Articles by Jack M. Germain

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European E-Commerce Ripe for North American Retailer Expansion

E-commerce shops based in North America that are not yet selling in Europe are missing out on expanding their customer base and increasing profits Europe's market size, at US$631 billion and rising, has over 540 million mostly affluent consumers. That’s why it is no surprise that thousands of North American brands have decided to start selling th...

The Broad Scope of AI Implementation for Enhancing CRM Efficiency

Artificial intelligence plays a vital role in improving customer relationship management’s productivity and quality. It revolutionizes the strategies, processes, and technologies that help organizations manage and analyze customer interactions The challenge for today's businesses is to put the rapidly advancing AI technology to constructive use.

Retailers Ignoring Customer Privacy, Website Usability Put Business at Risk

Mistrust in how online retailers handle their customers' personal information is at an all-time high, costing merchants lost revenue and follow-up orders Over a quarter (26%) of consumers have abandoned a brand in the past 12 months due to privacy concerns. Establishing a higher trust level is no longer an either/or alternative; it is becoming an i...

Morphing Demographics Require Imaginative PR Strategies

The adage "different strokes for different folks" now guides public relations strategies, particularly in maintaining engagement with diverse generational clientele Generation Z, sometimes called Zoomers, is the new power kid on the buying block. This demographic follows Generation Y, or millennials, born between 1981 and 1994 and precedes Generati...

Post-Open Licensing Could Offer Software Devs Funding Alternatives

Some software developers and companies are considering whether the open source movement is at a crossroads and needs to change direction Open-source software (OSS), which originated in the 1960s with the advent of large-scale commercial computers, came bundled with freely distributed source code....

CoordinateHQ Takes the Noise Out of Project Management Systems

Project management (PM) software might be on its way to becoming an underappreciated technology gem across industries and enterprise environments. Analysts expect that by 2030, the market will exceed US$15.08 billion with a compound average growth rate of 10.68% PM software helps organize time and resource management, creates business and employee ...

Leveraging AI To Transform Actionable Business Strategies Reliably

Contrary to what some folks think about the “recent” discovery of artificial intelligence (AI) for business uses, AI as a computing function is not novel. What is new is its growing adoption for expanded uses and the ability to transform data into actionable business strategies AI has been around for a long time, observed Daniel Ziv, VP for exp...

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ConvertKit Newsletter Platform for Creators: From Passion to Profit

Newsletter platform ConvertKit helps thousands of creators monetize their business by offering more than just digital newsletter deliveries It serves over 600,000 creators on its all-in-one newsletter creation platform. That may seem routine. The unlikely factor, though, is how founder and CEO Nathan Barry bootstrapped his startup strategy 11 years...

How To Leverage Gen AI Without Losing the Corporate Shirt

As technologies like ChatGPT exemplify, generative AI (gen AI) is rapidly evolving, prompting businesses across industries to refine their application strategies. The challenge in 2024 is to leverage these new technologies to drive positive business outcomes and enhance customer satisfaction effectively Since its introduction, one of the main revel...

Bigeye’s Dependency-Driven Monitoring Boosts Reliability of CRM Data

Bigeye's Dependency-Driven Monitoring platform, announced on March 25, is a data observability solution that allows enterprise data teams to see more trustworthy results from their CRM systems The process lets data teams connect analytics dashboards and map every dependency across modern and legacy data sources. It also enables analysts to deploy t...

Best Record Yet for Open Source Use in Business Worldwide

Over the last 40 years, the open-source software (OSS) movement has been a moving target for detractors and supporters. Its free-to-distribute code philosophy competed against proprietary software to feed the user frenzy surrounding the popularity of business and personal computing According to various accounts -- each with different timelines stre...

Business Buyer’s Guide for a Better PC Purchase

Selecting the best computer for your business can be a straightforward process if you plan ahead. Check out these factors to make the most of your purchase. Pro Tip: Bargain prices should not be the deciding factor If you run a small business or work from home, you might not need a dedicated business computer with high-end features you never use. H...

B2B E-Commerce: Key Reports Indicate Many Web Stores Broken

Two prominent research efforts released in Q1-24 on the future of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce suggest that the marketplace is in bad shape In February, Forrester Consulting released its 2024 State of B2B E-commerce Report, which found that a majority (65%) of respondents viewed B2B e-commerce as broken. AI-powered product discovery platfo...

AI-Human Collaboration and the Future of Customer Service

Artificial intelligence-powered bots used in customer service settings are finally learning to get along with human agents. Or is it the other way around? Either way, the friction that existed as humans learned to divest some of their more routine service tasks is producing better efficiency at smoothing out CRM encounters, according to Michael Bra...

Spectrio Digital Signage Gives AI Assist to In-Store Marketing

To better market and cater to customers’ needs, brands can offer digital signage platforms that go beyond hearing and seeing information to touch and engage products in new ways within physical locations Digital signage itself is not radically new. The concept has existed for many years to provide targeted information, entertainment, merchandisin...

The Risks and Rewards of AI Adoption in Retail

Retailers are bullish on AI's growing record for transforming marketing and customer service performance, though this enthusiasm may border on over-optimism According to BDO’s 2024 Retail CFO Outlook Survey released in February, more than half (55%) of retailers are already formalizing policies for internal use of generative AI, and nearly as man...

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Loxx Boxx Prevents Porch Piracy With Secure, Smart Storage

Security cameras can catch a porch thief in the act, but they probably won't prevent the snatch-and-grab from happening Loxx Boxx offers a more proactive solution by securing your deliveries in a bolted-down metal box under digital lockdown. With real-time alerts sent to your smartphone, you're informed of delivery deposits and content retrieval, p...

Cybersecurity Expert Pegs AI as Online Shopping's Biggest Threat

Artificial intelligence is everywhere and is gathering a growing list of consumer concerns about its security and potential for skewed uses This fearmongering is at an all-time high. Knowing the public’s concerns around AI has made it easy for bad actors to cater their attacks to the specific habits of online shoppers....

Mastering AI-Powered CRM Puts Onus on Vendors To Get It Right

The growing intersection of artificial intelligence and CRM platforms is helping companies automate processes, accelerate decision-making, and predict future trends, thereby driving real-time customer engagement At the core of this transformation, AI is becoming the backbone of CRM systems, integrating analytics, predictive, and generative AI to fu...

Mobile Payment Industry Innovations Driving Online, In-Store Sales

Digital wallets are fast becoming consumers' preferred way to pay, both in and out of the store. According to industry reports, almost two-thirds of U.S. smartphone users will use a mobile wallet app to transact monthly in 2024, up from half in 2021 The future of mobile payments also intersects with the rapid growth of blockchain technology and cry...

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