Fascinating Demandware vs Venda debate

Between Bob Felicce and Richardyeo

We are hard at work upgrading all of our retailers from Demandware 2.10.1 to Demandware 2.10.2. Underlying product upgrades and refactoring necessary are free of charge to retailers on our platform. The same cannot be said for some of our competitors. If you are considering, SnowValley, BT Fresca, etc. double check whether your contract entitles you to product upgrades free of charge.

Bob Felicce Says:
January 8, 2010 at 8:05 am
"Hi,
Fortunately, Venda – the world’s leading on-demand platform – used by major retailers (like Tesco and TJ Maxx) to institutions (BBC, British Museum and The Met) to publishers (The New Yorker, Conde Nast and Encyclopedia Britanicca) upgradges all of its customers every three weeks to the latest version – all three hundred and 20 of them!
Thats who we use.
Bob"

richardyeo Says:
January 8, 2010 at 8:36 am
"Hi Bob
Thanks for your comment.
Venda powers Tesco Clothing, i.e. http://www.clothingattesco.com
Do the upgrades every 3 weeks include new functionality or are they bug fix releases?
If you are talking about bug fixes then Demandware too upgrades its customers very frequently and can do as frequently as weekly.
One of our retailers was previously on Venda before moving to our platform.
How long have you been a Venda customer?
Regards
Rich"

Bob Felicce Says:
January 8, 2010 at 8:44 am
"Hi Richard,
Yes. Venda upgrades new features and addresses any bugs and/or issues in this timescale. In fact, typically these upgrades tend to focus on enhancements because the platform has been servicing customers since late 2001 and as such is now very robust and stable.
Venda recently communicated the customers they signed and delivered in 2009. An impressive list, I am sure you agree:
Tesco, Jimmy Choo, Cotton Traders, Flowers Direct, Denby, JD Williams, Flower Gram, TK Maxx, Kit Heath, Weleda, Kirnan, New Wonder, Animal, Sterling Furniture, Artigiano, Universal Music Group, Emma Bridgewater, Cubavera, Perry Ellis, Original Penguin, Kangaroo, Conde Nast Store, Cartoon Bank, New Yorker Store, XOXO, Jolt, David Meister, Encyclopedia Britannica, Adesso Home, iGo-US, Lilly Pulitzer, Jurlique, Faconnable, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Colombian Emeralds"

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Heal's Implements mCommerce Site

Ernie Schell

Excepted from Ernie Schell's blog "Direct Commerce Systems and Services"

Heal’s, the UK’s home of modern designer and contemporary furniture, lighting and home accessories, has launched a mobile optimized Website that creates a rich shopping experience for consumers anytime, anywhere. Enabled through the Venda Mobile Platform powered by Localpoint Storefront from Digby, Heal’s mobile optimized site enhances their cross-channel strategy and complements their eCommerce site and six retail stores across the U.K.

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Why mobile payments still haven’t revolutionized retail 

Excerpted from CornishHosting 

Mobile payments are a revolution waiting to happen. It just makes sense that, with so many of us carrying around increasingly advanced smartphones, we’ll be able to use them to pay at brick-and-mortar stores and the check-out line. 

Because of a lack of industry standards, retailers can’t afford to gamble and choose one standard of mobile payment over another – they need to be prepared to offer their customers the ability to pay through whatever means the customers want. Take the online commerce space as a perfect example. Platforms like Magento, Demandware, Shopify and Venda, allow easy integration with third-party software, so that payment solutions like PayPal, BillMeLater, and Google Checkout are thriving and being adopted by online retailers and consumers alike.