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越境であれ現地ECビジネスであれ、米国/カナダEC進出事業を担当とするとなったとき、様々なリサーチや事業開発計画書作成を経て、米国で現地開発ベンダーや戦略パートナーを探すタイミングが訪れると思いますが、その際、避けては通れないのが、ECサイトを構築するベースとなるECプラットフォーム選びとなります。
(ECプラットフォームの選び方はアメリカ市場向けECプラットフォームの選び方を参照ください)
「構築するECプラットフォームは何がいいか」 - その答えを探すためにリサーチをされた方は、すでにMagentoとShopifyの存在にはたどりついていると思います。そして、すでに他のプラットフォームに比べての優位性もうすうすと気づいていると思います。では、どっちがどのようにいいのか。次のステップをここではご紹介しましょう。

SaaS型プラットフォームShopifyとオープンソース型/PaaS型プラットフォームMagento

ShopifyとはカナダのShopify社が開発しているSaaS型のプラットフォームです。現在500,000社を超える企業がShopifyを利用しるといわれています。テーマやテンプレートがすでに開発されているため最短数日でストアを立ち上げることができます。また、拡張性の高いエンタープライズ版も用意されています。カスタマイズ機能が充実しており、ECサイトに必要な機能をアプリやAPIを使って簡易的に構築することが可能です。
Magentoは米国Magento社が開発しているECプラットフォームのオープンソースソフトウエアで、現在およそグローバルで15万のECサイトで利用されているといわれています。2008年3月31日に公開されました。ミドル級からエンタープライズ向けECプラットフォームで、オープンソースのため、誰でも無料でダウンロードを行い必要な機能を拡張しながら開発することが可能となります。現在のEC業界のシェアはShopifyが10%に対し、Magentoは29%であり、双方とも成長を続けているといわれています(参照:Aheadworks, 2016)。

 

Shopify/Magento-それぞれの相違点とは

どちらもとても優れたECプラットフォームなことに間違いはないですが、異なる点が多々あります。さらに複雑にいえばShopifyでは現在4種類のサービスが存在し、Magento では基本2種類のサービスが存在します。
まず、Magentoですが、基本的に、Magento Community Edition(CE) と Magento Enterprise Edition(EE) が存在します。オープンソース型ECソフトという基盤は同じですが、Magento Enterprise Editionにはさらなる拡張機能が備えられており、AWSをつかったCloud型サービスに進化します。複雑なバックエンド連携(決済代行会社、ERP、WMS、OMS等)、何万個にも及ぶ在庫更新への対応、シーズナルの商品入れ替えや、同時並行で行うプロモーション施策/管理などを行いたい場合は、エンタープライズ版をぜひおすすめします。ただ、もちろんネックもあります。オープンソースということは、自社でECサイトを構築しなければなりません。経験上、立ち上げるのには、要件定義に3カ月~半年かかり、プログラミングには数か月を要するプロジェクトとなります。

その反面、ShopifyはMagentoに比べて大きな利点があります。それは早期立ち上げが可能だという点です。備わっている機能はサイトに記載してある通りで、ECに必要な機能はすでに組みあがっているため、Basic、Shopify 、Advancedのプランであれば早いところで一週間でECサイトがオープンできます(もちろん条件はありますが!)。

またMagentoのようにShopifyにもエンタープライズ級に耐えうるShopify Plusというプラットフォームがあります。Shopify Plusの拡張機能も Magento Enterprise Editionに劣らず充実しており、欲しい性能・機能をShopify storeですぐに手にいれることができ、いままで頭を抱えていた複雑なEC構成も、アプリをうまく使うことで、すぐに対応することができます。

■価格

  • ShopifyはBasic, Shopify, Advanced, Plusそれぞれ価格が異なります。また追加で、トランザクション費用が必要となります。こちらはShopify payment以外の決済代行会社(例:Stripe、PaypalやApple payなど)を導入した際には、プラットフォーム側で購入金額に対して数%単位で徴収します。

  • Magento CEは無料、Magento EEは約$22,000/年~となります。Magento CEの場合はサーバーホスティング費用が必要となりますが、Magento EEの場合はCloudとなるため必要ありません。

■セキュリティ

  • ShopifyはどのサービスもPCIコンプラアンスに準拠しており、マーチャントもカスタマーも利用できます。さらに、米国では特に気を付けたい不正利用に関しても無料でオーダーをスキャンし、危険度が高い受注はアラートを通知してくれるツールも合わせてついてくる機能があります。

  • Magento CEは、クレジットカードのトークン化、前払い保証(前渡金返還保証)対応しておらず、PCIコンプラアンスに準拠していません。Magento EEは独自のセキュリティ対策を実施しています。

■機能

  • Magento EEもShopifyも、受注管理・顧客管理等基本機能はほぼかわりません。ただ拡張性という点でいうとMagento とShopifyは大きく異なってきます。Magento は開発者さえいれば機能をどんどん追加していくことが可能です。アプリが存在しない場合は自己開発で補うことができます。一方、Shopifyの場合はソースへのアクセスが一部限られているため、拡張したい機能がアプリで提供されていない場合、開発に時間を要する可能性があります。

■マーケティング機能

  • Magento CEはアドオンが必要ですが、Magento EEは分析に優れたツールが備わっています。とくに顧客分析を得意とし、かご落ちメール配信や、顧客セグメンテーション等一元管理ができるよう備わっています。さらにランディングページの公開タイマー設定等、新規プロモーションや新規顧客開拓に向けたマーケティングを実装するのをサポートする機能が備わっています。

  • ShopifyもPlusにはさまざまなマーケティング機能が備わっていますが、基本的にアプリが必要です。ただ、Magento と異なり導入がボタン一つでできることが多く、フリートライアルも多いことから気軽に試せるところは良いと感じます。

 

さらに詳しく知りたい方はこちらから比較表をダウンロードすることができます。

米国EC進出 プラットフォーム比較表~Magento vs Shopify~

 

 

おわりに

今年発表されたデータだけを見ているとShopifyの成長は著しい - 短期間の構築、簡易的に変更できる点や、今まで頭を抱えたソフトウェアアップデートの心配等をしなくていい点など、ECサイトのプラットフォームとしてShopifyはもってこいだと思います。ただ、細かなデザインや機能のカスタマイズを実現したい場合や、グローバルサイト・多言語機能の一元管理という点ではいまだMagentoが勝っているのではないでしょうか。
人気商品の上記2つに絞るのではなく、Shopifyと同じクラウド型のBig commerceや、エンタープライズ級のDemandware等、他の人気商品はやはりしっかりと知っておいたほうが良いでしょう。
結局は機能を比較したうえで、自分が開発したいサービスを実現するにあたりより親和性が高いプラットフォームを選択することが必要となります。自身の事業に見合った、ROIが戦略的に実現できるプラットフォームをぜひ選択いただきたいと思います。

 

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カナダ・モントリオールの大学卒業後、トランスコスモス本社/ウェブインテグレーションサービスにてWEBサイト構築ディレクターとして勤務。エンタメ企業・銀行・旅行会社と幅広いインダストリーの企業サイトの戦略コンサル・サイト構築/運用マネジメントを担当。2014年に米国事業開発部隊に異動。新規事業パートナ開拓や市場調査等を遂行し1年の半分は海外で生活を送る。2016年春にトランスコスモスアメリカのEC事業拡大要員としてLAへ赴任。現在はEC戦略コンサルタントとして日系企業様の米国EC進出のお手伝いを主に行っている。

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Acupuncturist: a profession that will not disappear in the AI ​​era
With the development of AI (artificial intelligence), many existing occupations are expected to disappear. It is said that artificial intelligence has gradually entered the high-level intellectual professional fields such as finance and legal affairs, and has begun to serve people.

But what about acupuncture?

Acupuncture is a delicate and special technique that cannot be easily replaced by computers or machines. It can only be done manually. We often hear about their physical conditions from patients, consider the cause of the current symptoms, and select appropriate treatment points from 361 acupoints (acupoints) for acupuncture. This is a complex and delicate technique. It is impossible for robots. Even if it is possible, it will not be controlled by practitioners.

On the contrary, since it is surrounded by digital devices every day, do you think it needs the warmth, softness and safety of human hands? Acupuncture is a technology that is expected to become more valuable in the future AI era.

The WHO (World Health Organization) has also certified the therapeutic effects of acupuncture. Acupuncture therapy is good at treating symptoms that are difficult to improve by Western medicine, pain that has not been diagnosed as "discomfort" (discomfort) according to the examination results, and pain that cannot be completely cured. It is understandable that in recent years, the upsurge of Oriental medicine is coming, and it is said that this is a very stressful society. There is a growing demand for acupuncturists who can understand and treat patients' pain.

In addition, acupuncturists are long-term participants of men and women. This is not hard work, so even after aging, you can use the skills and intuition accumulated according to your physical strength to stand in the field of treatment. This is a lifelong job, you can improve your skills while you work, and cultivate opportunities for success while reaping rewards.
 

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Acupuncture significantly reduces AI-associated arthralgias

Publish date: December 8, 2017

By 

Roxanne Nelson

 

 

 

REPORTING FROM SABCS 2017

SAN ANTONIO – Acupuncture significantly reduced joint pain that was associated with the use of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) in women with early breast cancer, according to new findings reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

The randomized, phase 3 SWOG S1200 clinical trial found that, compared with sham acupuncture and a control group receiving no therapy, women receiving acupuncture reported significantly lower scores on the Brief Pain Inventory–Short Form (BPI).

“We have shown consistently, with multiple measures assessing pain and stiffness, that true acupuncture generated better outcomes than either control group in a large multicenter trial,” said lead author Dawn L. Hershman, MD, leader of the Breast Cancer Program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. “Acupuncture provides a nonpharmacologic option that can improve symptoms and possibly increase AI adherence and subsequent breast cancer outcomes.”

AIs can reduce both early breast cancer recurrence and mortality. Dr. Hershman noted that these agents are effective in the adjuvant setting and for prevention “but we know that it doesn’t work if you don’t take it. Noncompliance is a major problem among women taking hormonal therapy.”

Noncompliance is multifactorial and one of the main reasons women discontinue their therapy early is because of arthralgias or joint discomfort. “We were interested in a nonpharmacologic intervention, to assess whether or not we could control these symptoms.”

Dr. Hershman pointed out acupuncture provides a safe and effective alternative for patients reluctant to take a prescription medication that can result in other side effects. “Identification of nonopioid options for pain control is a public health priority,” she said.

Acupuncture is a popular nonpharmacologic modality and widely used for a number of indications. Several single-institution studies have suggested that it may be useful for controlling AI-associated arthralgias, while other studies have not demonstrated a benefit.

In this trial, the authors evaluated the efficacy of acupuncture, compared with sham acupuncture or waitlist control, in the treatment of AI associated arthralgia in a large population of patients. The study was conducted at 11 centers.

The cohort comprised 226 postmenopausal women diagnosed with early-stage, hormone receptor–positive breast cancer who were receiving treatment with AIs. The primary endpoint was the decline in joint pain as measured by BPI-SF at 6 weeks, and to assess the duration of the effect, the women were followed for an additional 12 weeks.

Within this group, 110 were randomized to true acupuncture; 59 to sham acupuncture, and 57 to waitlist control (no treatment). Patients receiving true or sham acupuncture had sessions three times a week for 6 weeks followed by one session per week for 6 more weeks. Pain status was reported at baseline, during treatment, and then afterwards, using a variety of measurement tools including the BPI-SF, which is a self-administered 14-item questionnaire that evaluates pain severity on a 0-10 scale, and the impact of pain on activities of daily living.

At 6 weeks, the true acupuncture treatment arm reported significantly lower BPI worst pain scores than those in the sham acupuncture and the waitlist control arms. The mean BPI worst pain for the true acupuncture arm was 0.92 points lower than the sham acupuncture arm (P = .01) and 0.96 points lower than the waitlist control arm (P = .01). The proportion of patients experiencing a large reduction in BPI worst pain (greater than 2) was significantly greater in the true acupuncture arm, compared with the other groups: 58% versus 33% percent and 31%, respectively. The differences continued to remain statistically significant at 24 weeks, even though the treatment only continued for 12 weeks.

Associated adverse effects were minimal with true and sham acupuncture and limited to grade 1 bruising.

The cost of the 12-week intervention was about $1,250 or $65-$75 a session. “We feel that there is now sufficient evidence to support insurance coverage of acupuncture of AI arthralgia.”

In a discussion of the paper, Dr. Anne Partridge, from the Dana Farber Cancer Center, noted that it is imperative to seek new ways to improve outcomes in breast cancer, and AIs are contributing to that. However, she echoed the concern that nonadherence to treatment is a “tremendous problem” and hampers the clinical effectiveness of AI therapy.

The rate of discontinuation during the first year of therapy is 20% within the first year and up to 40% of patients do not take them daily. Both early discontinuation and nonadherence contribute to mortality.

Based on these results from the largest randomized controlled trial looking at acupuncture in this setting, should physicians be recommending acupuncture to patients prescribed AI therapy?

“The short answer is, why not?” said Dr. Partridge, “And that we should be recommending it for some of our patients.”

However, there are a number of issues that need to be addressed, she added. The duration of treatment is not known, and the need for follow-up treatment or the frequency of it is not known. The generalizability of it is also unclear when looking at a larger population, and acupuncture is highly operator dependent.

“There are cost and access issues, and insurance right now offers very limited coverage,” she said.

Importantly, Dr. Partridge emphasized, “We know that it will help symptoms, but will it improve adherence to AI?”

It may improve adherence for some patients, but “side effects are only one factor,” she said. “Adherence behavior is complicated. We need to figure out how to optimize these therapies in our patients.”

This study was supported by the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and the Office of Research on Women’s Health, and grants from the NIH/National Cancer Institute Division of Cancer Prevention. Dr. Hershman declared no conflicts of interest. Dr. Partridge had no disclosures.

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Illumina, Chinese Children's Hospital to Launch Newborn Sequencing Study

Apr 23, 2019

 

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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Illumina and the Children's Hospital of Fudan University in China plan to launch a study of whole-genome sequencing in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit to determine whether it can be used as a diagnostic for critically ill infants, Illumina said this week.

According to Illumina, the researchers plan to enroll 200 patients and compare the diagnostic rate of rapid WGS with genetic diagnostic methods such as microarray analysis and gene panel sequencing.

The researchers will also compare the time it takes to reach a diagnosis, impact on the patient's prognosis, and turnaround time.

Illumina will provide the sequencing reagents and the Children's Hospital of Fudan University will conduct the testing and data analysis and also be responsible for reporting results and providing genetic consultations with family members.

The hospital is also a sponsor of the Newborn Genome Project, which is creating a genome database for newborns in China in order to develop better methods for detecting genetic diseases in newborns and to establish standards for neonatal genetic diseases.

UK Study Details Liquid Biopsy's Ability to Guide Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment

Dec 13, 2019

 

staff reporter

 

NEW YORK – Researchers from the Institute of Cancer Research, London and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust have presented data demonstrating that blood-based genotyping assays can accurately detect specific biomarkers and potentially be used to guide targeted treatment of metastatic breast cancer. 

The researchers used Guardant Health's liquid biopsy assay and Bio-Rad Technologies' droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) testing to identify errors — including mutations in the HER2, ESR1 and AKT1 genes — in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) that had been shed into the patients' bloodstream. 

During a presentation this week at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS), Nicholas Turner, molecular oncology professor at the Institute of Cancer Research, explained that his team wanted to solve the issue of genotyping breast cancer tumors without having to perform multiple biopsies. Turner highlighted the need for prospective studies to assess the accuracy of ctDNA testing in routine practice and the potential of these tools to guide targeted therapy without requiring solid tissue testing. 

With funding from Stand Up To Cancer (a fundraising campaign from Cancer Research UK and Channel 4) Turner's team therefore launched an ongoing prospective study, called "plasmaMATCH," to examine the clinical utility of ctDNA for metastatic breast cancer detection. The group enrolled a total of 1,044 patients with advanced breast cancer who had either progressed on prior drug therapy or relapsed within a year after adjuvant chemotherapy. 

The researchers analyzed ctDNA in blood samples from patients using the Guardant360 sequencing-based assay and Bio-Rad's ddPCR as an orthogonal method. Patients with identified mutations could also enroll in a treatment arm of the study that matched their mutation. 

Turner and his team split the patient population into three major cohorts depending on specific genetic errors found in ctDNA: ESR1 mutations, HER2 mutations, and AKT-1 mutations in estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer. The researchers also added a fourth cohort that had AKT-1 and PTEN mutations based on both ctDNA and tumor sequencing results, as well as a fifth group with triple-negative breast cancer without mutations. 

While Turner's team's initially aimed to measure the response rate of targeted therapies matched to mutations in ctDNA without tissue testing, the researchers also monitored the frequency of mutations, accuracy of testing, proportion of patients entering a treatment cohort, and the activity in clonality-dominant versus subclonal mutations. Turner's team discovered that 784 patients who had cfDNA testing done with both Guardant360 and ddPCR had "very strong agreement" of between 96 and 99 percent. Comparing the ctDNA to the patients' tumor samples to validate the plasmaMATCH findings, the researchers found that the liquid biopsy assay had an overall sensitivity of 93 percent. 

Guardant360 also identified several more targetable alterations than hotspot testing, including over 35 percent more PIK3CA mutations that can be targeted by US Food and Drug Administration-approved therapies. The assay also detected significantly more ESR1 mutations and found previously undetected microsatellite instability and ERBB2 mutations.   

The researchers provided 142 patients that had specific identified mutations experimental targeted therapies as part of the study, and they plan to test the treatments that showed initial promise in larger clinical trials. 

The researchers now believe that they can use blood testing to identify rare subtypes of breast cancer, in addition to potentially replacing more invasive methods of breast cancer detection. 

"We have now confirmed that blood tests can quickly give us a bigger picture of the mutations [that] are present within multiple tumors throughout the study," Turner said in a statement.  

"We show that circulating tumor DNA testing offers a simple, efficient, and fast method of tumor genotyping," Turner also noted during the presentation at SABCS. "The patients with mutations identified in their ctDNA have efficacy with matching target[ed] therapies." 

The researchers believe the blood-based assays are now reliable enough to be applied routinely by clinicians after receiving regulatory approval.

"As the number of treatment-relevant genomic alterations in metastatic breast cancer continues to grow, it is critical that oncologists have a simple and reliable way to comprehensively test for this information about their patients," Guardant Health Global Chief Medical Officer Rick Lanman said in a statement. "Guardant360 detected changes in the genome picture over time … and also identifies targetable but uncommon genomic biomarkers."

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