Now that it’s detached itself from Amazon, FedEx has entered into a multiyear agreement with Amazon’s cloud computing rival Microsoft, with the first offering using the latter’s real-time intelligence capabilities to provide FedEx shippers with greater visibility into transit time issues. Other solutions will be announced later this year.
Given consumer expectations, it’s no surprise that a seamless cross-channel shopping experience powered by an agile ecommerce environment is at the top of many retailers’ priority lists. Here are some back-end fundamentals they should implement in their ecommerce strategy.
When starting out, new entrepreneurs have a lot of goals with the main ones being gaining recognition for their venture and rapid growth. Overnight success, however, is not the standard; you have to do it the old-fashioned way. Here are six tips that will ensure success in your retail business.
A common theme connected the Amazon, Microsoft and Google earnings reports last quarter: major growth in cloud revenue. Amazon Web Services (AWS) brought in $5.11 billion in revenue in the fourth quarter; Microsoft Azure revenue is up 98%; and Google, while still growing in the sector, says its cloud now brings in $1 billion per quarter. Here is a look at what the future may hold for the marketing cloud stack.