Retail Insights Harnessing the Power of Data

whitePaper | December 25, 2019

With over 500 million consumers, the European market is worth exploring and this guide provides New Zealand companies with an overview of e-commerce in Europe. The European market is vast, with more than 300 online marketplaces competing for a share in its NZ$1 trillion-plus online retail market. In this guide we take you through the key trends and introduce you to the main players in Europe’s thriving digital marketplace.

whitePaper | November 12, 2019

The retail industry faces immense challenges in the coming years. These challenges include demographic change, raw materials becoming more expensive, consumers changing their behaviour due to increasing digitalisation and e-commerce. These are only some of the major changes currently taking place in the retail industry. The “Trends in Retail 2020” study performed by KPMG in Germany and the EHI Retail Institute highlights factors which will have a significant impact on the future development of the German retail market.

whitePaper | January 31, 2022

Convergence of technology based robust, fast, secure business process solutions and ubiquitous tablet devices are the major driving forces for mobile POS Terminal adoption. One of the biggest challenge faced by the businesses today is making a concise and cost-efficient payment system, especially in the retail sector. Low installation cost and speedier checkout offered by Tablet POS Terminal has considerably increased their adoption. Tablets are not only improving Return on Investment (ROI) but it helps to meet the targeted sales as well as labour efficiency.

whitePaper | March 31, 2021

SMB and Mid-Market Businesses face many of the same issues seen in large enterprise corporations; however,they lack the same budgets and resources.

whitePaper | April 6, 2023

In 2017, commercetools published “Reimagining Retail Commerce...with the Right Tools.” The paper was meant to inspire traditional retailers to forget about trying to compete with Amazon — and start focusing on building their own businesses by “using innovation to support customer engagement and make your brand experience inviting, authentic, distinctive and personal.” The key takeaways? One: Embracing modern technology is the key to generating loyalty and, thus, sales. And two: By using APIs, retailers can add features gradually for incremental innovation, revamping their platform over time to alleviate fear and pushback within their organization.

whitePaper | November 5, 2019

Global e-commerce sales topped $1 trillion for the first time in 2012. Estimates for 2013 indicate a projected growth in online sales of 18.3%, or $1.3 trillion in worldwide annual revenue1 . The regional market share of global e-commerce will also continue to change dramatically in the coming years, with the Asia-Pacific market overtaking North America as the highest e-commerce sales region in the world.