{"id":15208,"date":"2021-02-08T21:13:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cigniti.com\/blog\/?p=15208"},"modified":"2022-07-20T19:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T13:36:13","slug":"ecommerce-platform-assurance-retail-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/ecommerce-platform-assurance-retail-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"E-Commerce Platform Assurance \u2013 A Beacon of Certainty in the Retail Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, 10 years of e-commerce growth happened in just 90 days. The pandemic has impacted e-commerce in 2020, maybe more than any other time in history. While the traditional retail sales have declined, e-commerce has seen a paradigm shift with 129% growth year on year. Travel bans, lockdowns, and retail closures forced the consumers take the online route and e-commerce platform is at an all-time high.<\/p>\n

According to Margo Hays<\/em><\/strong>, Principal of Digital Strategy, TSG Consumer Partners \u2013 \u201cWe are seeing this rapid shift and it\u2019s not just e-commerce. It\u2019s everything. Our consumers are demanding speed and efficiency, no matter what you\u2019re doing.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

The digital competition is heating up as legacy wholesalers go online and global retail giants like Walmart, Amazon, Schwarz group, Alibaba, and Costco have expanded their ecommerce initiatives. Likewise, competitors in product categories who were traditionally not in demand online have also started competing for ecommerce shoppers.<\/p>\n

According to Scott Silverman<\/em><\/strong>, Co-founder of GrowCommerce and the Global e-Commerce leader\u2019s forum, \u201cSince my days as Executive Director at Shop.org, I have seen how e-commerce businesses are impacted by performance challenges, yet struggle to identify and treat the root cause.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

While the growth is unimaginable and the numbers are tempting, what does it take to stay ahead in the competition? One little glitch in the platform is enough for you to lose customers. These annoyed customers will also leave damning reviews across the web, further accelerating your woes in the sales process.<\/p>\n

According to a State of Online Retail Performance report,<\/p>\n