Most companies have an intranet, or at least some form of online environment through which it shares information (HR, IT, policies), news (corporate, industry, employee), and employee contact information – even if the employee directory is just an Excel spreadsheet with a list of employee names, email addresses, and extension … no really, that is… read more >
Walmart announced earlier this week that it had agreed to acquire e-commerce start-up Jet.com for $3.3 billion, making headlines as the largest e-commerce acquisition to date. In this light, Unilever’s recent splash of $1 billion for Dollar Shave Club now seems almost quaint by comparison. While Walmart can certainly afford such a purchase, it smacks of… read more >
How well are retailers delivering omnichannel experiences? How do consumers feel about their current online and in-store shopping experiences? A new study, recently published by Periscope by McKinsey, set out to answer these questions. The study, based on a survey of about 1600 respondents in the U.S. and the U.K., during July 2016, showed that consumers want better… read more >
Can a start-up that sells razor blades online be worth $1 billion? Unilever believes so. Last week, the consumer products goods (CPG) behemoth Unilever purchased company Dollar Shave Club (DSC) for that amount. What it got in return is a prototype for great content and commerce integration. While at first glance this may seem another example of an established… read more >
Over the past 10-15 years, organizations have made great strides in business process improvement by adopting business process management (BPM) suites as part of business transformation efforts. Why the great improvement? It’s because BPM suites separate business and process rules from the application code, making it easier and faster for business analysts and developers to… read more >
Do you know your customers? Do you know what they want, or can you anticipate the information they are trying to seek out? Of course, the answer to this question should be a resounding “yes” but often, organizations respond with a lackluster “I don’t know” instead. The consequences for your brand and organization? Abysmal. Digital… read more >
Valtech, a French digital agency, recently acquired Netherlands-based eFocus and Argentina-based Graion. The acquisitions are part of a strategy to add service capabilities and increase its global presence. Valtech, whose name stands for “value through technology,” is a publicly traded company on Euronext that was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Paris. The digital agency… read more >
Change management is essential in today’s workplace. With the velocity of change in today’s world, the last thing you want is to unexpectantly log onto your work computer one morning to find a whole new desktop layout, tool, application, and/or re-visioned intranet. I mean come on, you are still haven’t gotten to figuring out the… read more >
The UK is one of the largest e-commerce markets in the world, with 14.5% of total retail sales now online and those online sales constituting nearly $174 billion. And though it isn’t the largest country in the E.U. in terms of population – that title goes to Germany which has some 20 million more citizens… read more >
Digital Clarity Group’s DAM round-up condenses and consolidates some of the digital asset management industry’s most topical news and happenings from the past couple of months. This edition’s round-up covers Veeva’s DAM solution for Life Sciences, EPAM and ADAM software’s new accelerator, MediaValet’s recent integration with Office 365, and congratulations to this year’s CODiE DAM crown winner…. read more >
