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The future of retail begins today.
The mobile revolution—and particularly the invention of the
iPhone®—placed retail in the palms of our hands. Commerce
platforms soon became out of sync with the experience the
iPhone created and consumers quickly craved.
THE WORLD CHANGED WITH THE IPHONE
When was your commerce plat form bui lt?
Recent Mozu research shows that consumers use their mobile devices as tools
to redefine retail on their terms, reflecting far-reaching influence and complex
behaviors. The mobile experience has transformed the human experience.
Yet 85% of consumers are not getting the seamless mobile retail experience
they expect.1
68% of retailers fail to drive innovation on their commerce platform.2
Companies and their customers endure the limitations of legacy commerce
technology as they fail to deliver to evolving consumer needs. And this gap only
continues to widen. As brands prepare to meet consumer expectations, the ability
to bridge the innovation gap lies in future-ready commerce technology.
Mozu is the most powerful commerce platform available,
and the only enterprise-class platform to hit the market since
the iPhone revolutionized consumer shopping. Our API-first
technology enables limitless extensibility, no matter what the
future holds.
Mozu brings the future of retail to your enterprise.
Mozu is a commerce platform built for the future of retail. With
Mozu, retailers can manage commerce, content and customer
experience across every channel, on any platform and from any
device. With endless extensibility, customization abilities and
refreshing usability, Mozu provides truly limitless commerce to
our ever-changing business landscape.
HOW ARE YOU POWERING THE FUTURE OF RETAIL?
According to Forrester Research, 85% of surveyed eBusiness professionals are
increasing or significantly increasing their investment in commerce technologies,
showing a dramatic increase from 2013’s reported 66%.7
By delivering the future of retail today, Mozu meets the needs of every member of the
C-suite and brings alignment to comprehensive business transformation:
How Mozu Powers Retail Innovation for the C-Suite
Mozu provides a single, integrated business user solution across
marketing, searchandising and multi-site management to create a
consistent, unified brand experience. Marketing teams can experience
freedom from IT with business user independence, including
increasing ROI, traffic, conversion and AOV.
The API-first architecture built within Mozu enables limitless flexibility
by extending front-end functionality and deep integration options.
Our highly efficient SaaS model shifts the burden of deployment,
security and performance to a proven industry leader.
The common-sense pricing model built within Mozu provides
transparency and predictability for enterprise budgets, and retention
of ROI upside based on metrics, not revenue share.
To request a custom Mozu demo tailored to your business needs, call 1-800-965-5040 or visit mozu.com.
1. Mozu.com. (2014). The Future of Retail is Coming…Are Retailers Ready? Retrieved at http://info.mozu.com/content-omni-channel-strategy-future-retailing.html
2. Ibid.
3. Parker, Robert and Leslie Hand. IDC Research. (2013). Satisfying the Omni-channel Consumers Whenever and Wherever They Shop. Retrieved at http://www.retalix.com/blog/omnichannel-retailing-idc-white-paper-highlights-rules/
4. Mozu.com. (2014). The Future of Retail is Coming…Are Retailers Ready? Retrieved at http://info.mozu.com/content-omni-channel-strategy-future-retailing.html
5. Sheldon, Peter and Lily Varon. Forrester Research, Inc. (March 2014). 10 Pitfalls To Avoid During eCommerce Replatforming.
6. Mozu.com. (2014). The Future of Retail is Coming…Are Retailers Ready? Retrieved at http://info.mozu.com/content-omni-channel-strategy-future-retailing.html
7. Sheldon, Peter and Lily Varon. Forrester Research, Inc. (September 2014). Commerce Technology Investment and Platform
Trends — 2014.
CIO
CMO
CFO
1990s ECOMMERCE IS BORN
Early vendors supplied the basics of ecommerce: listing
products and accepting payments
2000s MOBILE RISES
Mobile devices forced retailers to maintain both
traditional and mobile-friendly sites
2007 IPHONE ARRIVES
The invention of the iPhone and rapid adoption of mobile
devices transformed the world of online shopping
2010s MULTI-CHANNEL EXPLODES
Proliferating sales channels required retailers to create a
seamless experience both on- and offline
TODAY LIMITLESS COMMERCE
Today’s business is truly omni-channel, requiring a
modern platform that provides limitless extensions
THE ONLY COMMERCE PLATFORM BUILT FOR
THE FUTURE OF RETAIL
M A R K E TI N G
Build a future your customers will love.
Shoppers today demand a comprehensive shopping experience. Companies are
evolving from the business of selling merchandise into the business of creating a
personalized, multi-dimensional and passionate world for consumers.
Consumers spend 3.5x more with retailers who diversify their channels versus
those who consolidate products and narrow customers into a single, limited
channel.3 Unfortunately, only 31% of retailers consider themselves to be “omni-
channel integrated,” with most struggling to implement technologies expected by
consumers today, further preventing them from exploring the tools of tomorrow.4
“Incumbent commerce engines aren’t keeping up with
the ever-expanding list of Internet-enabled consumer
devices or the complexities of delivering a ubiquitous
experience across them.” 5 Source: Forrester Research
DOES YOUR TECHNOLOGY DELIVER COMPLEXITY OR CAPABILITY?
To create shopping experiences that customers will love and will bring brand
loyalty, you must control the user experience. With extensible, flexible commerce
technology, businesses can have the freedom to innovate rapidly, adapt to
customer needs, and enjoy increased sales and revenue as they achieve the future
of retail.
Business users need commerce tools that allow Marketing and Merchandising
teams to bring products, websites, content and diverse features to market faster.
Whether you are launching new ideas, testing new markets or deepening customer
relationships, front-end omni-channel capabilities that innovate seamless brand
experiences and allow retailers to respond rapidly are critical to future growth.
Connect people and commerce: Mozu for the CMO
Engage and convert more shoppers by giving your Marketing team the power to
rapidly create and manage differentiated brand experiences across all channels—all
without involving IT. Mozu offers:
• A simplified way to manage commerce and content from product to site
content, making sites engaging and easy to navigate;
• The ability to establish new sites through one master catalog that can be
federated across multiple sites, brands and sub-catalogs, reducing time to
market; and
• Extensive discounts, coupons and segmented promotions to increase
conversions.
I N FO R M ATI O N T E C H N O LO GY
Where inspiration meets innovation.
Mozu was built by developers with developers in mind, created true to the
philosophy of API-first, innovation-first. Developers get full access to the same API
and tools we used to build Mozu, ensuring you can extend, customize and easily
connect with both current and future business applications.
Our limitless API easily adapts to new user interface technologies, meeting
consumers where they are today, and where they will be in the future. Mozu is built
with the future in mind, specifically designed to account for emerging devices such
as wearable technology and even devices not yet imagined.
DO YOU HAVE THE FREEDOM OF INNOVATION?
Mozu also offers Open Source SDKs in the language of your choice, empowering
developers to quickly and cost-effectively deploy the technologies of your choice.
Businesses can easily create functionality, add custom features and extend the
capability of Mozu’s robust theming engine on their own terms.
And with the support of our safe and secure multi-tenant SaaS platform, you’ll
save time and money by removing hosting challenges or the risk of downtime. Our
modern tech stack allows IT professionals to focus on implementing features that
separate your business from the competition and bridge the innovation gap.
Built with the future in mind: Mozu for the CIO
Convert your IT team into an Innovation Center and give them tools to develop
new ways to connect and retain your customers. Mozu is leading the charge by
providing a smarter SaaS commerce platform that provides the features that meet
your business demands today and scales to meet evolving technology and market
trends in the future. The Mozu platform:
• Was built with an open API, giving you the
power to extend Mozu in ways unique to
your brand;
• Speeds the development cycle with
responsive built in and through the use of
best-in-breed technologies, such as REST,
Solar, HTML5, CSS3 and open source; and
• Is multi-tenant SaaS, saving time and
money by eliminating the upfront costs
of implementing and running commerce
software, and ensuring security and
system maintenance.
F I N A N C E
Innovation is an investment in the future.
Retailers strive to provide a unified brand experience, but few are able to deliver
on consumers’ expectation of convergence, authenticity and accessibility.
Consumers are often far ahead of retailers in what they want, and finance and
operations departments must plan for a future that scales in order to make this
happen for customers.
Investing in a future-ready commerce platform can make all the difference
between the ability to respond quickly to market opportunities or opportunities
that are lost.
Finance departments must forecast the future of retail in their budgets and
demand solid ROI; when hindered by legacy commerce platforms, these budgets
are often depleted by the additional and hidden costs that stack up quickly.
In contrast, SaaS commerce technology supports retailers with regular upgrade
schedules and the highest level of stability and security to meet the rapidly
changing demands of today’s complex marketplace. Because SaaS delivers
predictable cycles of releases and upgrades, it removes the in-house burden
of difficult implementations and gives you the freedom to grow revenue and
innovate, not just sustain, the business.
The difference between market opportunity and lost opportunity: Mozu for the CFO
Reduce your budgets and eliminate the guesswork needed to deliver legacy
commerce sites. Mozu provides:
• A predictable pricing model based on usage where your cost is a combination
of SKUs, site visits and number of Admin users;
• Continuous innovation and reliable sites that allows you to focus on delivering
business innovation, not tasks such as implementing hardware redundancy and
managing software; and
• Scalability ensuring capacity during seasonal with a 99.9% uptime guarantee
and confidence that your data is safe with validated PCI compliance.IT departments have the freedom to
innovate more rapidly and create the
experiences consumers crave.
How omni-channel integrated would you consider your organization? 6
Fully integrated–12.5%
Integrated–17.9%
Somewhate integrated–29.2%
Not integrated at all–11.2%
Have not considered omni-channel capabilities–29.2%