Dozens of e-commerce companies, thought leaders and SLI partners convened this fall at Carnegie Hall in New York City for our third annual SLI Connect event. During packed presentations and break...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/things-amazon-personalization-prevail-sli-connect-nyc.html
No matter how advanced conferencing technology becomes, there’s no substitute for meeting someone face-to-face. Shaking hands, sharing conversation over a nice meal, sitting together to brainst...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/why-in-person-connections-cant-be-beat.html
SLI has been at every IRCE for the past 11 years, but this year was especially exciting as we hosted a live podcast from our booth, over-packed a room at Lawry’s for an invitation-only retailer...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/the-buzz-from-irce-2015.html
Our inaugural SLI Connect AU is a wrap! I would like to thank all of our engaging speakers and thoughtful attendees for making our first SLI Connect in Australia a great success. Speakers include...
SLI Connect is sparking exciting e-commerce discussions on both sides of the globe this month. Earlier in March, we had our most successful SLI Connect UK yet. With an unprecedented 200 attendees...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/at-sli-connect-retailers-imagine-an-omnichannel-future.html
I’ve written before about the many benefits of face-to-face meetings, and after our inaugural SLI Connect event in Seattle earlier this month, I can affirm the immense value of gathering our cu...
Technology allows us to connect with anyone anywhere more easily than ever before, but there’s still something special about face-to-face meetings. The quality of communication is better when y...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/get-face-to-face-with-e-commerce-peers-at-sli-connect.html
As eTail East begins today in Philadelphia, we want to point out some of the highlights we’re looking forward to at this year’s show. Monday Roundtable: Use Creative and Social Content to Con...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/at-etail-east-plan-for-a-profitable-holiday-and-beyond.html
Aussie retailers Appliances Online and SurfStitch have been picked as equal winners for ‘Best Pureplay Online Retailer’ at the Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIA). The annual awards, which r...
As IRCE prepares for its 10th annual e-commerce conference and exhibition next week (June 10-12), I look forward to my 10th year of attending on behalf of SLI Systems. SLI will have a strong pres...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/10-years-of-irce-and-this-one-could-be-the-best.html
This week at the Internet Retailing Expo in Birmingham, England, thousands of e-commerce retailers are attending presentations, browsing the exhibit hall and taking part in workshops to connect w...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/boden-led-hut-and-swimshop-talk-roi-at-internet-retailing-expo.html
We may be halfway through the last day of the exhibit hall at the World’s Largest eCommerce Event, but there’s a lot yet to see and learn today for those at IRCE 2013, the Internet Retailer C...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/advice-for-ecommerce-success-live-from-irce.html
This is third in a series of success stories on eCommerce sites that are growing their business with advanced site search. Also in this series, read about Party Supplies Delivered and Vermont Ted...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/find-your-way-out-of-any-paper-jam-with-this-online-store.html
This is second in a series of success stories on eCommerce sites that are growing their business with advanced site search. See live presentations of these stories at the SLI Theater at IRCE June...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/a-beary-good-success-story-vermont-teddy-bear.html
This is first in a series of success stories on eCommerce sites that are growing their business with advanced site search. See live presentations of these stories at the SLI Theater at IRCE June ...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/reason-to-party-203-more-conversions.html
Terry Costa, VP of Marketing at SLI Systems, spoke last night at the Search Marketing Expo (SMX) in San Jose, Calif., on how to improve your eCommerce site’s search engine optimization (SEO). ...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/sli-at-the-search-marketing-expo.html
While we love talking with our clients about site search and navigation, it’s also a nice break to see our clients in action. Last week, I caught up with Steve Elkins, Co-Owner with his wife Ka...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/customer-profile-steve-elkins-from-webs.html
Join us at the Internet Retailer Web Design & Usability Conference next week in Orlando. We’re talking usability and web design next week. Ryan Hennig from Miles Kimball is doing a presentatio...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/come-see-us-at-irwd-2013.html
It’s no surprise that the mobile commerce market is growing incredibly fast – and this year experts predict a lot more mobile purchases during the holiday season than we saw last year. Accord...
Next week’s IRCE 2012 is one of the biggest events in online retailing. As we talked about in our recent newsletter, this year’s event promises to be the biggest ever. The theme this year is...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/making-connections-at-irce-2012.html
Dave Kohn of Snow + Rock, the #1 ski clothing and equipment retailer in the UK is discussing his company’s experiences with site search, and the ways it’s helped improve the customer experien...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/snowrock-sheds-light-on-e-commerce-site-search-search.html
It has been a couple of weeks since I returned from the Internet Retailer Web Design show in Orlando. It’s a nice show – it’s a lot smaller than the main IRCE show in June – with only one...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/differences-between-b2b-and-b2c-e-commerce.html
Next week’s eTail West will be a great event on many fronts. Aside from the warm weather and sunny skies in Palm Springs, there are a lot of interesting discussions on topics that are timely a...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/sunshine-great-content-and-new-ipads-forecast-for-etail-west.html
This week is the week of usability at the annual IRWD conference in Orlando, FL, and we’ll be there carousing with other vendors. In addition to all the fun we’ll be having at our booth (...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/this-week-its-all-about-usability-at-irwd.html
I have just returned from the Internet Retailer Conference in San Diego. This is the biggest show that we attend and the one where we have the largest presence. Because the show is fairly close...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/internet-retailer-conference-2011.html
Next week we’ll be exhibiting at the annual Retail World conference in Sydney, taking place June 27-29. If you’re attending the event, be sure to see us at stand #51, where we’ll be demonst...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/join-us-next-week-at-retail-world-in-sydney.html
Like most of you, we’ve been gearing up for IRCE for months. Well, it’s almost here, and it’s sure to be a great event. We love the opportunity to see familiar faces and meet new people as ...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/going-to-irce-slis-booth-is-the-place-to-be.html
SLI will be at two key industry events over the next couple weeks – if you plan to go to Internet Retailer Web Design or eTail West, come by our booth and see a demo of our learning-based searc...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/heading-to-irwd-or-etail-west-visit-us-and-win-an-ipad.html
As you might know, SLI Systems recently entered the mobile arena with a new solution to help e-retailers quickly and cost-effectively create a mobile website. Next week we’ll be demonstrating o...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/visit-sli-at-the-mobile-shopping-summit-next-week.html
Come visit us at our Shop.org booth (#807), and we will give you a free site critic review. We’ll let you know how you can improve the search and navigation experience of your users, and run a ...
This year’s Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition was a great success – thanks to the team at Internet Retailer who worked so hard to pull off an amazing event! Probably to nobody’s s...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/irce-2010-success-in-the-windy-city.html
We’ve all been busy this week getting ready for IRCE which starts tomorrow in Chicago – and it looks like this year’s event is going to be one of the best yet. Several of our customers an...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/visit-us-at-irce-booth-301.html
Your website may have the hottest products on the market, and the most engaging content – but if the site doesn’t have “findability,” potential customers won’t even know you exist. They...
SLI has started out the year with exhibiting at two great conferences – Internet Retailer Web Design and eTail. We had a wonderful time and hope all of you who attended have gained valuable kno...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/congratulations-to-our-winners.html
SLI Systems is exhibiting at the Ecommerce Expo taking place at Earls Court, London on October 20 – 21, 2009. Ecommerce Expo is in its third year and is the largest ecommerce event in the UK. E...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/visit-sli-systems-the-ecommerce-expo.html
SLI was an exhibitor and sponsor at this year’s Shop.org Annual Summit. We had a great time and hope all of you who attended gained valuable knowledge from the speakers. This year we also teame...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/shop-org-annual-summit-2009-winner.html
Shop.org Annual Summit We will be exhibiting at the Shop.org Annual Summit next week September 21-23 in Las Vegas. If you will be attending, stop by booth #623. Or, if you haven’t already regis...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/shop-org-annual-summit-lenser-09-summit.html
This week we’re making the journey to Foxwoods Resort & Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut for the NEMOA fall conference – September 16th – 18th. The event is focused on “Beating the Odds” an...
It delights me to say that I’m convinced after IRCE that E-retailing remains a bright spot in this dark economy and it was fantastic to see people searching for new ways to improve the performa...
This year we’ve been exhibiting at some excellent conferences around the world. At many conferences we have telescope drawings to win a Stanley London 30-inch brass telescope. We’d like to ta...
We will be at the SMX Sydney conference in Australia this week. To find our more about the event check out http://www.searchmarketingexpo.com.au/.
We’re heading over to Boston this week for the NEMOA Spring Conference. To find out more about this event and what the New England Mail Order Association is all about check out www.nemoa.org. W...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/nemoa-spring-conference.html
We have just released an interview with Jack Love, President and CEO of Vertical Web Media – better known by their brand Internet Retailer. Jack discusses his career in publishing from starting...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/interview-with-jack-love-from-internet-retailer.html
Next week we’re heading down to Phoenix, AZ for the eTail West 2009 conference. This event is one of the largest conferences in the ecommerce industry and has an impressive list of speakers a...
When I was at the Internet Retailer design show in Miami last month I noticed that more and more retailers are using video on their site. Fat Brain Toys president and co-founder, Mark Carson sho...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/incorporating-video-into-site-search.html
This week SLI is exhibiting at the SMX West Conference. The event is being held at the Santa Clara Convention Center which is nice as its only 15 minutes from our office. SLI is exhibiting plus w...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/sli-to-exhibit-at-smx-west.html
We found out recently that we were one of five companies selected for Shop.org’s Innovation Contest as part of the Shop.org Strategy & Innovation Forum. Alongside companies like BazaarVoice (an...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/shop-org-innovation-contest-winner-2.html
This week we’re exhibiting at the Internet Retailer Web Design ’08 Conference in Miami, FL. The theme of the event is Designing Web Sites That Sizzle – and Sell. Visit us at booth 45 for...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/internet-retailer-web-design-08-conference.html
Next week we’re exhibiting at the Channel Intelligence Retail Marketing Summit and the Shop.org Strategy and Innovation Forum (booth 203) . These two online retail events are being held in O...
This week we’re exhibiting at the Shop.org Annual Summit in Las Vegas, booth #417. Please come and see us if you’re at the show – we’d love to see you. I also recommend stopping by the Ex...
This week we’re going to the eTail show in Palm Desert. I’m attending Search Day with one of our customers, David Patterson from Edwin Watts golf . I’m looking forward to spending a day ...
This week we are going to be exhibiting at shop.org First Look in Gaylord Palms resort, Orlando, Florida. If you’d like to meet us in person we would love to see you.
We’re exhibiting at eTail Mid-Market on Tuesday, Wednesday this week in San Francisco. We would love to see you if you can make it.
It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been busy travelling and trying to get on top of things since I got back. Part of my travels included the Internet Retailer show in Chicago. We went...
https://www.sli-systems.com/blog/internet-retailer-2006.html
We’re busy at SLI. We’ve got 6 events on over the next few weeks. We currently have two shows on at the same time: Annual Catalog Conference in Chicago and Internet World in London. Next we...