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STUDY: Only Half of Organizations Think Current eCommerce System Maximizes Profitability
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Feb 24, 2016, 10:00 ET

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Chicago (PRWEB) February 24, 2016 -- Organizations face major challenges in cost and speed to market with commerce platforms as a result of higher expectations from online buyers and sellers. Despite investing significant time and money in current commerce solutions, the majority of marketers and IT professionals surveyed aren’t confident in their capabilities. According to the 2016 State of Digital Commerce Report, nearly one third (30 percent) of brands in both B2B and B2C industries spent more than $2 million for their current commerce site, and 44 percent say it took longer than a year to implement.

The study, which surveyed 340 marketing and IT professionals at B2B and B2C organizations, found that implementation and resource costs are even higher for organizations using legacy commerce systems. The percentage of Oracle, SAP and IBM users reporting implementations that take longer than a year is 26 percent higher than the average. These users also report much higher implementation costs, with 40 percent of users spending more than $3 million.

Although companies with legacy commerce systems spend significantly more, the report reveals that only about half (53 percent) of respondents agree that their current eCommerce system helps them be as profitable as possible. This indicates a major disconnect between resource cost and effectiveness, which is a result of rigid technology implemented by legacy ERP systems.

“We are in a new era of commerce, where the speed and cost benefits of a SaaS commerce platform are abundantly clear,” said Ray Grady, executive vice president of CloudCraze. “As digital commerce gains traction and becomes the most common touchpoint for both consumers and business buyers, brands that work with legacy commerce platforms experience tremendous challenges that negatively impact profitability and customer service.”

Scalability, Flexibility, and Customer Visibility Are Major Pain Points for Brands
The survey found that scaling for growth and market changes, quickly updating to the customer and company’s evolving needs, and gaining a holistic view of the customer are the top three pain points for brands today.

These challenges are particularly pervasive for brands that generate more than $25 million in revenue. Nearly 60 percent cite scaling quickly to meet the changing needs of the market as their top challenge.
Customer engagement is an additional pain point for these organizations. Roughly 80 percent say they would benefit from increasing the level of engagement with their customers online.

The Key to Overcoming Commerce Challenges
Digital commerce is expected to grow at an annual rate of 19 percent, underscoring the major opportunity for revenue growth for brands who invest in a cost-effective commerce solution with a fast implementation. More than 40 percent of cloud-based system users report over half of their total sales are already happening online, as opposed to only 13 percent of on-premise system users, which points to the power of easy application management, deployment, and upgrades inherent in cloud-based systems.

“The challenges brands are experiencing, particularly large brands, speak to the need for flexible, agile and robust commerce solutions,” said Chris Dalton, CEO of CloudCraze. “A cloud-based solution that lies on top of a companies’ front office CRM system is the best way to gain customer visibility, increase revenue, and empower sales and marketing teams to provide the most personalized customer experience possible.”

To view the full results of the 2016 State of Digital Commerce report, visit http://www.cloudcraze.com/2016-state-of-digital-commerce/

About CloudCraze
CloudCraze delivers robust B2B and B2C eCommerce native on Salesforce. CloudCraze enables clients to deploy mobile storefronts quickly, generate online revenue in weeks, and easily scale for growth. In a single Salesforce instance, CloudCraze shares data and processes with existing Salesforce Sales, Service, Marketing, and Community Cloud deployments and it’s all easily managed through the point-and-click Salesforce interface. CloudCraze powers eCommerce for Coca-Cola, Avid, Barry-Callebaut, Ecolab, GE, L’Oreal, Zimmer Dental and more.

Rachel Gulden, Walker Sands Communications, http://www.walkersands.com/, +1 312-267-0530, [email protected]

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The percentage of Oracle, SAP and IBM users reporting implementations that take longer than a year is 26 percent higher than the average.
The percentage of Oracle, SAP and IBM users reporting implementations that take longer than a year is 26 percent higher than the average.
Scaling for growth and market changes, quickly updating to the customer and company’s evolving needs, and gaining a holistic view of the customer are the top three pain points for brands today.
Scaling for growth and market changes, quickly updating to the customer and company’s evolving needs, and gaining a holistic view of the customer are the top three pain points for brands today.
The percentage of Oracle, SAP and IBM users reporting implementations that take longer than a year is 26 percent higher than the average. Scaling for growth and market changes, quickly updating to the customer and company’s evolving needs, and gaining a holistic view of the customer are the top three pain points for brands today.

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