Playbooks & Guides

Playbooks and guides for eCommerce leaders

Playbooks and guides covering marketplace strategy, dropship, retail media, B2B commerce, and agentic commerce.

20 publications

Agentic Readiness Playbook: Prepare for AI Commerce

A practical framework to align your data, teams, and technology for the agentic commerce era, before AI agents start choosing your competitors.

Multichannel eCommerce Growth Playbook

How leading brands solved the three biggest multichannel selling challenges and turned channel complexity into their fastest growth lever.

How OEMs Win Aftermarket Sales Online

How leading industrial manufacturers empower distributors, dealers, and technicians to reclaim aftermarket revenue from digital competitors.

Is Your Commerce Platform Ready for AI Shopping?

Five signs your commerce platform is invisible to AI shopping agents, with steps to get ready for the $1 trillion agentic commerce shift.

Unified Commerce for B2B: Grow Across Channels

How B2B manufacturers and distributors unify commerce across subsidiaries and channels to eliminate sales friction and capture more revenue.

Winning in the Agentic Era: eCommerce Roadmap

Assess your agentic commerce readiness and get a practical roadmap for structuring product data and APIs before AI agents choose your competitors.

AI-Powered Retail Media: How It Works & Why It Wins

Discover how AI-powered retail media drives smarter targeting and higher campaign ROI, while legacy rules-based networks fall behind.

5 Signs Your Dropship Platform Is Limiting Growth

Five warning signs your legacy dropship platform is holding you back, plus the modern capabilities retailers need to stay competitive.

Unified Commerce for Multi-Subsidiary Enterprises

How multi-subsidiary organizations achieve post-M&A commercial synergies in months through unified commerce orchestration, without disrupting operations.

eCommerce Growth Strategies from Retail Leaders

Six expert-backed strategies from Lowe's, Sysco, and Bloomingdale's to scale ecommerce faster and more profitably in today's market.

7 Trends Shaping the Future of B2B eCommerce

By 2025, 80% of B2B sales will flow through digital channels. Here are the seven trends distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers must act on.

Peak-Season Dropship Strategy Guide

A week-by-week dropship checklist to prevent peak-season returns, protect margins, and stay ahead of demand spikes during the holiday season.

5 Aftermarket eCommerce Trends to Grow Margins 4x

The five trends forward-thinking OEMs are using to reclaim aftermarket revenue and grow margins up to 4x higher than finished goods sales.

Why Marketplaces Win in the Agentic Commerce Era

Marketplace and dropship platforms outpaced traditional ecommerce by 4x in 2025. See how leading platforms position for the agentic era.

How Marketplace & Dropship Accelerate eCommerce

Marketplace and dropship platforms are growing 6x faster than overall ecommerce. Unpack the strategies behind exceptional platform performance.

B2B eCommerce Playbook for Digital Growth

How wholesalers and distributors adapt to rising B2B buyer expectations and build a digital commerce strategy that wins and retains accounts.

Unlock eCommerce Growth with Retail Media

Why a retail media strategy covering both first- and third-party products outperforms, and how to build one for your marketplace.

11 Enterprise Marketplace Best Practices

Benchmark your marketplace against 11 proven practices used by the world's leading enterprise retailers to launch, scale, and compete profitably.

Listen to Place to be, THE podcast for B2B platforms

Place to be is THE podcast for B2B platform leaders — conversations on marketplace strategy, digital transformation, and the future of B2B commerce.

2023 Mirakl Seller Report: Businesses Fueling Marketplace & Dropship Growth

With changing market dynamics and shifting consumer preferences, running a profitable eCommerce business is not easy. Whether you operate a marketplace or dropship platform, sell through marketplaces or dropship, or do both, understanding the dynamics of these fast-growing channels is essential for growth.** The 2023 Mirakl Seller Report explores why more retailers and brands are selling on different channels, their strategies for growth and how marketplace and dropship platforms can attract top sellers.**