This document discusses key factors for successful global e-commerce and online-to-offline businesses. It identifies three main factors: 1) Developing a company culture of open innovation to spark creativity. 2) Localizing the customer experience by tailoring products, services, language and sizing to local markets. 3) Maintaining a strong, consistent global brand identity while allowing for local adaptations. Additional details are provided on external market factors to consider and the importance of partnerships for localization.
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1. Current Trends and Key Factors That Drive
Global E-commerce and O2O Success
25. Payments:
contracts
technical
integra6on
repor6ng
fraud
repatria6on
dispute
management
Merchant
40+
connec6ons
or
work
with
a
few
KONWLEDGEABLE
providers
Language
Customer
Service
Fulfillment
endless
connec6ons
and
people
26. Local Solutions
Gaps
site
in
Japan
offers
XXXS
to
M
sizes
on
this
shirt.
For
the
same
shirt
on
the
US
site,
Gap
offers
XS
to
XXL
sizes.
Source:
March
18,
2014,
The
Five
Key
Success
Factors
Of
A
Global
eBusiness
Forrester
report
27. Local Merchandising
Clarins
adverFses
whitening
products
in
Japan
And
tanning
products
in
Spain
Source:
March
18,
2014,
The
Five
Key
Success
Factors
Of
A
Global
eBusiness
Forrester
report
36. Brand
All
the
coolest
gadgets
and
tech
and
coupons
and
whatever
else
in
the
world
Store
37. In
Summary:
1. Companies
with
a
culture
of
open
innova6on
have
a
much
becer
chance
to
succeed
globally.
2. Companies
need
to
pay
acen6on
to
external
factors
before
selling
into
a
country.
3. Most
companies
in
the
world
dont
have
the
resources
or
exper6se
to
succeed
globally
(locally).
They
need
to
rely
on
others.
4. Invest
in
your
brand
iden6ty
and
stay
true
to
your
why.
39. Contact Details
Carl Miller - Managing Director
Global Retail Insights Network (GRIN)
carl@thegrinlabs.com
+1-415-420-6688
Skype: globalcarl
www.thegrinlabs.com