Well, eBay's acquisition of Magento is now complete. What will this mean for the future of the Magento platform? We can only assume good things in the short term as eBay's deep pockets are used to continue filling in Magento the company. Long term, we are waiting to see how things shape up. StoreFront Consulting plans to attend the x.commerce Innovate conference to catch Magento / eBay's big announcement. Looking forward to seeing what they come up with! [Read more...]

Brian Walker of Forrester research has declared "Multichannel commerce no longer makes sense... Welcome to the Era of Agile Commerce." Of course we love "agile" anything here at StoreFront, but typically I am not a fan when journalists decide to declare the new eras. Its really difficult to have the perspective necessary for such declarations without the benefit hindsight. In my experience, when journalists make these type of over the top pronouncements, its intended to generate hype and promote their own agenda. And I do believe there is some of that going on here. However, underneath that hype, there is definitely something to what Brain is saying. [Read more...]