Speed, Mobile UX & Micro-Fulfillment: Designing a Mobile-First Grocery Experience That Delivers
In 2025, grocery shoppers expect their online experience to feel as natural and immediate as grabbing an item off a store shelf. The shift toward mobile-first commerce and micro-fulfillment centers is changing how customers shop—and how retailers build their digital storefronts. For grocery and specialty food retailers, success now hinges on one key capability: speed—from page load to delivery time. …
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Why Companies Are Moving from Magento (Adobe Commerce) to Shopify — and What It Means for Your Business
More and more retailers and brands are replatforming from Magento / Adobe Commerce to Shopify (and Shopify Plus). The trend isn’t just noise — it’s driven by clear commercial gains: lower ongoing costs, faster launches, less technical overhead, and a platform that lets non-technical teams move faster. Below I’ll explain the main reasons businesses are switching, back each point with …
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Scaling Smart: What 23 Cognition Platform Updates Reveal About ECRS’s Product Roadmap
In the rapidly evolving world of retail technology, independent grocers and regional chains are increasingly turning to ECRS’s CATAPULT® platform to bridge the gap between operations and actionable intelligence. With over 23 updates to the Cognition platform since its debut in 2023, ECRS has signaled a clear direction for its product roadmap: smarter, more connected, and deeply data-driven. So, what …
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Small Grocery Success with ECRS CATAPULT: Features That Matter
Running a small grocery store in today’s competitive retail landscape means balancing razor-thin margins, rising customer expectations, and ever-changing technology. For many independent grocers, the point-of-sale (POS) system is more than just a cash register—it’s the engine that drives efficiency, accuracy, and growth. ECRS’s CATAPULT® POS platform is built with these challenges in mind, offering tools that unify retail operations …
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E-Commerce Is Booming in 2025 — Here’s What’s Driving It
In Q1 2025, global e-commerce sales surged to $1.27 trillion, marking a 9.8% year-over-year increase, as consumers continue shifting their buying habits online. (LinkedIn) Annual projections now estimate $6.56 trillion in total e-commerce revenue for 2025, up 7.8% from the prior year. This growth is underpinned by mobile transactions (accounting for 73% of purchases) and advances in personalization, social commerce, …
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