The concept of click and collect or in-store pickup business model is very simple and at the same time counter-intuitive. A customer buys goods on a company’s website and rather than wait for the postman several days later picks these goods at a local brick-and-mortar store.
The way we live has been changed by mobile devices, and now we witness how they transform the way we work. On the background of this process, the phenomena of mobile enterprise was born.
Mobile enterprise is an organization that supports the use of business apps via mobile devices. Employees from a mobile enterprise use their smartphones and tablets to manage different projects: access emails, work with documents, conduct planning, provide customer relationship management, etc. They need a wireless network connectivity and a device equipped with a web browser to get access to enterprise databases. As a result, employees can update them remotely from anywhere at anytime. Continue Reading
2015 has all chances to bevome the year of more practical wearables, especially with the wide range of new smartwatches with Apple Watch at the head. But what is the meaning of these new devices for the e-commerce? To answer this question, we will show how wearables can be used in digital commerce and retail environment. Continue Reading
There are a lot of tools out there to turn learning into a game. The process when game thinking, game mechanics or whole games are used in non-game contexts is called gamification. Nowadays, specialists can gamify almost everything from customers interaction with a website to education. They turn routine processes into fun to improve user engagement, make learning more effective, and provide new unique user experience. As coders always were hardcore gamers, the appearance of gamified coding programs and courses was inevitable. Nowadays, there are dozens of video games which purpose is learning programming. To become a good coder, you just need a right game. Of course, it works better with theoretical courses but in this post we will tell you about games. Continue Reading
A tool can either make it or break it! While there are ample of project management tools out there, it is quite a big task to figure out which one is the best fit for you and your team. Thorough comparison is all it takes but before you do that, you should know what things you need to check in a software. Right?
To start with, two crucial things can be – the type of projects you’re going to manage with the software and your team’s work activities. Moreover, your budget to pay for the software puts a huge impact on your decision. Answering these questions will help you simplify your hunt for a perfect PM tool.
In this post, I’ll bring to you some of the top project management tools, so you can compare them with your needs. Have a look: Continue Reading
Unstoppable growth of mobile-based shopping has made online retailers thinking all the time about enhanced user experience. The ever-evolving technology, revolutionary smartphones, touch pads, and other devices are making the life of online shoppers easier. A single click can make them finalize the shopping deal and get the product at doorstep. How to improve the shopping experience of online buyers at an ecommerce website? This post will reveal some tried and tested tips. Enjoy reading if you are an online retailer. Continue Reading
Good front-end developers are always necessary. There are a lot of low quality specialists, which perform different basic tasks, but there is a lack of rock star developers. And it is no wonder. Just look at job postings and you will see how much front end job descriptions vary. Despite the large number of web design schools and coding courses, unemployed high quality specialists are rarity. In this post, we will tell about all essential skills you will need on your path to a rock star front end web developer. Continue Reading
Store speed is very important for visitor experience. In fact, Amazon estimates that every 100ms in store slowness results in a 1% drop in profits. That can add up to big money, especially when you realize that 100s is a fraction of a second. Even worse than this, Google ranks sites in its search engine results according to speed. The slower a store the lower the rankings which means fewer customers for your store. Continue Reading
OPcache is a code caching module, which improves PHP performance. It uses shared memory to store precompiled script bytecode, as a result there is no need for PHP to load and parse scripts on every request. OPcache is bundled with PHP starting from 5.5.0. The module is also available in PECL for PHP 5.2-5.4. By using optimised OPcache settings, you can significantly improve the performance of your Magento website. In this post we will show you how to do this. Continue Reading
It is impossible to imagine good search engine optimization without right link building strategy. The last one can turn your website into a successful e-commerce project with high traffic. At the same time, the wrong strategy can push it out of business. Keep in mind, that there are a lot of tactics that put the website in a risk of being penalized. Google continues to refine SEO standards, so you should be careful with all suspicious link building strategies. Continue Reading
