Category 'Leader's Views'

The Black Friday Marathon: 3 Strategies To Win The Holiday Season without Sacrificing Your Margins
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September 11, 2025

The Black Friday Marathon: 3 Strategies To Win The Holiday Season without Sacrificing Your Margins

The traditional BFCM playbook has been simple: Treat it as a frantic, 48-hour sprint of deep, store-wide discounts. This approach creates a brief, intoxicating spike in revenue, but it’s often followed by a painful hangover of crushed profit margins and an influx of one-time, deal-hunting customers who vanish by January.

Decoding the SALESmanago Growth Framework: A Conversation with Michael McNeal
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September 5, 2025

Decoding the SALESmanago Growth Framework: A Conversation with Michael McNeal

Scaling an eCommerce business is one of the most complex challenges an online shop leader can face. While there's no shortage of marketing tactics, a clear, strategic roadmap for growth can feel elusive. To provide that clarity, we sat down with Michael McNeal, VP of Product at SALESmanago and the architect of our eCommerce

The Personalisation Penalty: The Revenue You’re Losing Without AI
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August 4, 2025

The Personalisation Penalty: The Revenue You’re Losing Without AI

If you are working in eCommerce or any other industry that deals with customers, you know it already. There's a revenue penalty, one that grows with every customer interaction that falls short of their expectations. I call it the Personalisation Penalty.

Bringing Happiness Principles into Online Shopping
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May 23, 2025

Bringing Happiness Principles into Online Shopping

We often talk about conversion rates, AOV, and CLV in the world of eCommerce. These metrics are undoubtedly important. But what if we shifted our focus slightly, drawing inspiration from a seemingly unrelated field … like the science of happiness?

Contextual Personalisation – The Foundation of Modern Customer Experience
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April 23, 2025

Contextual Personalisation – The Foundation of Modern Customer Experience

For years, I've observed how personalisation has revolutionised eCommerce, influencing the way brands build relationships with customers. Delivering content and offers that cater to the individual needs of users has become crucial. However, the real game-changer in this field is contextual personalisation – an approach that gives Customer Experience an e...

From B2B to BwB: Why the Future Belongs to Brands That Build With, Not For, Their Customers
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April 4, 2025

From B2B to BwB: Why the Future Belongs to Brands That Build With, Not For, Their Customers

There’s a growing shift happening in how we sell, how we partner, and ultimately, how we grow. And it starts with a simple truth hiding in plain sight: People don’t want to be sold to—they want to build something with you.The classic B2B dynamic—where vendors pitch, buyers listen, and decisions are made in isolation—is breaking down. What’s emerging in its pla...