This buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) trend is gaining immense popularity. With this being hugely popular with consumers, BOPIS offers stores both customer satisfaction and supply chain benefits, experts say. It allows stores to satisfy shoppers’ urge for instant gratification — something many online-only stores, with their days-long delivery lag times, struggle with. At the same time, BOPIS allows traditional retailers to turn their stores into distribution hubs to which consumers are happy to travel.

At Fortuitas, we believe that forging relationships is not always just business. It's about sharing experiences with the folks you are working with. Whether they are part of the Fortuitas team or a partner. Part of our joy is being able to share these experiences with like minded individuals.

If you've never heard of Acquia Lightning, it is an all-purpose Drupal 8 distribution with around 75 modules and extra capabilities built in. Today thousands of sites worldwide are built on Lightning. It exists in an ecosystem with vertical-specific distributions like Gov CMS (government), Open EDU (education) and Thunder (publishing). Lightning provides a clearly defined bundle of enterprise Drupal capabilities and offers a default starting point for new builds. We like to say Lightning delivers everything in Drupal core, and more.

Why do people make the decision to switch eCommerce platforms? There are several reasons why (oh hey, look what we have, a convenient list of reasons) many merchants need to make the switch to grow their business.

Having worked with many large-scale brands including Toms Shoes, Mars, and Powell’s Books, we’ve found several common signs that your business is ready to start the conversation on how you manage your product data, and how this can affect multiple systems within your technology stack.