends That Will Define Retail in 2020
Amazon hits a wall, China’s rising digital influence, in-store facial recognition, in-fridge delivery… Absolunet unveils the 10 eCommerce Trends that will define the next 12 months. Montreal - December 16 2019 - Absolunet unveils the top 10 eCommerce trends to watch...
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Episerver Acquires Insite: Leading WCM Now Has Strong B2B eCommerce Capability
Absolunet's first impressions of Episerver’s Insite acquisition. Insite is an amazing eCommerce platform for B2B. It is stable, easy to use, and provides the widest range of out-of-the-box critical features for enterprise-level manufacturers and distributors. Insite...
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New Balance and Absolunet Take Top Honors at PIMpoint Summit in Chicago
inRiver highlights partners and clients who use product information management to fuel eCommerce and digital transformations. Montreal, Quebec – InRiver’s PIMpoint summit culminated with a celebration of client success and partner dedication, Absolunet took top...
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Magento 2.3.3 Details, Holiday Code Freeze and a Much Improved Security Patching Process
An overview of Magento’s most recent update, why patching just got smarter and exactly when will it be too late to do any of this before the holidays. Read on.Today, Magento is releasing 3 new versions of their platform including patches for 2.2.x and 2.3.2 and a new...
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HVAC + eCommerce
How mobile and digital are redefining customer expectations. This is 3 examples of HVAC distributors who are already bridging the digital gap. 6 signs your custom/Current HVAC website is costing you sales
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Cyber Monday Marketing Checklist
Collaborate to Compete: 6 strategies for brand manufacturers and retailers. A Practical Guide for Winning During the Most Important Time of the Year. How to stand out amongst thousands of companies vying for consumer attention. The foundations for working...
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How Manufacturers and Distributors Can Bridge the Digital Gap
Change is hard In B2B, the sales culture has historically centered on phone calls and quotas, not finding easier ways for customers to engage with your company. The hardest part of getting new technology rolling is wading through the noise of what is actually going...
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Amazon: B2B’s Friend or Foe?
Is Amazon a friend or a foe? Well, both. Truthfully, both Amazon and other marketplaces like eBay (especially if you are in the car parts industry) have significant advantages in terms of: large resources to test new technology, name recognition, and a reputation for...
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The 8 Things Your B2B eCommerce Platform Should Do
Choosing a new eCommerce platform signals that you are trying to make your customers’ lives easier. That’s good. When it comes to technology or your digital infrastructure, the platform you pick plays a big part in your customer experience. Here are 8 important...
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6 Signs Your B2B Website is Costing You Sales
Is your website helping or hindering your growth?Here are 6 signs that your website might be costing you sales: Non-transactional site. Customers want to make a purchase. But your website is not transactional. At best this slows down the customer’s purchasing...
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2020: The State of B2B eCommerce
B2B is online ... but you knew that. You’ve heard the buzz words. You know that “omnichannel” is a thing. And you’ve read the predictions about the percentage of B2B transactions that will happen online in 2020 and beyond. It’s good to have a finger on the pulse of...
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Get the Most Out of inRiver PIM with these 3 New Features
The newest updates from inRiver will help you export data, improve connectors and work en français. Read this article for our technical take on inRiver Product Marketing Cloud (iPMC)’s latest updates: Syndicate application REST API iPMC Internationalization. 1....
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3 High-ROI Ways to Improve Search on Insite
There is no single perfect search engine. This is something that I regularly tell our Insite clients. Getting your onsite search to provide the best results for each and every search query is an impossible task. That being said, Insite Software is using ElasticSearch...
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Preventing Enterprise eCommerce Transformation Failure, Part 4: The Nearly Impossible Task of Process Mapping
From a digital perspective, you have no idea how complex your business actually is. TL;DR: This goes beyond change management. Mapping out how data flows, what does what and what goes where, layered with who is responsible for what is harder than it sounds....
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The Many Possibilities of inRiver Product Marketing Cloud’s New REST API
Easily send data from your PIM to external systems without custom development. The Absolunet team is all abuzz about inRiver Product Marketing Cloud (iPMC)’s new rollout: the REST API. This feature will opens exciting possibilities for...
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Trying Out Insite Software’s A/B Testing Functionality
Insite’s most exciting functionality may also be one of its most underused. Our team played with it to see how it really works. Last year, Insite Software released InsiteCommerce® version 4.4.4, which included major enhancements to their B2B...
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Absolunet Brings Home Coveted Prize from Magento Imagine
Winner of the Spirit of Excellence Award, the 240 person agency is celebrated for its growth and the quality of its work through the Adobe eCommerce platform. Montreal, Quebec – May 17th 2019– Absolunet brings home one of the most prestigious prizes for an...
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PIM Review: 3 New Key Features in inRiver’s Most Recent Release
The leading PIM solution’s newest updates create important opportunities for merchantsInRiver’s newest features discussed in this article:Content segmentationApplication TemplateDelimited Import Adapter 1. Content SegmentationAs your company...
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Highlights from ENGAGE Montreal 2019
ENGAGE: An Absolunet and Magento Peer-To-Peer Retreat on How to Take Your eCommerce from Good to Great On April 12th, Absolunet teamed up with Magento to host our 5th ENGAGE eCommerce retreat. Held at the beautiful Phi Centre in Old Montreal, the merchants in...
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eCommerce Compliance Checklist
A practical, layperson’s guide to avoiding lawsuits and PR headaches. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Canada Anti-Spam Law (CASL) Personal Information Protection and...
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What is PIM?
With PIM or Product Information Management systems, business users can manage all of their product content for all of their channels… in one centralized resource. Read our playful PIM ebook to see how it works. How PIM Helps Product governance + clarity: With a PIM...
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Magento Merchant Insights: Release v2.3.1
The industry-leading eCommerce platform focuses on speed and efficiency in their newest release. Here is a breakdown of v2.3.1 and our take on the developments: Page Builder Only available for Magento Commerce, Page Builder provides an...
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MS Dynamics NAV + Magento. An Omnichannel Playbook for Retailers
Industry-focused White Paper Omnichannel Playbook for Retailers Who Use Dynamics 365 / LS NAV / Magento Explore the 9 omnichannel functionalities and how Magento and Dynamics makes the run: BOPIS (Click-n-collect). Ship-from-Store. Omnichannel Inventory. Omnichannel...
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Preventing Enterprise eCommerce Transformation Failure, Part 3: Planning for Change and Delays
Delayed approvals, scope change and new business realities. Can you plan for change without changing the plan? Think big, plan small and act fast. No matter how well the transformation is planned, approvals, scope change and business realities will impact the roadmap....
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inRiver PIM User Insight: Latest Improvements and New Outbound Connector
The industry-leading PIM solution continues to make your work easier! inRiver Product Marketing Cloud (iPMC)’s latest updates contain several improvements and bug fixes on many of their applications. Read on for our take on: Contribute App Mass Updates Faster...
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Preventing Enterprise eCommerce Transformation Failure, Part 2: The Role of I.T.
How I.T. can shut down the CMO-driven initiative. TL;DR : This may not be an I.T. initiative, but they are absolutely involved. Get them in the room as early as possible. Underestimating the Role of I.T. The situation: More than half of eCommerce implementations will...
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