Wow! What a whirlwind trip for the OrderDynamics team last week in Chicago. We're still catching our collective breath from another amazing Internet Retailer Conference! Before discussing highlights of the show, we'd like to extend a huge thank you to everyone we met and who took the time to stop by our booth at IRCE 2012! Whether it was for company updates, first time meetings, eCommerce platform demo's, or Win The Wheels stickers, we appreciate your time and getting the opportunity to meet you.
What was unique about last week - outside of IRCE hitting new attendance records with more than 8,600 attendees - was exhibiting at the Retail Council of Canada Store Conference on June 4th and 5th in Toronto prior to arriving at IRCE. Michael Turcsanyi, OrderDynamics President, even moderated a "Getting eCommerce Right The First Time" panel at that event! (Click here to read our recap of this Retail Conference.)
Every year these Internet Retailer shows have a certain trend and this year one of those trends was B2B eCommerce. We met with hundreds of retailers and manufacturers (a lot of appliance and commercial manufacturers, too) looking to either enter eCommerce with a B2B-only strategy or typical B2C retailers looking to maximize online sales by starting a new B2B-focused site. In either case it's clear the B2B eCommerce marketplace is an emerging opportunity for many retailers and manufacturers. Our B2B eCommerce experience and B2B functionality within our On-Demand Platform really resonated with B2B-focused attendees.
Another trend we noticed from IRCE 2012 was more retailers than ever before looking to re-platform and launch prior to the 2012 holidays. This year featured an overwhelming number of retailers who are looking to substantially improve their eCommerce presence and ability to merchandise site traffic via their eCommerce platform. Needless to say it's going to be a busy summer for retailers and vendors preparing for Fall and early Winter launches.
Also, no IRCE experience is complete without attending and making mention of Avarala's second annual Rocktopia Party. This year the networking party was held at Buddy Guy's Legends (right in the heart of downtown Chicago) and even featured a live band. We’d like to thank Avalara for being fantastic Partners, booth neighbors, and party hosts. Speaking of booths, here’s Avalara's tropical IRCE booth:
We're already looking forward to IRCE 2013 which will also be in Chicago June 4-7, 2013 at McCormick Place. But until then, you can catch us at the 2012 Shop.org Annual Summit in Denver in September. For more info on Shop.org, click here.
For those of you that are considering a new platform or are planning an eCommerce launch, please give us a call to discuss our leading On-Demand Platform technology that is designed to help B2C and B2B merchants grow their online sales.
We will be reaching out to all interested parties over the next two weeks. You may also contact us directly: Michael Turcsanyi solutions@orderdynamics.com.
In the meantime, we invite you to visit our newly re-lauched website at www.orderdynamics.com to learn more about our On-Demand eCommerce Platform and Connected Commerce vision.
Sincerely,
The OrderDynamics Team
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