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From June 3-4, 2013, Netresearch is hosting its fifth-annual Meet Magento Germany and the Magento team will be traveling to Leipzig to celebrate this milestone with the passionate German community! The event brings online retailers, eCommerce executives, industry partners, agencies and Magento developers together to share their Magento eCommerce experiences and expertise.

The two day program will include an opening keynote address by Roy Rubin, special sessions from the Magento team, and over forty highly-qualified speakers. The conference offers topics for every interest, from process-optimization strategies for Magento beginners, to creating responsive design, to internationalization.

"We are pleased that we were able to establish Meet Magento in [such a] short time as a must-attend event for online retailers, Magento partners and software developers. We will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the event in a special way at our traditional after-show party in the Moritzbastei." said Thomas Fleck, director of Netresearch App Factory AG.

A limited number of last-minute tickets are still available for 215€. For more information on the event and ticket sales, visit meet-magento.de. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Be in Leipzig in June!

Join Magento at the Intersection of Commerce and Couture

Fashion Digital Los Angeles (FDLA) is the first and only conference exclusively dedicated to the world of fashion and eCommerce, and Magento is honored to be the lead sponsor of the upcoming FDLA event, on May 16th, at the Director’s Guild of America Theater.

This is an exciting opportunity to network and connect with hundreds of digital executives from leading fashion brands including HauteLook, Guess, Refinery29, Pacific Sunwear and more. Hear keynotes from the co-founders of Modcloth, Eric and Susan Koger, Chief Creative Officer of BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP, Lubov Azria and our very own, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Magento, Roy Rubin!

We wanted to extend a special invitation for you to join us at the conference, and as a Magento guest, you can save 25% with Promo Code: 25MGTO

For more information on all the speakers and to register for the event, please visit lafashiondigital.com.

We hope to see you there!

Hosted by Magento Partner Netresearch, the Developers Paradise conference heads off to Palma de Mallorca, Spain, September 16th-19th, 2013.

At this annual summer event, attendees from all over the world will join in a lively exchange of knowledge, exciting sessions and workshops, fun free-time activities and lots of networking, all in a gorgeous island setting. As always, the focus of this conference is for attendees to share their knowledge of and experience with Magento.

This year, Netresearch is also encouraging attendees to help lower ticket prices by registering more than seventy attendees before May 31st, and by finding more sponsors for the event. A clever ticker on the event website informs conference guests of the current sponsor count and funds raised.

Tickets are already on sale for the event, and you can purchase them at the early-bird price until the end of May. After May 31st, tickets will be available at a late-registration price, so don’t wait!

If you want to be part of the event and contribute topics for discussion, feel free to fill out the Call 4 Papers form on the “Schedule” page. Find more information about the event at: http://www.developers-paradise.com.

Launched in 1949, GANT was the first company to market the English button-down shirt to a larger American audience, and, over the years, they became known for their innovative tailoring, such as the button-down collar and the box pleat. Today, GANT carries full lines of men’s and women’s clothing, sold in more than sixty countries.

Concerned that their exiting online store wasn’t attracting new traffic, converting visitors, or offering consistent branding, GANT chose Magento Solution Partner Vaimo to help them do a complete overhaul. Vaimo both designed and implemented and visually-rich site with Magento Enterprise Edition that was easy to manage, internationally scalable—and better at driving and converting traffic.

Since then, conversion is up 290%, site traffic is up 13%, and GANT has launched a phased rollout to fifteen new countries.

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Thousands of companies – including many of the world’s biggest brands – are using Magento Enterprise to grow their online businesses. Wondering how Magento Enterprise can help your business?

Have a Magento success story you’d like to share? Contact success@magento.com.

As acquisition costs rise, online merchants are under more pressure than ever maximize the conversion rates of the customers who come to their websites. Our new eBook on Increasing Conversion Rates identifies some easy and not-so-obvious opportunities for increasing conversion rates that even the most seasoned merchants will find worth exploring.

Download the eBook now for key insights on: Merchandizing for conversion and higher average order value Minimizing shopping cart abandonment Connecting with your customers for more repeat business Optimizing for conversion is certainly an ongoing process, but the ten conversion tips outlined in this eBook will give you a great place to start, or you can use them as a checklist to help you decide where to focus your optimization attention and resources.

At the conclusion of Magento’s 2013 Imagine eCommerce Conference, we gathered with Solution Partners for the Annual Solution Partner Leadership Summit. 110 Solution Partner companies from all over the world came together to review the past year, discuss forward-looking goals and plans, and recognize the valuable contribution of our Solution Partners.

During this meeting, we acknowledged the outstanding performance in 2012 achieved by the Solution Partner channel. We are honored to have so many partners committed to delivering creative, innovative and successful Magento Enterprise Edition-based sites.

Special “Partner Excellence Awards” were presented to nine partners for their outstanding performance based on Magento Enterprise Edition revenue, quality of implementations and customer satisfaction. An additional five awards were presented to companies who showed their potential as rising stars in the partner network, with accomplishments including remarkable year-over-year growth (2011 to 2012), and proven dedication to the development of their Magento Enterprise Edition practice.

We congratulate these Solution Partners, and thank the entire Solution Partner network, for their hard work and commitment to Magento and to our joint customers.

“Magento’s Solution Partner program continues to play a critical role in the growth of Magento in key verticals and markets. Our Solution Partners are leaders in the creative and technology communities, driving towards merchant success. We are honored to acknowledge their continued contributions to our thriving ecosystem, and express our appreciation for their relentless dedication and hard work.” – Roy Rubin, COO and co-founder of Magento.

Partner Excellence Award

These partners showed significant success in their markets selling Magento Enterprise Edition and in delivering quality implementations to customers.

Fast and Emerging Partner Award

These partners showed the greatest growth in their Magento Enterprise Edition business, or greatest expansion in new and emerging markets.

Magento Solution Partners are design and eCommerce experts, but more importantly, they are Magento specialists who can help you achieve excellence in eCommerce." that links to "find a solution partner

Videos of the 2013 Imagine eCommerce Conference events are now live. Catch up on event highlights, inspirational keynote speeches, and exciting Magento product demos. Watch now and be sure to share your favorite moments!

The checkout series of courses are designed to help advanced Magento developers dive into the architecture for specific areas of the checkout process. This knowledge enables the developer to customize and extend the checkout process for your business needs according to best practices. The following courses are now available:

Magento Checkout - Part I: Shopping Cart & Price Calculations

Learn To:

• Identify and describe key elements of Magento Shopping Cart architecture
• Customize/extend the process of adding products to the Cart
• Use “Quote”, “Quote Item”, and “Quote Address” operations for creating new extensions and customizations
• Identify and describe the “Total Models” schema in Magento
• Use the “Total Models” architecture for extending/customizing the price calculation in the Magento Shopping Cart

“I was impressed by the amount of planning that had gone into creating this course, and I'm very happy with the new skills the instructor was able to teach me.” - Julian Read, Web Developer

Magento Checkout - Part II: Onepage Checkout

• Trace the flow of steps and data during Onepage Checkout
• Describe how to perform several types of customizations

Special Checkout Bundle: Purchase Checkout I, II, III and IV together and get 20% off (regular price $1550 – discount for the bundle $1250) * Next Checkout I series kicks off on May 6!

Magento Checkout - Part III: Shipping

Learn To:

• Create new shipping method
• Customize/extend/debug existing shipping methods
• Customize shipping rates calculation

“Fast-paced; attention-grabbing and highly technical. This course knocked my socks off!” - Phillip Jackson, Senior Interactive Developer, Something Digital

Magento Checkout - Part IV: Payments

Learn To:

• Create new payment method
• Customize/extend/debug existing payment methods

*Purchase at least one (1) seat in each of Magento Checkout Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV within the same shopping cart and receive a fixed amount shopping cart discount of $300. This is an automatic discount and no coupon code is required. This discount cannot be combined with any other Magento U discounts or promotions.