By Sameer Patel on January 10, 2017
Tragic news has just come out stating that over 10,000 people will lose their jobs at Macy’s. The iconic retailer is struggling to adapt to a more modern and relevant form of consumer engagement and commerce. Contrary to what the media suggests, the lessons here aren’t just about transitioning to online sales. Retailers are […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on June 6, 2016
Salesforce Announces Intent To Acquire Demandware For $2.8B On June 1st, 2016, Salesforce signed a definitive agreement to acquire Burlington, Massachusetts based Demandware for $75.o0 per share or around $2.8 billion in cash. Constellation predicts a $10.01B market for matrix commerce solutions as new digital platforms and network economies emerge. Constellation’s quick merger analysis […]
Posted in Business | Tagged 2016, 2XU, acquisition, acquisitions, adidas, adobe, Amazon, Amazon Web Services, American Golf, Anya Hindmarch, AppExchange, Apps Strategy, Avangate, Avenue, B2B, B2C, B2C E-commerce, Bare Escentuals, Brooks, Brooks Brothers, Browns, Burton, Callaway, campaign to commerce, carters's, CDO, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CIO, Clarins, Cloud, Cloud Wars, CMO, Cole Haan, Columbia, commerce, Commerce Cloud, Constellation Research, content management system, Converse, Corporate Social Responsibility, Cortefiel, Crabtree & Evelyn, CRM, crocs, Customer Experience, customer relationship management (CRM), Deckers Brands, Demandware, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital River, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disruptive business models, E-Commerce, ecco, Elastic Path, EMU Australia, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Ethan Allen, Fila, Gaiam, Godiva, GoPro, Gore, HotTopic, House of Fraser, Hurley, ibm, IBM Smarter Commerce, Jack Wolfskin, Jewlery Television, JoAnn, Karstad, kate spade, Kiehl's, L'Oreal, Labelux, Lacoste, Lancome, Land's End, Liebeskind, Life is Good, London Drugs, Lush Fresh, M. Gemi, M&S, Magento, Marc O'Polo, Marketing strategy, Matrix Commerce, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, Michael Hill, Micheal's, microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, mothercare, Mountain Hard Wear, NewBalance, News Analysis, Nine West, OVS, Pacsun, panasonic, Pandora, PartyCity, Pentland, Perry Ellis, Picard, Pier1 Imports, Poppin, Puma, Quicksilver, R "Ray" Wang;, r Samsonite, Reitmans, Rituals, Rockport, Roots, rwang0, S.Olive, Scotch & Soda, Shopify, Skis.com, Skullcandy, Sleepys, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Solstice, Sorel, Space.NK, Speedo, Stoenwall Kitchen, Tory Burch, Traeger, Trina Turk, True Religion, UGG, Urban Decay, vendor strategy, Vibram, Vineyard Vines
By R "Ray" Wang on May 12, 2015
The Content, Network, And, Arms Dealer Come Together With Merger The planned acquisition of AOL by Verizon for $4.4B is more than just the acquisition of the programmatic ad platform. Verizon is making the big shift to disrupting digital businesses for a few reasons: Shift from selling products and services to delivering brand promises. In […]
Posted in Business | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, AdTech, AOL, AOL Advertising, B2C, B2C E-commerce, Brand Promises, business disruption, CDO, Chief Digital Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CMO, Constellation Research, content, content marketing, context, context marketing, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, Disrupting Digital Business, Huffington Post, network economy, News Analysis, Programmatic, Quips, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy, Verizon
By R "Ray" Wang on July 21, 2014
Netsuite Sees Venda As Key To EMEA Expansion On July 17th, 2014, San Mateo, CA based NetSuite announced the acquisition of London based Venda for an undisclosed sum. Since General Manager Andrew Lloyd’s arrival in January 2011, NetSuite has made several acquisitions to bolster its standing in the world of Matrix Commerce with OrderMotion in […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, Apps Strategy, B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2C, B2C E-commerce, CDO, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, commerce, Constellation Research, Digital Business, digital commerce, DigitalBiz, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Matrix Commerce, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, netsuite, News Analysis, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy
By R "Ray" Wang on January 12, 2014
Retails Big Show Transformed For 2014 Over 29,000 people are expected to gather at the National Retail Federation’s big show (NRF) this Sunday, January 11th, 2014, in New York City. #NRF14 brings the intersection of new retail business models, products, store concepts, technology, society, and culture together! A few big trends emerge based on conversations […]
Posted in Business | Tagged analytics, Apps Strategy, B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2C, B2C E-commerce, Big Data, BigData, business intelligence, business strategy, Business Transformation, Chief Digital Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief Sales Officer, CHRO, CMO, commerce, Constellation Research, customer engagement, Customer Experience, CXP, Data to Decisions, Data2Decisions, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, DigitalBiz, ECommerce, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, HR, HR Tech, Human Capital Management, Human resources, Jacob K. Javitz, Matrix Commerce, National Retail Federation, new york, Quips, R "Ray" Wang;, Retail, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy
By R "Ray" Wang on November 25, 2013
Commerce Server Finds Its Logical Home On Wednesday November 20th, 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark based Sitecore acquired Ottawa, Canada based commerceserver.net for an undisclosed price. Originally known as the Microsoft Siteserver and Commerce Server 2000, the product was orphaned by Microsoft, then Ascentium, the key development partner were given the rights to further develop and market […]
Posted in Business | Tagged adobe, Apps Strategy, Ascentium, B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2C, B2C E-commerce, Big Data, BigData, CDO, CEO, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, CIO, Cloud, CMS, commerce, Constellation Research, content management system, CRM, Cross Channel Commerce, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer relationship management, CXP, Data to Decisions, Digital Business, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, disruptive technologies, E-Commerce, ECommerce, Eloqua, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, ibm, Matrix Commerce, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, microsoft, MIcrosoft Commerce Server, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Siteserver, Multi Channel Commerce, News Analysis, NextGen, NextGenCXP, oracle, orchestration, order management, partner ecosystems, partners, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Sitecore, SMITH, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy, Web Content Management
By R "Ray" Wang on November 6, 2013
Market Leaders and Fast Followers Prepare for Digital Business In 2014 Conversations at Constellation’s Connected Enterprise last week validate a larger trend in the market place. The audience of 220+ early adopters with 75% representing line of business and 25% in IT highlighted the convergence of the five forces of consumerization described in 2009 and […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, B2B, B2C, Big Data, BigData, Business Analytics, Business Outcomes, business strategy, Business Transformation, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Cloud, CMO, CoIT, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, context, Corporate Strategy, CTO, CustExp, Customer Experience, Data to Decisions, Data2Decisions, Design thinking, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Strategy, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, future of business, innovation, Leadership, mobile, mobile enterprise, mobility, Monday's Musings, p2p, People to People, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social business, Social Media, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Video |
By R "Ray" Wang on September 6, 2013
Zuora Rides The Wave In The Subscription Economy On September 5th, 2013, Foster City, CA based Zuora, announced $50 million in Series E capital. The announcement has significant ramifications not only for Zuora’s self proclaimed subscription economy category, but also the broader business theme of matrix commerce because Zuora: Expanded the investor pool. Zuora successfully […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2C, B2C E-commerce, Benchmark Capital, billing, Business Models, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Service Officer, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, collaborative consumption, commerce, Constellation Research, Dave Duffield, Digital Business, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, E-Commerce, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise strategy, finance, funding, Funding announcement, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Marc Benioff, Matrix Commerce, News Analysis, Next World Capital, Northgate Capital, R "Ray" Wang;, Redpoint Ventures, rwang0, SaaS, Sharing Economy, Shasta Ventures, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tenaya Capital, Tien Zuo, Vulcan Capital, workday, Zuora
