What is your earliest eCommerce memory?

It’s about time for me to retire the t-shirt pictured here; but there’s an exciting eCommerce story behind it. In 1999 the Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dale Sundby, backed by CBS launched a site called StoreRunner.com. It was one of a handful of sites that brought together multiple retailers with a focus on local inventory categorized…… Continue reading What is your earliest eCommerce memory?

SHEIN – a lesson in marketing

Digital is not an expertise, it’s just the way business is done today. I’ve written about SHEIN before as one to watch, and yet again as analysts dig deeper into their model we can see that this company is really setting the benchmark in running a data-driven, direct-to-consumer, business – using all the tools of…… Continue reading SHEIN – a lesson in marketing

A new model for creativity, influence, brands and purchase… SHEIN

🐉 The hidden dragon in eCommerce SHEIN has made a step forward into new fashion brands — but this time, sourcing it from the #crowd.   As they launch a competition to create new fashion brands they are not only crowd-sourcing their new designs to give even greater breadth, but also touching a core target group.   The…… Continue reading A new model for creativity, influence, brands and purchase… SHEIN

The new gold rush. 💵💴

With #eCommerce penetration now at critical mass, and beyond in many categories, the new gold rush is to connect media #audiences with the retail platforms — or simply to integrate the transactional step of the funnel. Looking East to the promises of #SocialCommerce, the key factor in all these executions is to connect the broadest audiences to a transaction in the…… Continue reading The new gold rush. 💵💴

Kicking off SocialCommerce in Europe with TikTok & L’Oreal

Last week we announced an exciting project we’ve been working on behind the scenes with TikTok, to bring shopping directly into the app experience. Through our strength in #eCommerce, our continued innovation in #LiveShopping with LiSA, and #SocialCommerce with Replika Software Inc.; and now our partnership with TikTok we are very excited to be the first international…… Continue reading Kicking off SocialCommerce in Europe with TikTok & L’Oreal

Confinement Collection // Lockdown List

What have you bought during the confinement, and where have you purchased from? The lockdown has brought a swift acceleration of our shift from purchasing instore to online, even avid online buyers have moved new categories online. We have been testing out a number of retailers – how their supply chain and customer service performs…… Continue reading Confinement Collection // Lockdown List

E-commerce, F-commerce, M-commerce… Social Commerce

From the early days of e-commerce and Amazon there are now several evolving platforms that enable us to buy not only with coins and bills but also with credit, tokens, and even charge to our existing mobile bills. The evolutions of Facebook-commerce and Mobile-commerce are changing the way we interact with retailers by empowering us…… Continue reading E-commerce, F-commerce, M-commerce… Social Commerce