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Strategy & Industry

Hire or Automate; the key question to scale ecommerce?

Hire a new employee or automate business processes? If you have a rapidly growing ecommerce business then this article is worth a read before you hire your next employee.

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Strategy & Industry

The Case for a Glasgow Ecommerce Free Trade Zone

An ecommerce focussed free trade zone would be a bold strategic move to boost the local economy. How might it work and how might it dovetail with an ecommerce strategy for Glasgow.

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Strategy & Industry

Reskilling & Upskilling in Ecommerce

The report provides detailed evidence to support its view that the dominant factor that is holding back ecommerce in Scotland is a pervasive lack of skills.

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Strategy & Industry

Magento/PHP Back-end Web Developer

Are you a Backend Web Developer looking for a change? INDEZ have a full time job opening for a Backend Web Developer based in our Glasgow office. We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join our growing team. If you think it may be of interest or you know someone who would be perfect for it please get in contact with us.

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Platforms & Development

Bad Bots; What Ecommerce Businesses Need to Know

Bad bots can cost you money in surprising ways. Get up to speed on what you need to do to make sure it’s not your business that suffers.

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Platforms & Development

Ecommerce Payment Changes Coming this September

Strong Customer Authentication for ecommerce payments is about to happen. This is what you need to know along with what you should do about it.

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Strategy & Industry

Definition of Ecommerce

Good communication and shared understanding require a common definition of words and exactly what they mean. Ecommerce is a subject where different definitions have sometimes led to confusion and a misunderstanding around statistics, trends and Key Performance Indicators. In the following article we attempt to provide the ultimate guide to EXACTLY what ecommerce is (and is not).

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Strategy & Industry

IKEA is changing its business model

IKEA is a hugely successful global retailer of scale; it’s the world’s largest furniture business. The company now plans to progressively change its business model in favour of ecommerce combined with smaller city-centre demonstration stores. This inevitably means proportionately less focus on their out of town retail warehouses.

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Strategy & Industry

Productivity and Ecommerce

Ecommerce means ‘productivity for sales’. Any business that’s serious about improving their productivity should start by automating their online sales process.

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Marketplaces & International

Customs Union, Frictionless Trade & Trade Automation

Global trade continues to grow. This combined with the rapid growth in small-package trade resulting from consumer-led ecommerce means that the number of cross-border packages is rapidly increasing. How should we handle this and what advantages might follow from automating cross-border trade?

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Strategy & Industry

Cash Flow is King when running a business - How true?

In the process of running a business cashflow can seem like a daunting and boring task. We have a few tips & tricks that help us along the way.

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Platforms & Development

How good is Shopify for International Ecommerce and Online Exporting?

Shopify is a great platform for small and startup businesses that want their own platform to begin trading online. Once the tills are ringing and you plan to trade outside the UK, is it still effective or do you need to replatform?

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