M Ryan (110)

M Ryan is an ecommerce consultant with twenty years experience working with retailers, consumer brand manufacturers and other consumer-facing businesses helping them to develop their ecommerce strategy, implement ecommerce technology and improve their ecommerce operations. He works extensively throughout US and Europe, with clients including global brands, large retailers and household names in consumer goods.

News - Shopify has added in-cart subscription option

November 2nd, 2020. Shopify, a member of our ecommerce platform shortlist, today announced it is has added the option for merchants to configure an in-cart subscription option. This new feature allows merchants to offer customers the option, during checkout, to upgrade a one-time purchase into…

News - La Perla goes live on BigCommerce

October 30th, 2020. BigCommerce, a member of our ecommerce platform shortlist, has announced that the ecommerce presence of La Perla is now live on their platform, consisting of 40 country stores - 29 in Europe, 7 in Asia, 3 in America and 1 for the…

News - Amazon launches Sweden country site

October 28th, 2020. Amazon has opened its Swedish country store at Amazon.se. Sweden joins several other countries to have their own Amazon store, including Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Japan. The store features Swedish language product listings and Swedish Kroner (SEK) as…

News - VTEX opens Singapore office

October 27, 2020. VTEX, a member of our ecommerce platform shortlist, has announced the opening of a new Singapore office to serve its clients in Asia Pacific, citing as customers in the region of Motorola in Japan and India, and Stanley Black and Decker in…

News - TikTok announces ability to shop directly from video, in Shopify partnership

October 27th, 2020. Shopify, a member of our ecommerce platform shortlist, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with TikTok, the Chinese-owned video-sharing social media network, to enable shopping directly from videos posted on its service through a "TikTok For Business" account. The…

News - Decathlon has built its marketplace using Mirakl

October 22, 2020. Mirakl, a marketplace service provider and member of our ecommerce platform shortlist, has announced it is powering the upcoming Decathlon marketplace features on the Decathlon Belgium store. By the end of 2020 Mirakl claims that Decathlon will be selling third party brands…

eCommerce terminology - the most important 30+ terms

As in any professional field, a lot of terminology and abbreviations are used which can be mystifying or confusing to people entering the field. Here are the top 30 terms, the most important for you to know, please get in touch with any suggestions for…

The software required to run an ecommerce business

An ecommerce business requires multiple pieces of software to operate. Retailers must assemble a collection of software packages and services to create an effective ecommerce capability. This article describes the most common software types. The following software packages and services are required to deliver ecommerce:…