Vol. VIII  ✽  No. 1  ✽  Tuesday, 14 Feb

From the editor

Welcome to the composable future of commerce

Composable commerce has probably been the most talked about topic here at Columbia Road this start of the year. If you follow our blog, you already know. In fact, it's one of the most  the most interesting developments in digital commerce for the upcoming years.

We believe that composable commerce not just about
building fancy architecture – it’s about selling better.

To share our insights about the theme, we've published four fantastic articles on the topic. The first post is a great place to start – it explains what we mean when we talk about composable commerce.

After that we're diving deeper. The second article reveals when composable commerce is relevant to you. We continue on by sharing key success criteria for moving to composable commerce as well as give an overview of the platforms that support the approach.

All these insightful content pieces are gathered to this newsletter. Give them a read, and you'll understand the world behind the buzzword.

Wishing you a lovely rest of the day!

Helmi Korhonen

What is composable commerce?

When is composable commerce relevant to you?

Promising flexibility, scalability and efficacy, composable commerce can seem like the obvious approach for future digital sales. Still, it's not a one-size-fits-all solution. In this blog, we share four cases when composable commerce can be the right fit for your company.

How to succeed with composable commerce?

Have you become convinced that the approach is a potential fit for you? Before jumping head first into composable commerce, make sure you give this article a read. In it we reveal the key success criteria for moving to composable commerce.

What platforms enable the composable architecture?

This blog post explores the different platforms built for composable commerce such as commercetools and Spryker, as well as shares how traditional ecommerce platforms support the composable philosophy.

Monolithic, headless or composable commerce?

Digital sales trends tend to come in cycles. Sometimes it's recommended to have a separate tool for each need, while other times, big platforms make grand promises of taking care of everything under one roof.

Figuring out the right approach, monolithic, headless or composable, begins with understanding the benefits and challenges of each. Take a look at our blog post where we compare the approaches and their benefits.