4 Major eCommerce trends for 2021, according to Adobe

This year Adobe, teamed up with Econsultancy to create a report titled “2021 Digital Trends Experience Index”. This report highlighted a number of interesting and important trends for eCommerce, and how 2020 has impacted its growth and trajectory. As eCommerce experts, and a Magento Commerce Specialised Partner, we examined the report and thought we would breakdown …

Why you should have a PWA in 2021

For the last few years, those of us in the eCommerce sphere have heard a lot about PWA’s and how they are the next big thing for eCommerce. Yet, for many of us, PWA’s have not seen the uptake that we expected. But in recent months a number of advancements point to a shift in …

2021: Ethics, Design and the Collective Industry

2021 is like coming into a new energy phase. It’s an awakening of what was working and not working in 2020, such as systems, ways of thinking or ways of how we want(ed) to show up as social and professional beings. The seed was planted and now we can start to embody it in a …

Monsoon Consulting Awarded Magento Commerce Specialized Partner Status

Monsoon Consulting is excited to announce that it has been awarded Magento Commerce Specialized Partner status as part of the Adobe Solution Partner Program. Monsoon Consulting is made up of a team of over 40 exceptional digital specialists who work in a uniquely collaborative way to deliver best in class B2B and B2C digital solutions …

Are you 3D Secure 2 ready?

3D Secure 2 is on the horizon, and if you are accepting payments inside the EEA then you need to ensure that you have implemented Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) before 31st December 2020 to be compliant.  You may recognise the name SCA, as these requirements were originally meant to come into effect back in September …

Dark Patterns: the unethical UX implementations

UX design is an area of design that advocates for its users and aims to create the most accessible, user-friendly solutions possible. As part of this, many decisions have to be made while balancing both user needs and business goals and requirements. Due to this, many decisions can be made that can provide quick business …

Why your Business needs to make User Experience (UX) a 2021 Priority

In 2021, User Experience will be an important Google ranking factor. Find out how this is going to work and what you can do to get ready for this. A bit of context first Google recently announced it is to release a new ranking algorithm that will quantify a user’s perceived experience (UX) when determining the ranking …

Apex: a “ready to market” software solution to help B2B Organisations

Monsoon Consulting is helping a wide variety of B2B organisations navigate the 2020 landscape in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Apex will provide an industry solution to help get businesses online & trading quickly and successfully. With a suite of features pre-built and ready to use, along with a rapid deployment window, apex aims …

Get your eCommerce site UX ready for Black Friday & Holiday Sales

With Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and the Christmas holiday period on the horizon, many businesses are planning their sales and getting themselves organised for a busy period. And with COVID-19 going nowhere any time soon, more shoppers than usual will be using eCommerce platforms to purchase their products over physical stores. With this in mind, …

A B2C eCommerce Future: Leading Home Interiors Business Designs It’s Future Focus

Monsoon Consulting is working with leading Irish based home furnishing & accessories business “Vobe Interiors” to maximise their success online.  Vobe Interiors have selected Monsoon Consulting to be their eCommerce partner to relaunch, develop and grow their B2C eCommerce business. Established by Vanessa O’Brien in 2001, Vobe Interiors is based in Shannon and was born with the …