‘Twas the week before Christmas…

In the weeks before Christmas, there was indication That the elves were burned out, in need of vacation They were groggy and grumpy from lack of good sleep So Santa, the good man, had granted them leave He went to the workshop and looked at the list Of good little children who still needed gifts […]

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2013 eCommerce Predictions

As 2012 comes to a close, we’ve seen an increase in adoption of new features and general trends among online retailers, including growth in the development of mobile sites, improved merchandising, augmented site search functionality like Auto Complete and Rich Auto Complete, and deeper integration with social media pages. We also saw innovative customer-driven features, […]

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CSM of the Month: Freddy Jovel on Lakeshore Learning

I knew working with Lakeshore Learning would be interesting because we were supplying them with our full suite of products – Learning Search, Learning Navigation, Rich Auto Complete and Site Champion, and it all needed to be done before the holiday rush. Luckily, I was working with Sam Sarullo, their VP of eCommerce who is […]

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SLI Systems’ Clients make the Internet Retailer Hot 100

This month our clients American Bridal, BodenUSA, and DogIDs all made the list of the Hot 100 companies, as featured in Internet Retailer magazine (purchase required to view full list). The list includes the top 100 eCommerce sites which are going above and beyond to create innovative features that will draw in new users. In a […]

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Surprising Results from SLI’s eCommerce Survey

SLI Systems just released our latest eCommerce survey and infographic, which illuminates new trends about online retailers’ priorities for the coming year, as well as for this holiday shopping season. Overall, improving sales conversions was still the most important goal for online retailers, with 63 percent answering it was their main priority. Close behind with […]

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Moving Day – SLI’s Offices in New Zealand Tech Hub

We’re just completing the relocation of our Christchurch team into the new EPIC Centre. EPIC is a recently completed facility that will serve as a high-tech hub. This move has been eagerly anticipated, not only as a chance to join other tech companies in a cooperative space, but also to move from the cramped temporary […]

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Site Search in Different Languages

With the way technology has hastened globalization, it’s less easy to qualify languages other than English as “foreign.” It’s easy for us in English-speaking parts of the world to forget that English is not the dominant language – it’s actually the third most popular language spoken globally, behind Mandarin and Spanish. We work with eCommerce […]

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CSM of the Month – Michelle Polglase on HealthPost

When I worked with HealthPost on their Japanese-language site, it was a truly new and educational adventure. SLI Systems’ clients have websites in numerous countries and languages, but this was my first experience integrating a site with Japanese characters in addition to an English alphabet. HealthPost is a New Zealand-based natural health and beauty website that […]

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