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Monsoon Consulting Merges Iterate and Makes Two Key Appointments

Ambitious plans to become a Europe leader Monsoon Consulting, Ireland’s No. 1 eCommerce provider has announced that it has merged Iterate, a leading Irish UX research and design agency that specialised in delivering digital solutions on open source technology, particularly Drupal, into its operations. This represents the first phase of Monsoon Consulting’s ambitious plans to …

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Monsoon Consulting appoints Gary Hammond to new role as Head of Digital Insights & Client Success

Monsoon Consulting, Ireland’s No. 1 eCommerce provider with offices in Dublin, London and Kiev, has announced the appointment of Gary Hammond to the new role of Head of Digital Insights and Client Success. He will be responsible for the development and oversight of the implementation of a range of additional professional services offered by Monsoon. …

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The Digital Transformation Conference 2018

Some of the Monsoon Consulting team are heading to Amsterdam for The B2B Digital Transformation Conference 2018. “B2B Online is THE only meeting place for Digital Marketing & eCommerce leaders from Europe’s top manufacturing and distribution companies, where you can benchmark with industry leaders ahead of the curve. Walk away with practical insights on how to …

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The Importance of Employee Retention

“Employee turnover can have negative impact on an organisation’s performance. By understanding the reasons behind staff turnover, employers can devise recruitment and retention initiatives that reduce turnover and increase employee retention.” CIPD.ie. Companies in years gone by didn’t worry about employee retention as it was the cultural norm for people to stay in their first …

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5 Tips to Successful Dev Ops

When defining what DevOps (Development Operations) is, Amazon put it best. “DevOps is the combination of cultural philosophies, practices, and tools that increases an organization’s ability to deliver applications and services at high velocity: evolving and improving products at a faster pace than organizations using traditional software development and infrastructure management processes. This speed enables …

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5 UX/UI Tips for Mobile Ecommerce

With more and more people becoming comfortable with purchasing online it is important to get your mobile experience right for ecommerce. There are simple things you can focus on to increase conversions on your site. Here are 5 I have chosen: 62% of smartphone users have made a purchase online using their mobile device in …

Ecommerce Hierarchy of Needs

When building a new ecommerce website – it is very easy to get bogged down by questions and lose sight of what the main objective of the site is. Using this model gives you a structured map about how to develop your site and continually analyse and improve it, by doing this you are able to …

We’ve moved into a new office in the Ukraine!

We are delighted to announce that we have moved into a new home in the Ukraine. The Ukraine team is now situated in a beautiful office in the middle of Kiev with incredible facilities to support our expansion. We have big plans for the rest of 2018 and 2019 so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for …

Monsoon Team Heading to Magento Live: Europe

Some of the Monsoon Consulting team area heading to Barcelona in 2 weeks time for Magento Live Europe. We will be exhibiting at the 2 day event (Booth S20) so feel free to drop by and say hello. Along with this I will be speaking on Wednesday the 10th. “MagentoLive Europe will host the biggest innovators …

10 Best Practices for Designing a B2B eCommerce Website

The online market is growing fast, and eCommerce sales are predicted to continue to grow. Frost & Sullivan provided an insight referring to “the expectations that B2B ecommerce will hit $6.6 trillion by 2020”. There are several proven reasons users respond to visual content and rely on speed and find-ability, so in this post I have suggested …