While there’s been a huge expansion in general digital commerce in the past year, get ready for mobile commerce to eclipse traditional ecommerce in the coming year. Mobile commerce revenue in 2021 will surpass, or at least match, revenue from traditional desktop-based e-commerce. More consumers are using their mobile devices for online shopping than ever […]

The COVID pandemic has accelerated the shift away from brick-and-mortar retail to e-commerce. But within e-commerce, there’s another significant trend unfolding: the rise of mobile commerce (m-commerce). A forecast from Business Insider Intelligence estimates that mobile commerce revenues in the U.S. alone will reach $488 billion by 2024, a massive increase from just $42 billion […]

The consumer tech landscape has shifted drastically over the past five years, and online shopping has been significantly impacted. E-commerce is increasingly being done on mobile devices. For example, a recent study showed that 74 percent of online consumers making back-to-school purchases planned to use their smartphone or tablet to shop, while only 26 percent […]

The COVID pandemic has caused Amazon’s business to boom, but it’s busted the bottom line of traditional retailers. With everyone working and buying things from home, most retailers have taken a significant hit in revenue due to a steep decline in brick and mortar sales. And it hasn’t just affected mom and pop shops: Few […]

    Retail Businesses are integrating new approaches to deal with the COVID pandemic. Team eCommerce Next interviewed Mr. Subbu Varadarajan, Founder and Chief Product Officer of Zycada Networks to get more insights. Following is our interview with him: 1) How has the global pandemic altered the needs and expectations of consumers? The COVID pandemic has sped […]

It’s 2020 and we’re exclusively online. Businesses are doubling down on rich dynamic and interactive experiences to boost end user engagement. Performance engineers and top technologists are at war with latency. DevOps teams optimize their caching strategies to boost performance. Application developers complement the DevOps engineers by optimizing the backend. This involves fine-tuning database lookups, […]

3Qs with Subbu Varadarajan, CPO and Founder, Zycada Q: What key capabilities must today’s eCommerce sites deliver to excel during the online shopping season? What challenges must they meet to get them there? You smash sales records when you truly understand the relationship between your site, your customer’s quality of experience (QoE) - primarily driven by your […]