Derek O’Carroll

CEO / Brightpearl

Brightpearl is a retail operations platform for retailers and wholesalers with a clear mission to automate the back office so merchants can spend their time and money growing the business. Brightpearl’s complete back office solution includes financial management, inventory and sales order management, purchasing and supplier management, CRM, fulfillment, warehouse management and logistics.

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Monoliths vs microservices: why e-commerce brands have a decision to make

Modern e-commerce brands are operating in an environment unlike any we’ve ever seen. As new technologies, communication channels and ‘ways to buy’ rapidly emerge, the goalposts keep shifting – and consumer expectation keeps growing. This is leading to a debate around whether the reign of ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ e-commerce is over.