Mar 9, 2017The Real Size of Amazon 200b+Sales figures from another world. At least that is what Amazon‘s annual report looks like at first sight. 27% growth and a sales volume of about $136 billion are just too extraordinary for any company trying to compete with Amazon, and, as the detailed analysis is going to show, the…Startup13 min read
Published in The World of Spryker Systems·Jan 7, 2017Retail 2025: What retail?At years and as always it is time to get the glass ball out. What happens with the many retailers and brands in the next years. What is the big next thing after Amazon SEO and TMALL? Where can you earn money in the future? Unfortunately there are very few…Ecommerce4 min read
Published in The World of Spryker Systems·Sep 24, 2016The Faustian Pact between manufacturers and Amazon or “The Manufacturer’s dilemma”This is an excerpt of “The E-Commerce Book” — the best selling book about E-Commerce and Amazon in Europe. Regardless of the prospects of high sales it offers manufacturers — or indeed precisely because of these prospects — Amazon is not benign. The Trojan Horse, the Pied Piper of Hamelin…Ecommerce8 min read
Published in The World of Spryker Systems·Jun 22, 2016The Best Shop System| Endgame FallacyThe Best Shop System| Endgame Fallacy Four years ago, I offered my first assessment of the shop system status quo and two years ago came the update that Shopware had undoubtedly proven itself as the clear winner in the SME segment. The German version of the update, “Das beste Shopsystem…Ecommerce9 min read
Published in The World of Spryker Systems·Jun 1, 2016Microservices and UnicyclingMicroservices and Unicycling The first code.talks conference, held last month in Berlin, had various panels focus on the topic of microservices. After the unspeakable NoSQL hype of about two years ago had reached its peak “Why are you still working with relational databases?”, the topic of microservices was brought to…Microservices8 min read
