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The largest ecommerce site in the world, Amazon, generated $178 billion in sales last year. It owns Whole Foods Market. Approximately 95 million Americans have an Amazon Prime membership. Forty-three percent of teens cite Amazon as their favorite shopping site. And, 90 percent of consumers...

Once upon a time, Amazon only sold books. Touted on radio ads (remember those?) as the world’s largest bookstore, now Amazon is one of the world’s largest retailer companies. Consumers can get everything they’ve ever wanted—and many things they didn’t know they needed—on Amazon. The...

At a recent conference, ThoughtSpot Inc. CEO Sudheesh Nair called data the new crude oil, saying it is useless in its raw form. When crude oil is first drilled from the ground, it comes out in varying viscosity and a color ranging from black to...

January 2 is probably the busiest day of the year for gyms and fitness clubs. After all, according to polls, getting more exercise and eating healthier are two of the top New Year’s resolutions. For those determined to keep their resolution throughout all of 2019,...

Did you know that by 2020, global retail ecommerce sales are projected to reach $4 trillion? That’s 14.6 percent of total retail spending in the year 2020. Established ecommerce sites are excited about this growth potential. If you haven’t set up additional infrastructure for that...

The worst reason to continue a business practice is “because we’ve always done it this way.” Complicated processes, out-of-date or difficult to use systems, siloed information—it all adds up to inefficiency in business. If your business has multiple-companies set up in Sage 100, consider that...

With all the acronyms that float around these days, EDI and API seem to come up regularly when discussing supply chain. Both EDI and API play a role in effective supply chain management, enabling you to securely transfer data from one system to another—a pretty...

When a business software purchase doesn’t live up to your expectations there is not only the cash investment lost, but there is the time that will never be recovered and the goodwill impact to those who were taken on the ride. When we see this...

If you reached into your wallet right now, how much cash would you find? According to research from Capital One, one in four Americans won’t find any cash. Card spending now outweighs the use of cash for groceries, gas, and restaurants. Card spending is also...

If the eyes are the windows to the soul, eyeglasses must be the window panes. From corrective lenses to “readers,” the Vision Council of America estimates that nearly three quarters of American adults use some form of vision correction, 64 percent of which wear glasses...