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  • Amazon launches its first Amazon Air regional hub in Europe - Amazon has officially started operations at its first European Amazon Air hub, based out of the Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany. The new facility spans 20,000 square meters and will host two Amazon-branded Boeing 737-800 aircraft, bringing the company’s total operational air fleet to more than 70 aircraft. The retail giant says that the new hub […]
    Topics: help, amazon, international, launches, europe, airport, regional, fleet, air, european, hub, techcrunch, operations.
  • An Post opens Dublin Parcel Hub - An Post has opened its new Dublin Parcel Hub, a 15 million euros investment in automated parcel processing. The logistics center is 50,000 square meters big and should significantly increase An Post’s parcel processing capacity. The new technology, which is self-learning and recognizes all Irish locations, enables the Irish postal… Continue reading
    Topics: data, post, million, parcels, parcel, processing, world, process, opens, hub, dublin.
  • Comparing Google Home Hub vs Amazon Echo Show 2 vs Facebook Portal - The war for the countertop has begun. Google, Amazon and Facebook all revealed their new smart displays this month. Each hopes to become the center of your Internet of Things-equipped home and a window to your loved ones. The $149 Google Home Hub is a cheap and privacy-safe smart home controller. The $229 Amazon Echo […]
    Topics: echo, amazon, comparing, google, hub, portal, video, version, facebook, vs, chat, smart, privacy.
  • Composable Commerce Hub Celebrates 1 Year - The Composable Commerce Hub, the first and only open exchange of business solutions powered by an ecosystem of leading digital commerce providers, was launched last November. The Composable Commerce Hub powered the movement to make Composable Commerce accessible to all brands, not just those with large, experienced technology teams, by providing everything commerce teams need to compose, launch, and optimize their commerce experiences with speed and ease. Today, more than 25 technology providers and system integrators have joined this movement including Algolia, Amplience, Bloomreach, Born, Bounteous, Contentful, DigiCommerce, Jetti, Myplanet, TA Digital, ObjectEdge, PayPal, and Stripe. This year we’ve seen the addition of 14 Pre-Composed SolutionsTM. For those unfamiliar with the term, Pre-Composed SolutionsTM are fully business-ready solutions, which combine Elastic Path commerce capabilities, with partner integrations, and key customizations so that brands can launch fast and customize on-demand, without the complexity of stitching together numerous parts. Here are a few highlighted solutions: Pre-Composed SolutionTM for D2C Web: A complete solution that eliminates the risk of headless commerce and enables D2C brand to rapidly launch and optimize highly differentiated digital experiences. This solution is built by Myplanet and pre-integrates Elastic Path Commerce Cloud with Amplience, Algolia, Google Analytics, Dynamic Yield, and Segment. See a demo. Pre-Composed SolutionTM for B2B Commerce: A business-ready solution proving a quick start to rapidly launch complex B2B experiences. This solution, developed in partnership with DigiCommerce, combines core B2B functionality from Elastic Path Commerce Cloud with pre-build digital experiences for B2B buyers and sellers. Watch the demo. Pre-Composed SolutionTM for Subscriptions: A complete subscription management solution for brands who want to create and customize personalized subscription services to their unique product requirements and customer needs. This solution, developed by Pixie Labs, is built on top of Elastic Path Commerce Cloud and is pre-integrated with Stripe, Postmark, and an analytics dashboard built by Pixie Labs. Join us on December 14th at 11:30 AM ET to see a live demo of this solution. Save your seat. Pre-Composed SolutionTM for Rapid D2C: This solution gives brands the flexibility and speed (with a 90-day launch guarantee) to easily launch their unique D2C experiences including emerging channels such as social, chat-bot, voice assistants, digital shopping malls and the Internet of Things (IoT). Also known as CommerceFactory, this solution is built by TA Digital and is pre-integrated with Acquia, Elastic Search, CyberSource or Stripe, Avalara, and Vertex. See a demo.   Need a subscription management solution? Join industry experts live to see first hand how you can easily create unique, personalized subscription services in our upcoming webinar. Register for Webinar Beyond launching Pre-Composed SolutionsTM, customers are experiencing the benefits. A large-scale publisher was able to launch a new subscription service in just 27 days. Teilor, a luxury jewelry brand, brought their personalized, engaging in-store experience online using the Pre-Composed SolutionTM for D2C Commerce built by Myplanet. We look forward to the next year of growth for the Composable Commerce Hub. If you would like to get involved with the Composable Commerce Hub, check out this blog post.
    Topics: launch, elastic, commerce, solution, path, digital, subscription, b2b, hub, celebrates, experiences, composable, built.
  • Coveo - At Elastic Path, we continue to make strides in our mission of making Composable Commerce accessible to all brands and empowering merchandisers to drive revenue and create innovative commerce experiences by leveraging "instant on" integrations with best-of-breed commerce solutions.  These "instant on" integrations are pre-configured with common data mapping and event triggers. With just a few clicks, merchandisers can customize their integration and leverage Coveo's AI-powered search to make every digital experience delightful, relevant, and profitable.   How to Leverage Coveo in the Integrations Hub? Check out our quick demo to learn how to set up this "instant on" integration without a single line of code from within Commerce Manager, our business user tooling.  {"preview_thumbnail":"/sites/default/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/89V6BA3tGUtnCuhmPkLBDa.jpg?itok=RT3lSMZl","video_url":"https://elasticpath.hubs.vidyard.com/watch/89V6BA3tGUtnCuhmPkLBDa?","settings":{"responsive":1,"width":"854","height":"480","autoplay":1},"settings_summary":["Embedded Video (Responsive, autoplaying)."]} For more information, check out our documentation page to see how your brand can benefit from leveraging the "instant on" Coveo integration.  Who is Coveo? Coveo is a Cloud-based Experience Intelligence Platform providing search, recommendation, and personalization to power intelligent shopping & buying experiences. Coveo unifies data from any source and learns from every interaction across channels to tailor experiences that increase conversion & average order value, lower TCO, and drive customer satisfaction. Learn About Our Integrations Hub Elastic Path is proud to launch the Integrations Hub, a central repository of pre-built integrations accessible within Commerce Manager, our business user tooling. Go to Integration Hub Blog How Can You Benefit from Coveo? By leveraging the power of catalog management in EP PXM and syncing with Coveo through this "instant on" integration, brands can deliver contextually relevant search results to drive higher conversion rates, increased average order value, and, ultimately, higher revenue generation. As a catalog is updated with new products and offers, brands can also explore Coveo's best-of-breed functionality, including product recommendations.  We are not done yet; check back soon to see what's new in the Integrations Hub.
    Topics: leveraging, experiences, instant, search, power, integrations, gives, commerce, merchandisers, coveo, personalized, drive, integration, hub.
  • Google Wants to Take Over Your Home (And the Rest of Your Life) - If Google were a person, it would be standing at the front door of your home, asking, "Can I come in?"
    Topics: wants, search, rest, google, hub, hardware, product, equipped, devices, assistant, pixel, life, smart.
  • How Primary Colors Help HubSpot Build a CRM That Customers Love - At HubSpot, customer experience comes first. Always.
    Topics: customers, experience, product, hub, marketing, different, hubspot, customer, crm, love, primary, colors, build, team, help.
  • How You Can Contribute to the Composable Commerce Hub - Your ability to create unique commerce experiences is crucial for keeping up with customer needs and outpacing the competition. But, creating “best-for-me" commerce solutions that power delightful customer experiences is easier said than done. This need is exactly why Elastic Path advocates for Composable Commerce. Composable Commerce is an approach that enables marketing, merchandising, and sales teams to bring their brand's unique digital vision to life by launching and continuously optimizing digital commerce experiences that leverage multiple best-of-breed vendors composed together into a complete, business-ready solution. In an effort to make Composable Commerce more accessible, Elastic Path created the Composable Commerce Hub, our re-invention of the traditional vendor marketplace. The Composable Commerce Hub is home to a variety of assets from integrations, to reference experiences and business-ready Pre-Composed Solutions™. The majority of these assets are created and shared by our partner community.  As a partner-first organization, Elastic Path strives to make it easy for our technology partners to contribute assets to the Composable Commerce Hub. By joining the Composable Commerce Hub partners gain exposure within our customer and prospect community and can partner with more branded manufacturers to compose their complete commerce solution. The Elastic Path Alliances team is committed to providing resources needed by our partners to move fast and reliably succeed in creating certifiable Composable Commerce assets. While we keep the touchpoints light to respect partners’ desire for process independence, we are always ready to offer help with technical questions, marketing programs, and go-to-market activities when needed. The asset contribution process starts with the Asset Contribution Kickoff session involving technical and business members of the Elastic Path Partner Solutions and Enablement team and representatives of the contributing partner organization. The purpose of this session is to initiate the contribution process, inform the contributing partner of the resources available in Elastic Path to support their effort, as well as to clarify the asset contribution and certification process steps. Steps on the way to asset certification include optional Ideation and design workshops, which are customizable consulting sessions aimed at helping the contributing partner development teams with design or development issues they might encounter in building the asset. In order to be certified, the asset has to comply with a number of design, technical, and support requirements. To ensure successful compliance, the contributing partners are provided with the Asset Contribution Guide at the outset. The Asset Contribution Guide contains all the necessary information needed to ensure the development of an asset certifiable by Elastic Path. The Composable Commerce Hub Asset Certification Evaluation is a step in the process whereby Partner Support & Enablement technical specialists evaluate the submitted finished asset. When an asset is submitted for certification, it also triggers corresponding parallel go-to-market activities coordinated by Elastic Path Alliances and Marketing teams. If the submitted asset passes the evaluation, assuming a positive outcome of the go-to-market process, the asset is listed on Elastic Path’s Composable Commerce Hub as a certified asset. To ensure the long-term viability of assets listed on the Composable Commerce Hub, we are introducing the Asset Re-certification process. For assets developed for Elastic Path Commerce product, the re-certification process is driven by the version changes in the Elastic Path Commerce product and is aimed at ensuring compatibility with the latest version of Elastic Path Commerce. For assets developed for Elastic Path Commerce Cloud product, an asset certification process is an annual event. Upkeep and maintenance of listed assets are critical not just for the long-term viability of the asset itself, but for the credibility and prominence of the contributing partner as well. If you have an idea for an asset you would like to contribute to the Composable Commerce Hub, contact us here to get started.
    Topics: assets, asset, hub, contribute, path, commerce, elastic, process, partner, contribution, composable.
  • HubSpot CRM Review: A Strong CRM That’s Forever Free - Customer relationship management is essential for ecommerce. However, we often find that cookie cutter CRMs don't have that many customizable features for the wide variety of ecommerce businesses out there. But sometimes all your company needs is a beautiful contact management… Continue reading HubSpot CRM Review: A Strong CRM That’s Forever Free
    Topics: forever, strong, hubspot, review, products, crm, hub, youre, dashboard, free, ecommerce, sales, thats, marketing.
  • HubSpot Marketing Hub Review (August 2019) –  The Ultimate Guide -
    Topics: review, marketing, option, website, hubspot, hub, email, content, various, tool, available.
  • - HubSpot and Salesforce are two of the biggest names in the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) world today. What makes them CRM juggernauts is their drive to constantly enhance interoperability through third-party integrations and partnerships.   Even though the tools have similar… Continue reading HubSpot vs. Salesforce: A Detailed Comparison
    Topics: tools, crm, platform, comparison, marketing, hub, support, hubspot, detailed, vs, free, salesforce, sales.
  • Instacart doubles down on its ready-made meals offering with new hub and faster delivery - Instacart is introducing a new “Ready Meals” hub to make it easier for users to discover and order ready-made meals from grocery stores on its app. The on-demand grocery delivery platform has offered ready-made meals since January 2020 but says the option was not as visible or prominent in its app, which is why it’s […]
    Topics: grocery, meals, delivery, users, techcrunch, offering, hub, doubles, stores, ready, order, instacart, faster, readymade, orders.
  • Integrations Hub Adds Fluent Commerce Instant-On Integration To Rapidly Deliver Profitable Omnichannel Order Management Experiences - At Elastic Path, we strive to enable users to leverage powerful third-party integrations with just a few clicks through our "instant on" integrations available in our Integrations Hub. With the Fluent Commerce "instant on" integration, add low-code order management capabilities to your business to rapidly drive up revenue, drive down costs, and win the convenience battle.  How to Get Started With Fluent Commerce Instant On Integration:  Check out our quick demo to get started and verify your catalogs sync status using this "instant on" integration without a single line of code from within Commerce Manager, our business user tooling.  Check out our documentation page to learn more about customizable events beyond the standard data mapping from the "instant on" integration.  Who is Fluent Commerce Fluent Commerce is a cloud software company focused on distributed order management for omnichannel retail. The Fluent Order Management Cloud Platform is cloud-native, fully managed, and code-free. It includes distributed order management, in-store tooling, inventory & location management, customer service, fulfillment optimization, and reporting. Get hands on with an Elastic Path Free Trial Start building the commerce experience your unique business demands with a free Elastic Path Commerce Cloud account. Get in touch with us and we will setup a Free Trial store for you for six weeks. Sign up for a free trial What you can do with Fluent Commerce Integrating with Fluent Commerce’s Order Management Experience (OMX) across every channel and store to fit the needs of your omnichannel and customer strategies.  The instant-on integration with Fluent Commerce allows users to sync products, customers, orders (order.created, order.updated, order.fulfilled, order.paid, order.authorized), capture orders, and fulfill orders. Fluent Commerce includes distributed order management, in-store tooling, inventory & location management, customer service, fulfillment optimization and reporting. Brands can delight customers with faster deliveries, increase store profitability, and lower warehouse inventory to reduce carrying costs.
    Topics: instanton, adds, free, management, integrations, hub, instant, inventory, store, commerce, path, integration, order, fluent.
  • Integrations Hub Adds Google Merchant Center Instant-on Integration to Improve Product Discoverability - Integrations Hub continues to make Composable Commerce a reality for brands by bringing “instant-on” integrations that empowers brands to reach their customers where they shop. With the Google Merchant Center integration, brands can make their products available in the Google Merchant Center and under the Google Shopping tab with a few simple clicks.   How to Set Up Google Merchant Center Instant-On Integration Our demo video below will walk you through how to set up the “instant-on” integration directly within Commerce Manager, our business user tooling, and the pre-requisites for the Google Merchant Center.  For more information, check out our documentation page.  What is Google Content API for Shopping?  The Google Content API for Shopping allows direct interaction with the Merchant Center platform. The “instant-on” integration with Elastic Path Commerce Cloud lets brands sync their product data to the Merchant Center instantly.  Get hands on with an Elastic Path Free Trial Start building the commerce experience your unique business demands with a free Elastic Path Commerce Cloud account. Get in touch with us and we will setup a Free Trial store for you for six weeks. Sign up for a free trial What can you do with Google Merchant Center?  Google Merchant Center allows merchants to register their websites with Google and upload their product content data, allowing their products to appear automatically in Google search results in the Shopping tab. Google will display a summary with the name, image, and price. When the search result is clicked, it will take shoppers directly to your Elastic Path Commerce Cloud powered storefront. Every time your catalog is published in Commerce Manager, the product data will automatically synchronize with the Google Merchant Center, including name, description, price, image, EAN/UPC, and a link to your product on your storefront.  Allow your products to be discovered by more customers by leveraging the simple yet powerful tool.   
    Topics: free, integrations, merchant, path, google, brands, adds, commerce, instanton, center, product, hub, elastic.
  • Integrations Hub Q&A with Senior Product Manager Scott Johnstone - While embracing a Composable Commerce approach comes with a myriad of benefits for brands, the complexity of integrating and operating a multi-vendor solution while also running mission critical commerce is daunting, time consuming and expensive in its own right. Not only do integration costs account for 60% of integration budgets, traditional commerce implementations can take upwards of 18 months to launch, leaving revenue on the table as shoppers are left with sub-par experiences. That is why at Elastic Path we are excited to launch Integrations Hub. Integrations Hub reduces the time, resources and costs risks of Composable Commerce. I sat down with our Senior Product Manager Scott Johnstone to learn more about Integrations Hub. 1. Q: What is Integrations Hub?  A: Integrations Hub is a commerce-enabled library of no-code integrations that are instant-on and fully managed and hosted by Elastic Path. It provides a central place for users to deploy integrations in just a few clicks. Commerce components such as search, order management, fulfillment, etc are pre-built and easy to plug together. 2. Q: Could you give us an overview of how easy it is to enable an integration? A:  3. Q: Why did we launch this? A: Get hands on with an Elastic Path Free Trial Start building the commerce experience your unique business demands with a free Elastic Path Commerce Cloud account. Get in touch with us and we will setup a Free Trial store for you for six weeks. Sign up for a free trial 4. Q: How does this help brands? A: 5. Q: How does Integrations Hub impact implementation costs? A: 6. Q: How  is Integrations Hub unique in the market? How is it different than any other accelerator? A: Unlike standard accelerators, Integrations Hub integrations are complete. The hosting, logging, monitoring is baked in, and they self configure. For example, the Algolia integration I mentioned previously is configured in Elastic Path Commerce Cloud by setting up the event webhook triggers, extending the platform with mapping flows and adding in all the most common field mappings. All you need to do is publish your catalog and all of the product data is setup inside of Algolia. Normal accelerators are blocks of code that you download, deploy to your hosting environment of choice and your devOps team them maintains and monitors it as a standalone application and it is one of many they will have to deploy and maintain. Integration hub integrations are deployed within our IPaaS and are hosted by us, and logging and monitoring is baked in and available right in our  business user tooling Commerce Manager. They are also specifically built for commerce. 7. Q: What is next for Integrations Hub? A: You can learn more about Integrations Hub here. 
    Topics: qa, integration, senior, path, commerce, launch, elastic, free, johnstone, product, integrations, manager, q, scott, hub, deploy.
  • Integrations Hub adds Advanced Commerce Instant-on Integration to Boost Conversions Through Search & Personalization - At Elastic Path, we strive to empower all brands to benefit from composable commerce. Users can set up powerful third-party integrations with just a few clicks through our "instant on" integrations available in our Integrations Hub. With the Advanced Commerce "instant on" integration, merchandisers can sync their catalogs to leverage the powerful personalization and site search tools to boost conversion rates and AOV.  How to Set Up Advanced Commerce Instant On Integration:  Check out our quick demo to get started and verify your catalogs sync status using this "instant on" integration without a single line of code from within Commerce Manager, our business user tooling.    For more information, check out our documentation page to see how to customize fields beyond the standard data mapping from the "instant on" integration.  Who is Advanced Commerce Advanced Commerce offers online merchandising, search, and personalization in one easy-to-use platform. Used with Elastic Path Commerce Cloud, you can create revolutionary shopping experiences for your customers.  Get hands on with an Elastic Path Free Trial Monetize your digital experiences and prepare for the future of retail with a Elastic Path free trial. Sign up for a free trial What you can do with Advanced Commerce Advance Commerce GrapheneHC allows users to control site search, merchandising tactics, and personalization across multiple storefronts using a single connection to Elastic Path Commerce Cloud.  Set blends for PLPs (Product listing page) to customize the order of products by attributes like price, what is new, if a product is on sale, color, and much more.  Control search results to boost conversions by utilizing predictive type ahead search, customizable recommended products, and even searching across multiple attributes like a 'medium orange dress.'  Merchandisers can also use personalization based on user segments to deliver a custom digital experience across product list pages, search results, and product recommendations.  EP Product Experience Manager's ability to easily create multiple catalogs works like a charm with the "instant on" integration to Advanced Commerce. Users can sync separate catalogs to respective storefronts enabling the control required to create truly outstanding customer experiences.
    Topics: instanton, integrations, users, adds, integration, product, search, catalogs, personalization, elastic, path, advanced, commerce, hub, instant.
  • Introducing Integrations Hub – Delivering on the Composable Commerce Promise - I’m excited to share an incredibly exciting new capability, our Integrations Hub. Composable Commerce requires integrations. Deploying a “best for me” digital commerce architecture demands the frictionless integration of many technologies — both backend and frontend. Backend integrations drive approximately 60% of the cost of an implementation budget. For a $500K implementation, that’s $300K in costs and months of work. With Integrations Hub, that cost goes back in your pocket along with time in the bank. Given the economic uncertainty every business is facing as we roll into 2023, eliminating most (if not all) of that $300K from your digital commerce project budget is likely the difference between getting the project approved by your finance team — or put on ice until next year.    Pioneering Innovation Elastic Path has been pioneering innovation in the composable, API-first commerce market for many years. We applied the core principles of a microservices architecture to the product catalog, a vital commerce capability that had remained essentially unchanged for the past two decades. The result is EP Product Experience Manager (PXM) — which unleashes a combinatorial explosion of possibility in how commerce application developers and merchandisers build, organize, and manage product catalogs across multiple channels, touchpoints, geographies, and brands. Now, we are delivering the same innovative spirit to one of the largest challenges in the Composable Commerce space — integrating with the many technologies required to build an amazing, modern digital commerce experience. As a product organization, we are maniacally focused on eliminating the complexity associated with building Composable Commerce applications, and Integrations Hub is a huge leap forward in our plan. This matters because, historically, the longest pole in any Composable Commerce implementation project has been the integrations. Based on our experience with enterprise commerce platforms, 60% percent of typical commerce implementation time and budget is spent on integrations. So many systems, so many technologies  — freedom brings responsibility and the paradox of choice.   Faster Implementation With the economic realities we are all facing in 2023, 18-24 month implementation cycles are no longer acceptable. I just finished reading Working Backwards, a fantastic book about how Amazon has created its innovation machine. One of the nuggets from the book was the core design principle of AWS — a college student in their dorm could have on-demand access to the same compute resources as the largest corporation.   With the Integrations Hub, we are delivering on a similarly disruptive idea. Composable Commerce implementations can be much easier and connecting API-first technologies to build modern commerce applications is now instant-on, simple, and fast. It’s not the James Webb telescope; no need for Scala developers here.   Most exciting of all, our Integrations Hub is available right now for use. While many vendors in the commerce market like to share plans for what they are going to build way off in some distant future, I like to ship things. Our approach is simple, lovable, complete — then ship it. Iterate. Make it better. Repeat. How Integrations Hub Works The power of Integrations Hub is in its simplicity. It follows development best practices to automate the creation of the connective tissue between applications. Most importantly, with each new integration we make available to customers in the Integration Hub, we expand the list of capabilities available to all integrations —  a virtuous cycle that increases the business value of the Hub to our customers. Let me explain how (feel free to skip ahead as we get into the details here). An integration in the Integrations Hub breaks down into the following pieces in the example below of connecting Elastic Path to a third-party Order Management System (OMS) to retrieve order information:  Triggers: Triggers can be either a Webhook or a scheduled event  -> For example, each time an order is placed, the order is updated  Actions: Particular API calls or functions within a Component  -> For example, a GET call requesting order information from the OMS Components: Mini applications that connect to an API or service and interact with it in some way.  -> For example, a OMS component is a mini application that connects to the OMS system API  Inputs: Data from a previous step’s results, configured values, such as API keys, stored data, or static data. Each action can include zero to many inputs. -> For example, the order information requested in a previous step. Steps: Integrations are made up of Steps, and each Step is made up of an Action and some kind of data Input.  -> For example, a Step called Get Order Information, which would be composed of a GET Action and an order number Input.  Within the Integrations Hub marketplace, all of this happens behind the scenes. A developer using Integrations Hub will simply input their authentication credentials, enter the correct API endpoints from the third party application, map data fields between the applications, and then go. Presto! Coveo integration configuration Integrations Hub is designed for event-based integrations and is best suited for information processing that does not require an immediate response. Runtime integrations are typically Javascript scripts, run in the front-end and much easier to build and deploy.  More Than Just Third Party Integrations Our objective is to offer instant-on integrations with market-leading technologies that, based on our experience, are most frequently required to build digital commerce applications. These include search, email, OMS, marketplace syndication, PIM, CRM, SSO, promotions, shipping and fulfillment, merchandising, translations, and more.  Additionally, we are building a suite of configuration utilities that customers can load to make initial store configuration simple. Data migration is one of the largest efforts in a typical implementation project, adding significant time and costs. We’ve removed the heavy lift with our configuration utilities for store configuration, data loading and transformation, including: Store configuration orchestrator: Enable the import, export, and deletion of store configuration artifacts such as webhooks, all flow types, currencies, and more EP PXM Loaders: Enable the creation and updating of the following EP PXM elements using a canonical JSON format  Products Price books Nodes Product and node associations Inventory EP PXM Transformers: Provide a configurable mechanism to transform data from various formats to the canonical JSON format used by the EP PXM loaders Build and Test in Your Dev Store, Deploy Into Production  Moving to a Composable Commerce approach means moving faster to respond at the speed of your business. With our instant-on integrations and low code composer, you can move quickly, expanding and adjusting your digital commerce applications with unparalleled speed and agility. Opportunities for Technology Partners Integrations Hub is also a game-changer for our implementation partners. We know that 60% of the typical implementation budget is spent on backend integrations. To be honest, so much of this is just plumbing work. Necessary, but too often cumbersome and expensive when every integration requires a bespoke effort with development, DevOps, and CloudOps components to go live. By taking advantage of Integrations Hub, our partners will accelerate the unsexy work required to build a modern digital commerce application. This means more project time can be spent on the areas that improve conversions, increase average order value, and drive customer satisfaction. Most importantly, they are better able to focus on their own areas of expertise — the things that make their firm unique — which is why their clients choose them to begin with. Want to Learn More? Check out our documentation page to see how your brand can access “instant on” integrations and leverage the power of a Composable Commerce approach. Visit Documentation
    Topics: data, hub, build, introducing, implementation, composable, configuration, order, elastic, applications, commerce, integrations, path.
  • Jeff Bezos personally dumps a truckload of dirt on FedEx’s future - Amazon wants to be plenty of things, the most predictable of which is its ambition to control America’s shipping backbone. The company’s efforts to bring users whatever they desire in 24 hours requires movement by land, air and sea. Today, the company broke ground on expanding its airborne ambitions, breaking ground on a three-million-square-foot Prime […]
    Topics: square, personally, dirt, amazon, techcrunch, air, bezos, ground, youre, fedex, dumps, hub, jeff, fedexs, ups, truckload, prime, future.
  • - LiBiao Robotics has opened a European headquarters in Frankfurt to bolster its growth ambitions on our continent. The new location offers a showroom and areas for demonstrations of the autonomous sorting robots.“Frankfurt is the perfect location for our new European hub,” stated Xia Huiling, LiBiao Robotics’ founder and CEO. “As…
    Topics: technology, frankfurt, libiao, sorting, opens, robotics, european, post, robots, robot, parcel, services, hub.
  • - Lufthansa Cargo has the ambition to establish a ‘European same-day and ecommerce network’, centered around Frankfurt. Frankfurt Airport is set to become one of the world’s most significant ecommerce hubs.Lufthansa Cargo clearly expressed this ambition on Aviation Day. CEO Ashwin Bhat emphasized the company’s objective “to build a European same-day…
    Topics: ecommerce, worlds, cargo, expands, leading, online, european, hub, customs, frankfurt, companies, lufthansa.
  • Seattle gets its first staffed Amazon pickup delivery hub - You’d think Seattle would be first in line for all things Amazon, but apparently the online retailer’s home city didn’t yet have a dedicated brick and mortar Amazon pickup location. The locations function as little centralized Amazon shipping hubs for normal pickups and returns, but they also enable one-day pickup for a large selection of […]
    Topics: members, locations, staffed, items, pickup, delivery, shipping, gets, city, convenience, hub, amazon, seattle, location.
  • SendGrid Integration Simplifies Email Automation for Merchandisers - At Elastic Path, we continue to hone in on our mission to make Composable Commerce accessible to all brands, so they can drive revenue and create innovative commerce experiences. In one of our latest blogs, we launched our Integrations Hub, a central repository of pre-built integrations accessible within Commerce Manager, our business user tooling.  These integrations are pre-configured with common data mapping and event triggers for “instant on” integrations, with just a few clicks. We want to empower product merchandisers with the tools to create high conversion commerce experiences by leveraging no-code integrations.  Who is SendGrid? SendGrid is a cloud-based SMTP provider that delivers your transactional and marketing emails through email APIs and marketing campaigns. It is built to seamlessly integrate with other platforms such as Elastic Path. What is SendGrid Integration? SendGrid is one of our latest integrations in the hub that is reimagining automated follow up emails for order confirmation, registration, shipping information and more. With this integration, Elastic Path Commerce Cloud events triggered in your store can be transformed into emails that are sent via a SendGrid email. These emails can be triggered by any observable events.   Integrations Hub Integrate Your Preferred Technology Solutions, or Take a Look at Our Pre-Built Extensions Go to Integrations Hub How Can I Use SendGrid? While SendGrid emails can be triggered by any observable event, some of the common use cases include automated and templated emails for order confirmation, order shipment details, customer registration and password updates. There are no limitations to who you can send these emails to, and the use cases are vast. For example, smaller commerce companies without an integrated order management system (OMS) can configure automated confirmation emails through this SendGrid integration. No development work is needed, just quick and simple configurations within Commerce Manager. How is SendGrid Integration Impacting Merchandisers? A case study by Omnisend found that order confirmation emails generate a revenue-per-email (RPE) 9.5 times higher than that of promotional emails. Transactional emails such as order confirmation, order shipped, and customer registration emails are often overlooked and under-leveraged as a revenue-generating strategy for commerce teams. This SendGrid integration provides merchandisers with the tools to configure as many transactional emails as they see fit on their website. It also gives them full control over the format and content of the emails so they can customize to their customers needs. The Integration Hub at Elastic Path will continue to grow, as we work to simplify merchandiser’s lives and bridge accessibility gaps for Composable Commerce.
    Topics: automation, emails, simplifies, order, integrations, triggered, confirmation, sendgrid, elastic, commerce, hub, path, integration, email.
  • - Transport and logistics provider Toll Group has opened a US$167 million logistics hub spanning over 1 million square feet.
    Topics: chain, toll, logistics, million, city, supply, road, sitadel, group, opens, singapore, hub, technologies.
  • Troy UK launches order hub and store builder - Engineering distributor group Troy UK has launched a new B2B2C platform. The platform, called Troy Commerce, allows members to procure products from the Order hub, but also enables them to design their own ecommerce stores. For over 30 years, Troy has been providing support, procurement services, and product knowledge for… Continue reading
    Topics: uk, members, hub, launches, builder, products, commerce, product, platform, store, troy, order.
  • Visa unveils first innovation hub in Africa to drive product development - Global digital payments giant Visa has opened an innovation studio in Kenya, its first in Africa and sixth globally, after posts in Dubai, London, Miami, San Francisco and Singapore. The studio will bring together developers, Visa’s internal and external clients, and other partners to co-create payment and commerce solutions. “Sub-Saharan Africa is a fast-growing region […]
    Topics: technology, subsaharan, development, visas, unveils, africa, drive, product, solutions, region, visa, hub, payments, techcrunch, studio, innovation.
  • - "What do you get for the friends and family who have everything?"
    Topics: hardware, voice, video, smart, hub, speaker, device, music, things, google, tested, dont.