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Our helpful eCommerce insights cover breaking news, major releases and evolving best practices across Shopify, Magento and Hyvä, alongside commentary on performance, scalability and digital growth trends in online retail.

  • Magento

  • Support

New Year's Resolution - Improve your Magento site performance

With an increasing specialisation required to support Magento 2 sites, are you finding your existing agency is struggling to meet your support...

  • Magento

End of life for Magento 1 payment gateway

Urgent attention to Shavers checkout 

  • Magento

How to keep your eCommerce site ahead of your competition

Design trends that should be included in your communication, before your competitors start implementing them.

  • Magento

Two iconic brands come together

Fired Earth approached us with the exciting news that they were soon to launch a collaboration with M&S. Naturally, we were keen to explore. 

  • Creative

Pulling ahead with our marketing support - a look at WinTech Racing wins over the past 3 years

Positioning WinTech Racing as one of the world’s leading racing boat manufacturers. A lot has happened since we flew out to China in 2019.

  • Awards

We're finalists (again) at the eCommerce Awards 2022

We are delighted to announce that Absolute has been shortlisted for the Best B2B Website Launch 2022.

  • Magento

News update from Meet Magento UK 2022

Some insights from Meet Magento UK 2022

  • Magento

  • Support

Adobe Commerce Partner Enablement Webinar for 2.4.4

Some insights from our Adobe Commerce Partner Enablement webinar that may be interesting to M2 Admins.

  • Magento

  • Awards

Eco project gets UKFAST support

We were delighted when UKFAST, a leading UK managed hosting provider, wanted to promote one of our Magento 2 design and build projects.

  • Shopify

Top 10 apps for improving your Shopify site

Shopify has a lot of impressive built-in features right from the start, spanning performance, content, and payment options.

  • Magento

  • Support

Applications and modules for improvements

As part of an ongoing series of support focused bulletins, we’ve put together a list of the top 10 modules for improving your M2 site.

  • Magento

  • Support

Adobe Commerce vs Open Source Cost Analysis

For many businesses, it’s been hard to see the differences and merit between Adobe Commerce and its open-source sister, both formerly named Ma...

  • Magento

  • Support

Urgent Adobe Security Patches 13th & 17th February

Adobe released two emergency patches on the 13th and 17th February to resolve a critical vulnerability in Magento 2.

  • Creative

Is it time to reinvigorate your brand?

Here at Absolute, we’ve outlined what we think makes a great brand, with helpful tips to help you along the way!

  • Magento

Helping customers have a seamless online experience

As a support team, we’re often asked for ways to help improve the Magento Admin usability and also for suggestions to help enhance the end us...

  • Magento

Getting started with Magento 2 development

Need a little help to get you started on your first Magento 2 development? Take a look at our comprehensive guide to ensure you create solid a...

  • Magento

Magento 2.0 is here

The long-awaited new version of Magento, which has been in the pipeline since 2010, is faster and more robust, with increased functionality ac...

Users are users. Not experts

Usability – as the name suggests – is about the people who use your product: whether it’s a website, toaster, remote control or web service. ...

  • General

Ecommerce platforms allow you to engage with customers online, bypassing any issues with traditional retail channels

The propensity to buy online is increasing year on year**, so the wise money is on improving your business's ability to transact online - Mag...

A quick guide to measuring usability

  Why should you measure usability? If you don’t, you won’t know whether your efforts to make your site more usable are successful.

  • Awards

We’re Finalists in the Digital Entrepreneur Awards!

We’re thrilled to have been named as Finalists in the Digital Entrepreneur Awards.

  • Magento

Magento issues patch to plug potential security breach

If your website has been built using Magento we want to make you aware of a vulnerability has been identified in the current version of the pl...

10 essential web tools for building better websites

Getting designers and clients communicating effectively can sometimes be a challenge. Both of you are working towards the same goal but it's n...

  • Creative

Image correction for critical colour print

At Absolute, we’re able to handle large print projects in-house using our FOGRA certified printer, meaning we can guarantee accurate colour re...

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