Commerce

Microservices are small, independent programs that perform a well-defined task, and have long been part of the IT landscape. A common interface allows each...

Digital platforms are particularly popular in the technology sector. Well-known examples include the likes of Apple’s App Store or the Play Store, which belongs...

It‘s a big problem for online retailers: customers load different items into their virtual shopping cart and then leave without making a purchase, and...

Agility has been a hugely overhyped concept for quite some time. From two-guys-in-a-garage startups to globally active corporations or public sector contracting authorities, more...

A one-off project approach to developing digital business applications is no longer in keeping with the times. Digital business applications need to be constantly adapted to new requirements. They must enable different business ideas to be trialed and competitors’ good ideas to be adopted swiftly.

Local online marketplaces have long ceased to be uncommon in Germany. From Wuppertal and Mönchengladbach to Göppingen, customers in many German cities can already...

In retail today a multichannel strategy is an essential prerequisite for continuing to be able to secure customer loyalty. Implementing this strategy does, however, involve negotiating a number of pitfalls.

As of 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will apply in all member states of the European Union and replace the...

Agile methods like Scrum are increasingly gaining ground at German companies. Scrum is rated especially highly in the eCommerce environment, where a short time...

Pricing is one of the key challenges in online grocery. This is mainly caused by two reasons: While margins in the highly competitive food...