How to Build a Search Engine: 7 Things You Need to Know
So, you’d like to build your own search engine. We’d like to save you the trouble. And it is trouble, as you no doubt know. Of course it’s possible to go DIY on a search engine project. There are powerful starter kits out there — Solr, for instance. You can build a fine site search […]
Why Bloomreach Is the Best Experience Platform for Composable Commerce
The market is buzzing with the concept of ‘Composable Commerce’. Organizations are disassembling old monoliths and replacing them with ‘Packaged Business Capabilities’, which provide units of functionality that can be easily integrated into a wider stack. In the past, this has been referred to as “microservices”, but the change here is the word ‘composable’. While […]
How Natural Language Processing Can Help Product Discovery
Human language in itself is difficult to master. So, it’s no surprise that there can be a general disconnect between computers and humans. Since computers cannot communicate as organically as we do, we might even assume this separation between the two is larger than it actually is. While computers communicate with one another in code […]
Interflora Denmark Unifies Customer Data With Bloomreach Engagement
For nearly 100 years, Interflora has been a market leader when it comes to the sale and delivery of flower bouquets all over the world. Interflora Denmark, a Bloomreach Engagement customer, consists of 260 local floral boutiques that deliver flowers both inside Denmark and to the rest of the world. These local florists drive Interflora’s […]
AI in Action: 5 Real-Life Examples of Putting Your AI to Work
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the hottest buzzwords in the ecommerce world right now, and for good reason. AI has been instrumental in changing the way businesses operate and customer experiences are delivered. But it can be tough to figure out what’s just hype and what’s actually useful. Businesses everywhere are asking themselves: How […]
Competing Like Amazon Business In a Post-Pandemic World
If you have been trapped in a swamp for several weeks, you may have missed the announcement that Amazon’s B2B segment, Amazon Business, hit the $25 billion mark for worldwide revenue in March. This may not surprise you, given how Amazon’s consumer business shaped the buying habits of Millennials and Zoomers who now represent a […]
