{"id":176,"date":"2017-12-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brightpearl20.wpengine.com\/ringing-in-the-new-year-brightpearl-highlights-from-2017\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:31:36","slug":"brightpearl-highlights-from-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightpearl.com\/blog\/brightpearl-highlights-from-2017","title":{"rendered":"Ringing in the New Year: Brightpearl Highlights from 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

With another exciting year ahead of us all in 2018, we\u2019re ringing in the New Year by looking back on some top highlights from 2017. Take a look…<\/span><\/p>\n

Exciting Product Updates<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Just like every other year, our Product and Development teams continuously improve the Brightpearl software. In among those frequent updates, they\u2019re busy designing, building and launching major functionality. For 2017, our focus was on Automation<\/a>, Warehouse<\/a> Management and POS<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Workflow Automation Tool<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

2017 was the year that we took our mission of \u2018Automate Retail\u2019 to a whole new level with the release of our Workflow Automation Tool<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether you want to auto-invoice or auto-fulfill orders based on a set of rules, or auto-tag customers to link with your email marketing (and more); this new tool gives you a variety of functions to help you automate your business, freeing you up to spend more time and energy on marketing and growth strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n

To find out more about how automation can help you during your peak season (whenever that is during the year).<\/span><\/p>\n

Brightpearl POS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Following feedback from existing and new Brightpearl customers, we gave our point of sale solution<\/a> a complete facelift, allowing merchants to take their business on the road with offline mode capabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brightpearl POS<\/a> is fully integrated and supported by the Brightpearl back office, allowing your sales staff to keep on top of inventory<\/a> availability, omnichannel sales and great customer service<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you ready to find out more? <\/span>Get in touch!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Integrated Warehouse Management System<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Another major product development we launched in 2017 was our fully integrated Warehouse Management System<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Allowing you to streamline and scale your operations, Brightpearl WMS<\/a> offers barcode-driven goods in and goods out processes, as well as inventory counts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Take a look at our\u00a0<\/span>WMS product page now<\/span><\/a>, or\u00a0<\/span>get in touch with us to find out more.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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New Collaborative Partnerships<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We\u2019ve made big strides in our collaborative partnerships this year with key global brands that will have a direct benefit to the merchants we work with. Below are the key points you need to know.<\/span><\/p>\n

BigCommerce Partnership<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

We announced <\/span>our partnership with global ecommerce platform BigCommerce<\/span><\/a> in September. This partnership is key as BigCommerce is a strong out-of-the-box ecommerce solution, which perfectly fits our own product offering for high growth and established retailers.<\/span><\/p>\n

New & Improved Partner Program<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

We\u2019re passionate about our partnerships at Brightpearl, and we\u2019re keen to work with even more technology providers, ecommerce solutions and agencies to help our customers continue to grow, which means 2017 saw us reimagine our partner program. <\/span>Take a look!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Another Successful Cyber Weekend Shopping Season<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Every year, we\u2019re intent on seeing how Brightpearl merchants get on during key shopping events of the year; a major one being the Black Friday Cyber Monday weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, there were some great successes all around, including a 20.7% global growth rate in gross merchandise value (GMV) and a 76% increase in GMV for the Baby & Toddler industry!<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out <\/span>our infographic<\/span><\/a> for the complete Cyber Weekend stats.<\/span><\/p>\n

And we\u2019ll be poised in the New Year to update you on how the rest of the holiday season and January sales fare for Brightpearl customers. Stay tuned!<\/span><\/p>\n

Top Events & Meetups in 2017<\/strong><\/h2>\n

2017 was a great year for us to get out on the road ourselves to meet new and existing customers as well as key retail partners and leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a quick recap on some of the top events and panel discussions Brightpearl were involved in plus some links to read more:<\/span><\/p>\n