All teams were actively involved. In our organization, almost immediately four people were released from their duties so that they could only deal with and coordinate these activities, says Grzegorz Rudno-Rudziński, Managing Partner of Unity Group, one of the companies belonging to ITCorner and president of the cluster's board

urrently, the most interesting trends in the commerce sector are cross-border, q commerce, green commerce, live commerce, e-grocery, as well as the growing role of the marketplace - says Piotr Wrzalik, partner manager at Unity Group and in the perspective of the next 5 years the following phenomena will become important: MACH (microservices, API, cloud, headless) dominating for companies selling in omnichannel model, the proliferation of SaaS and PaaS models, voice commerce and VR.

The past 25 years have seen rapid advances in technology, taking commerce to ever higher levels. The intervals between successive milestones in this industry are clearly becoming shorter. Our predictions definitely go beyond the borders of commonly understood e-commerce - says Grzegorz Rudno-Rudziński, managing partner of Unity Group and president of ITCorner, a nationwide organization associating IT companies.

For many, their first experience with buying groceries online came as a surprise, and a positive one at that. Thanks to the pandemic, consumers felt first-hand that technology is becoming more user-friendly, logistics are faster, and online shopping does not exclude the possibility of picking up at one of the increasingly numerous pick-up points, if one has such a preference - says Sebastian Błaszkiewicz, sales director at Unity Group. - In the last two years, there have been many fundamental changes in the area of trade, especially online, which made the observed changes in shopping habits permanent - he adds.

Not only the purchases of consumers, but also companies are changing. - The pandemic favours not only the development of B2C e-commerce, but also the much less media-savvy B2B e-commerce, whose value in Poland exceeds 600 billion PLN - claims Sebastian Błaszkiewicz, Sales Director at Unity Group. - Shopping habits are already changing permanently and the role of shopping malls will switch in the coming years.

In such cases it is worth to use the knowledge of experts from the outside, who have a track record of many transformation processes. The role of such person/team is to get to know the company from the inside, i.e. to understand how it functions and whether it is ready for changes. The mission of outsourcing of transformation processes is to make the strategic goals more realistic and to translate them into effective task execution thanks to properly selected technologies. The result of this work should be a reliable action plan resistant to challenges during the transformation - says Mateusz Bąska, Head of Consulting in Unity Group, who has conducted over 500 commerce transformation projects.

Univio has officially acquired Global4Net. While the first company already has the comprehensive portfolio of solutions to digitalize business, together, the two partners will create a strong leader especially in the offering of Magento and other Adobe-based services. As one of the largest teams of Magento experts on the Polish market, both companies are looking to use this new found…

Global4Net recently joined Unity Group. The outcome of our merger, puts us in the position of being the largest Adobe e-commerce technology team in Poland, making us a key Adobe partner with strong overseas potential. The unification will enable 135-140 mln in revenue by the end of 2023.  – For more than 25 years, we have witnessed and co-created the…

Retail sales growth (in constant prices) accelerated in August to 5.4% from 3.9% y/y in July, but came in below consensus. According to economists, it testifies to the continuing strength of consumer demand, which remains the main driver in Q3. Sebastian Blaszkiewicz, sales director at Unity Group, reminds about the changes taking place in online shopping and the overall growing number of e-shops. (content in Polish)

A new marketplace player has emerged in Europe, starting its expansion with Poland. The solution belongs to Sea Ltd, the Singapore-based technology group of billionaire Forrest Li. Initially, the platform was focused on commerce in the C2C model, but it is increasingly developing its B2C capabilities. Sebastian Błaszkiewicz, sales director at Unity Group, sees Poland as a favorable market for Shopee. (content in Polish)

As a result of the pandemic, the digital transformation of companies has significantly accelerated, and recent months have shown that it will only continue. The driving force behind this process are companies providing professional IT consulting and services, among which (both regionally and globally) there is fierce competition. Unity Group teams up with Euvic Group to strengthen its capabilities. (content in German)

Generali Poland has released their new website, designed to offer a tailored web portal optimized for both new and existing customers. What’s more, the new platform utilizes new technologies and analytical capabilities, provided through a technology partnership with Univio. “The implementation of the new Generali website can definitely be called a revolution. We built the website according to the most…