Many see a big impact, even if their companies aren't ready
B2B marketers in Western Europe and the US appear to be mostly optimistic about big data and its future with respect to commerce. However, according to November 2016 research, less than half believe their entire organization is fully up to the task of putting big data to use.
In a survey of 400 B2B decision-makers conducted by Vanson Bourne for Intershop, well over three-quarters of respondents said big data will become more relevant to their work in the next 12 months, and 84% said that it's already having a positive impact on their organizations' operations. But less than half were willing to say that their companies were "completely effective" at using it.
For many marketers, a key challenge in using big data is uncertainty about the data that they have, either in terms of not knowing the scope of available data, or in terms of data quality. A study from Loudhouse Research, published by Experian Data Quality found that more than half (56%) of UK and US executives said bad data had contributed to lost sales opportunities for their organizations. The same study cited challenges such as lack of budget and skills to fix the problem.
The unease of these executives is likely due to the fact that they're also trying to keep up with their customers' relentless appetite for various tailored ecommerce system features. In the Intershop and Vanson Bourne poll, executives said their customers are looking for everything from personalization (42%) and post-sales care (40%) to search functionality (29%)—many of which both produce and require big data sets.
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