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How can a digital merchant remain competitive in an environment dominated by Amazon? How to deliver goods to customers in the shortest amount of time at the lowest cost? A distributed order management system accepts and prioritizes orders from multiple sales channels while optimizing multi-channel fulfillment, enabling merchants to provide consistent delivery experiences across all channels and to put all of their inventory to work.

Consumers don’t like waiting, and omni-channel commerce is now a basic competitive requirement. It allows merchants to better understand their customers and deliver a seamless and personalized experience. However, enabling customers to buy from anywhere, pick up from anywhere and return to anywhere is an operational challenge—so is ensuring customers that they receive orders on time and in full for the lowest possible cost.

To overcome these challenges, merchants can use a distributed order management system, where orders are turned around faster and more accurately, inventory turns to increase, and shipping costs decrease.

In addition to providing some insight into the two very pressing questions above, our latest research on the distributed order management systems vertical also details our thoughts on:

• Why DOMS is the need of the hour for omni-channel retailers
• How the clear and present benefits of a DOMS are undeniable and larger, with legacy players beginning to take notice
• Why BOPIS leaders need to create speedy experiences to keep customers coming back
• How multinational behemoths are implementing DOMS technology
• How logistics and supply chain players can enhance their offerings with DOMS capabilities

The full report can be downloaded here.

What is the future of the retail store associate? How to enhance the shopper experience and increase in-store productivity? Physical retailers need to differentiate themselves through superior in-store customer experiences and empowering associates with intelligent technology will likely result in competitive advantages.

In-store technologies can help store associates solve common customer pain points faster, freeing up time to deliver a superior shopping experience by understanding shoppers, sharing detailed information, and thus, generating an increase in sales.

Enhancing in-store experiences can drive material value in productivity and customer engagement, which has opened the door for innovation on two fronts: technology-enabled staffing platforms and in-store productivity enhancement.

In addition to providing some insight into these two very pressing questions, our latest research on the in-store technology vertical also details our thoughts on:

• Costs and value of the in-store associate
• What legacy retailers are doing to produce a personalized cost-effective in-store experience
• How to combine online shopping with in-store experience in an omni-channel opportunity
• What are the latest in-store features that enrich customer experience and improves store performance (robots are helping store associates in repeatable, predictable and manual tasks)
• The companies that are defining the future of this industry

You can read or download the full report here.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Shoptalk 2019 has come to an end in Las Vegas, where the ComCap team had a packed schedule over three days, meeting with the top startups, strategics, and investors across the digital retail ecosystem.  If you missed our Guide to Shoptalk, check it out here, and don’t hesitate to reach out to have your profile updated or to simply connect.

Today we are writing to let you know we will be at the Money 2020 Asia conference held in Singapore over March 19th – 21st, and to share with you our FinTech in Retail report, detailing our key Fintech themes and things to look out for in 2019 – especially regarding the intersection of payments with retail and Ecommerce.

Our goal with this report is to help increase transparency and communication between FinTech disruptors, as well as financial and strategic investors, particularly with regards to the digital retail ecosystem.

In this report we explore:

– How new financial technologies are improving user experience, security, and convenience across sales channels
– Why FinTech is increasingly playing a bigger role in retail, and how this trend will continue asmore consumers integrate digital devices into their shopping habits
– The New financial technologies that are improving user experience, security, and convenience across sales channels
– The state of FinTech funding, especially for payments, loyalty and other matters related to retail
– The impact of e-Wallets, which are expected to become the leading payment method in the future
– The alternatives to credit and debit cards now accounting for more than half of eCommerce transaction volume
– and much more

To schedule a meeting at M2020 Asia please email fermin@comcapllc.com

 

 

We are pleased to share ComCap’s annual Guide to Shoptalk.  In this guide you’ll find mini profiles of many of the companies who will be in attendance at the conference.  We encourage you to download the document for reference while meeting with your peers in Las Vegas.

We have organized the overview by our thematic areas of focus, including AI/Analytics, B2C, Ecommerce SaaS, Fintech, Logistics, Marketing, Personalization, and Retail in-store technology.

If you’d like to meet with a member of our team at the conference, or if you don’t see your company listed and would like to be profiled, please reach out to Shoptalk@ComCapLLC.com

To book a meeting with us at or after Shoptalk, click here: Calendar.

Best,

The ComCap team

 

ComCap is pleased to present our market perspectives in advance of the upcoming industry conferences Money 20/20, Grocery Shop, NOAH London and Tech in Asia.

Our Q4 2018 Digital Retail Report highlights a broad range of themes within the the digital retail ecosystem.

ComCap team members and clients will be at each conference and we’d be pleased to meet you in Las Vegas, London or Jakarta as your schedules permit!

Our core areas of coverage include:

B2C: Online Retailers, DNVBs, and Marketplaces
B2B SaaS: Artificial Intelligence / Analytics, IoT, Marketing Suites, Mobile, Personalization, Retail in-store Technology
B2B professional services: Logistics, Systems Integrators
Consumer-oriented fintech: Payments, Platforms, and Mobile Wallets

Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Singapore and Europe, ComCap is the only investment banking advisor focused exclusively on the digital retail ecosystem. We bring to bear a level of focus and expertise in the sector that our larger competitors do not, and because of this, deliver results they are similarly unable to match.

If you have questions about our reports, or interest in meeting at one of the upcoming conferences we will be attending, please do not hesitate to reach out. We look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

The ComCap Team

 

 

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Our Money 20/20 report covers the market themes and activity within the Fintech subsectors related to the consumer value chain.

We are excited to produce this report in collaboration with AT Kearney – a global management consulting firm that focuses on strategic and operational CEO agenda issues facing businesses, governments and institutions around the globe.

ComCap team members and clients are in attendance at Money 20/20 and we’d be pleased to meet you in Las Vegas as your schedules permit!

If you have questions about our reports, or interest in meeting at one of the upcoming conferences we will be attending, please do not hesitate to reach out. We look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

The ComCap Team

 

 

All securities transactions are offered by and conducted through ComCap LLC, a broker-dealer registered with the SEC, and a member of FINRA and SIPC. This communication is for information purposes only and should not be regarded as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any security or financial instrument and any email received with instructions to purchase or sell securities will not be acted upon. Pursuant to SEC and FINRA regulations, all incoming and outgoing email of persons associated with the broker-dealer are subject to review by the firm’s compliance administrators, principals, and its regulatory agencies.

Copyright © 2019 ComCap LLC member, FINRA & SIPC, All rights reserved.