Forrester IT

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Southeast Asia is one of the most promising e-commerce markets in the world. Online marketplaces, including regional ones like Lazada and Shopee and local ones like Tokopedia, dominate the region’s e-commerce landscape. COVID-19 is […].

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Forrester IT

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In 2022, “anywhere commerce” will be the mantra as brands invest in tech to meet buyers in every possible shopping moment.

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Forrester IT

MARCH 17, 2023

Our new commerce search landscape report publishes in just a few weeks. I am thrilled to announce that our Forrester Wave™ evaluation analyzing this market will follow this year, covering the latest major commerce tech spin-off market!

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Forrester IT

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Marketing leaders are investing in digital experience (DX) technologies including adtech, martech, and commerce tech to support their digital marketing, commerce, and customer experience initiatives. But many struggle to measure success due to a lack of relevant metrics.

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Forrester IT

MAY 12, 2020

In the highly competitive world of commerce, retailers and brands must invest in tech initiatives that will differentiate them, drive revenue growth, and keep their customers satisfied.

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Forrester IT

JUNE 1, 2023

When thinking of markets on the cusp of disruption, legal tech — and especially contract management — is not likely what comes to mind. But it should, and here’s why: Contracts are the heart and soul of commerce and business relationships.

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Forrester IT

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Gone are the days of take-it-or-leave-it, prefab, legacy commerce suites and isolated, minimally integrated platforms. As we’ve seen business models adapt to rapidly shifting customer needs and expectations, retailers’ demands of their commerce technology models have evolved at the […].

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Forrester IT

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

As we quickly ramp into peak season for most retailers, your job as a tech vendor is clearer than ever: Make life easier for your customers. This blog post is part of Forrester’s Holiday 2019 retail series. To start, ask your customers these questions now, whether formally or (ideally!)

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GeekWire

MARCH 8, 2024

Seattle-based Cap Hill Brands, which raised more than $250 million to acquire and grow e-commerce shops, has merged with Juvo+, a company that focuses on developing and selling its own products online. The combined company is now known as Infinite Commerce and will be led by Steve Neufer , a Seattle-based executive who founded Juvo+.

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Tech Republic Cloud

JANUARY 24, 2023

In the final day of Retail's Big Show, tech focuses on unified commerce, supply chain struggles and connectivity. Live like a local — somewhat. The post NRF 2023: Building unified customer experiences appeared first on TechRepublic.

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GeekWire

APRIL 16, 2024

WTIA Photo) The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) named longtime Seattle tech leader Kristen Forecki as the new chair of its board of directors. The WTIA operates a nonprofit member trade association, a nonprofit tech apprenticeship program, and a for-profit corporation providing business services. Kristen Forecki.

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Tech Republic Cloud

DECEMBER 11, 2020

At Friday's re:Invent 2020 conference event, the e-commerce giant revealed that by 2025 it will invest "hundreds of millions" to help 29 million people worldwide to develop tech skills.

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Forrester IT

JANUARY 22, 2020

At NRF 2020 Vision, commerce tech vendors touted their latest innovations for digital retail. NRF’s Digital Council (composed of retail CIOs, heads of digital, and similar, as well as tech providers) discussed several hot button terms during their meetings. […].

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GeekWire

MARCH 22, 2024

Ruffin is the founder and former leader of Amazon Air, the tech giant’s sprawling cargo air business. Logistics and later was a vice president and head of e-commerce transportation at Walmart. E-commerce startups such as Pandion rode a pandemic-driven boom in online shopping, attracting gobs of venture capital to fuel growth.

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TechSpot

MARCH 28, 2023

The split companies will focus on six tech sector areas, including cloud computing, e-commerce, and logistics. Read Entire Article

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Forrester IT

APRIL 25, 2019

FORR/3 is a new video blog series on commerce, content, and services. In this episode, Nick Barber and I discuss Accenture’s recent acquisition of the creative agency Droga5, what this means, and how it reflects some of the broader trends I see in the tech […]. I am happy to introduce the very first FORR/3 episode!

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 10, 2019

All the world’s tech giants from Alibaba to Amazon are in a race to become the world’s leaders in artificial intelligence (AI). Chinese company Alibaba is the world’s largest e-commerce platform that sells more than Amazon and eBay combined. Artificial intelligence […].

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

(TikTok Images) TikTok is looking to aggressively grow its employee footprint in the Seattle area as the social media video app takes on Amazon for e-commerce shoppers, according to a report Thursday in The Information. The Information cited 350 public job listings for e-commerce roles in the Seattle area. e-commerce operations.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

of Commerce Photo) Lisa Brown is departing her position as the director of commerce for Washington state, effective March 4. She forged international partnerships to promote the state’s aerospace, maritime, and clean tech industries, said Cho, and worked with the Port to promote the Korean-American business community.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 18, 2024

Too many enterprise businesses have been held back by their commerce technology. Increasing tech debt, disparate sales channels, costly innovation to improve customer experiences, and worst of all: a high total cost of ownership (TCO). It’s time to put an end to that era. Click here to calculate your TCO.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

e-commerce is well-documented , but the latest global rankings for app installs show the potential for newer brands to upend the online shopping juggernaut. The tech giant ranked fourth globally in shopping app installations for 2021, according to new data from Apptopia. e-commerce sales in 2021, according to eMarketer.

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GeekWire

MARCH 28, 2024

But that changed after he connected with the startup scene, led by determined business and community leaders bent on bootstrapping this longtime timber and mining town into a thriving tech hub. A tech community in transition The new world of remote work means companies based in the region can recruit from a much larger pool of talent.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Fabric Photo) — Faisal Masud , the former CEO of Seattle e-commerce startup Fabric , joined Palo Alto, Calif.-based Fabric named veteran tech leader Mike Micucci as CEO in August. The tech giant reported second quarter net revenue of $12.9 based Hewlett-Packard. billion, down more than 21% from the year-ago period.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A new program aims to provide early-stage funding for Washington state tech startups founded by entrepreneurs who are Black, women, refugees or from other historically marginalized communities. The accelerator is a joint program from the Washington State Department of Commerce and Find Ventures. Economic Development Administration. .

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TechSpot

AUGUST 16, 2022

The BIS, an agency of the US Department of Commerce, has announced new export controls on tech deemed essential to US national security. The rule took effect on Monday and involves four technologies supporting the production of advanced semiconductors and gas turbine engines.

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TechSpot

DECEMBER 15, 2022

According to new rumors coming from Washington, the US Government is ready to further increase its pressure on China's high-tech industry. The US Commerce Department is seemingly preparing new, high-profile additions to its infamous Entity List, making the companies involved unable to obtain US-made technology and components.

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GeekWire

MARCH 26, 2024

Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader accepts the Next Tech Titan award at the GeekWire Awards in 2016. GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Which company will be the next tech titan to emerge from the Pacific Northwest? Submittable’s CEO, Seattle-area tech veteran Thor Culverhouse, joined the company in 2020.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

New funding: E-commerce startup Fabric has raised $43 million to help mid-market brands that are trying to keep up with Amazon but don’t have the technical expertise or capability to build out robust e-commerce systems. Its flexible platform is described as “headless,” or “modular commerce.” last year.

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GeekWire

JULY 20, 2021

E-commerce company Fabric just landed a $100 million investment to help retailers sell their products online. The 4-year-old company said revenue has grown more than 800% year-over-year as the pandemic has accelerated e-commerce adoption. The company’s platform is described as “headless,” or “modular commerce.”

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Spearline Testing

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

MWC Barcelona 2023 – Where technology, community and commerce converge MWC Barcelona is the largest and most influential event for the connectivity ecosystem. So whether you’re a global mobile operator, device manufacturer, technology provider, vendor, content owner, or are simply interested in the future of tech, you need to be here.

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ComputerWorld IT Management

JANUARY 23, 2023

The problem: Big Tech companies like Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce and Facebook went on a hiring binge during the pandemic when lockdowns sparked a tech buying spree to support remote work and an uptick in e-commerce, and now they face revenue declines. It's not only tech giants who are conducting layoffs.

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GeekWire

MARCH 2, 2023

Founded in 2016, Armoire offers online and in-person shopping options, and last year opened a high-tech brick-and-mortar boutique in Seattle. Chewy completed its acquisition of Petabyte, which builds tech products for pet care, on Nov. Department of Commerce. The startup has raised more than $12 million to date. It paid $43.4

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

New funding: Seattle startup Pipe17 announced an $8 million seed funding round for its platform that helps online retailers tie together various e-commerce software systems related to inventory, order flow, fulfillment, and more. Companies use Pipe17 to connect their QuickBooks Commerce software to a fulfillment channel, for example.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

JANUARY 23, 2023

The problem: Big Tech companies like Amazon, Oracle, Microsoft, Salesforce and Facebook went on a hiring binge during the pandemic when lockdowns sparked a tech buying spree to support remote work and an uptick in e-commerce, and now they face revenue declines. It's not only tech giants who are conducting layoffs.

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GeekWire

MAY 1, 2023

(Foundation Photo) Shiv Agarwal is taking another startup swing in the B2B e-commerce arena. The former Staples exec and co-founder of Fabric is now leading Foundation , a Seattle startup that just announced a $3 million seed round to fuel growth of its wholesale e-commerce platform. Last year, the company raised $140 million at a $1.5

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Less than a week before the 2020 presidential election, three of the biggest names in tech—Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey—will testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation about a longstanding law that protects websites from liability… Read more.

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GeekWire

JUNE 15, 2023

It recently welcomed Beta Hatch, an up-and-coming climate tech business, and is now home to one of the largest tech-enhanced insect producing operations in the world. Cashmere, Wash., is the heart of fruit tree country in a state known for its apples. Daane Hagen Photo) Inside a cavernous building in Cashmere, Wash.,

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