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What’s New With Magento 2? Presented by Joshua Warren Dallas Magento Meetup July 27, 2017

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Magento solutions partner with an all-in-house team based in Dallas and Europe Led by Magento Master, Joshua Warren Providing cutting-edge, complete commerce solutions

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A Brief History of Magento 2 January 2015 Developer Beta November 2015 Magento 2.0 June 2016 Magento 2.1 October 2016 B2B Beta June 2017 Magento 2.2 RC Jan Nov Jun Oct Jun

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Magento 2.2 Currently in release candidate stage, release is scheduled for September B2B Module Magento Shipping Magento Social

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B2B Module

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B2B Module ● Customer accounts can be linked to a company ● Company admin can create and edit a hierarchy of users ● Order and quote workflow based on this hierarchy

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B2B Module ● Assign a sales rep to each account ● Robust quote workflow, including negotiation & quote-to-order ● Order by SKU via the web or uploading CSV files

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B2B Module ● Requisition lists - frequently purchased items ● Payment on credit ● Manage credit limits and outstanding balances

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Magento Shipping

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Magento Shipping ● Pre-integrated end-to-end shipping solution ● Print labels from the Magento admin panel ● Automate carrier and service level selection

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Magento Shipping ● Built-in rules engine for quoting and rating ● Uses microservices: new carriers/features without extension updates ● Display relevant shipping options based on location, warehouses, etc.

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Magento Social

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Magento Social ● Pre-integrated solution to push your products to Facebook ● Improved experience for customers to share products on Facebook ● Generate Facebook advertisements from your Magento admin panel

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What’s Next?

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Bluefoot Advanced CMS

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Bluefoot Advanced CMS ● Complete overhaul of the CMS system in Magento ● Drag & drop interface to manage content without needing a developer ● Eliminates the need to integrate with systems like WordPress or Drupal

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Native PWA / Frontend

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Frontend Framework ● Client-rendered front-end framework (think Angular, React, etc.) ● Follows modern front-end best practices ● Reduces/eliminates page-loads and other UX friction

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Progressive Web App (PWA) ● Term coined by Google in 2015 ● Builds on the concept of progressive enhancement ● App-like: handles poor connections, feels faster, better UX

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Progressive Web App (PWA) ● Mobilegeddon 2.0: By 2019, Responsive won’t be enough ● Current methods for PWAs in Magento require an extension or service ● Will become a native feature in Magento, in partnership with Google

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Long-term Vision

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Omnichannel Integrations ● Magento Enterprise + Order Manager + Business Intelligence ● Provide a consistent omnichannel experience for merchants and their customers ● Break down silos

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One Stop Commerce Shop ● Provide the best for everything a business might need to be successful in commerce ● Build, buy or partner ● Deeper integrations with best of breed ERPs, PIMs, etc.

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Questions? Creatuity.com @Creatuity @JoshuaSWarren 214-810-5005 [email protected]