Pivotree, Spryker, Partner on Commerce-as-a-Service

Frictionless commerce company Pivotree has formed a partnership with digital commerce platform Spryker, according to a Thursday (July 21) news release.

“This partnership unshackles B2B customers from burdensome, monolithic systems, technology debt, and cost constraints,” the release said. “The transformation to Spryker’s composable architecture combined with Pivotree’s new Commerce-as-a-Service offering which removes traditional cost barriers will become a game-changer in the market.”

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The companies say the traditional software implementation business model is in need of an update, and that Commerce-as-a-Service provides that overhaul by letting enterprise customers to continue to invest even in the face of a recession.

Joseph Lee, Pivotree’s general manager for commerce, notes that his company and Spryker are bringing this offering to North America for the first time.

“Our partnership is focused on supporting our B2B customers who have complex ecosystems and requirements, and with Spryker’s platform flexibility and composability along with its robust engineering capabilities, we will enable our customers to accelerate their digital transformation at any point in their journey,” he said.

Based in Toronto, Pivotree offers digital products and managed/professional services to help digital businesses manage their commerce platforms.

Spryker, headquartered in Berlin and New York City, offers a digital commerce platform for B2B and B2C companies, as well as enterprise marketplaces and unified commerce.

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The partnership with Pivotree marks the third collaboration in the past month for Spryker. On June 21, the company announced a partnership with FarEye, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm dealing with last-mile logistics issues.

The companies say the team-up — which integrates FarEye’s intelligent delivery platform and Spryker’s digital commerce operating system — allows merchants to offer a customer experience that can be tweaked from purchase to delivery.

And on July 6, Spryker announced it was developing a B2B purchasing platform for German pump systems manufacturer Wilo as the company shifts from being a product supplier to a solution provider.