Feb 25 2026
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Why SMBs Can Rely on Digital Experience Platforms

Small business leaders looking to provide a frictionless customer experience can rely on a unified solution.

A customer’s digital experience with a small business can be the defining moment between brand loyalty and an abandoned cart. That experience is no longer limited to simple website interactions – it may now include smartphone apps, social media platforms, e-commerce systems, queries to chatbots powered by generative artificial intelligence and more.

A 2025 PwC Customer Experience Survey found that 52% of consumers report stopping the use or purchase of a brand because of a bad experience with its products or services.

Business leaders know that digital friction spells trouble: 98% of retail executives believe that customers won’t finish buying their carts if there are too many steps at checkout, and 92% say that customers leave their carts due to slow page load times, according to an Adobe survey.

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These businesses may be collecting consumer data, but whether or not that data is being used to inform process changes that can improve experiences can be another hurdle. All this valuable data may be locked in silos and keeping a business from seeing a larger, more holistic picture of its customer base.

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That’s where a digital experience platform can come in handy. Think of it as a centralized, integrated solution for content creation, eCommerce management and real-time customer experience analytics. That way, sales, marketing and customer service teams are better equipped to collaborate to ensure a more seamless experience.

From Disparate Systems to a Unified Solution

A Salesforce report found that 71% of small business leaders have said that adopting digital tools helped them to survive and grow through tough economies, which means that ensuring a seamless digital experience between consumers and businesses is a top priority.

Adobe defines a digital experience platform as “an integrated set of core technologies that support the composition, management, delivery, and optimization of contextualized digital experiences.” It can consolidate the different pieces of information a customer may provide at different touchpoints into a single profile that is available across departments.

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This can better address common pain points small businesses have, such as fragmented digital experiences, lack of personalization at scale, inefficient content workflows and poor integration between a content management system and analytics.

Adobe Experience Platform, for example, can help businesses manage customer journeys better and integrate with existing data sources such as Salesforce or ServiceNow for a more agile, scalable approach.

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