Dubbed “Ecommerce Aholic,” with a top-performing Magento YouTube channel, this episode of CommerceTomorrow welcomes Jamersan Founder and CEO, TJ Gamble! Tune in to discover the nuts and bolts of Magento through the lens of a small-town Magento native, as well as how the platform is evolving under Adobe. This episode confronts Magento-gone-MACH rumors, and the comparison between BigCommerce and Magento buyers. Listen in for exclusive Magento insights and market predictions from the “Ecommerce Aho...
Aug 17, 2022•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast On-site personalization is all about helping users have a better online experience through providing them with the right advice at the right time. In order to create a personalized experience for each user, there has to be a means of data collection. In this episode, Dirk and Kelly sit down with thought leader and CEO of trbo, Felix Schirl, to discuss all things personalization and the methods of collecting first party data in the midst of privacy legislation. Discover how data is collected, sto...
Aug 05, 2022•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast The ever-changing eCommerce industry is fueled by immense innovation in both B2B and B2C markets. In this episode, Kelly and Dirk sit down with CEO and Founder of RMW Commerce, Rick Watson, to discuss the companies driving industry improvement, the mistakes of software vendors, the role of marketplaces, and the overall direction of commerce platforms. Make sure to check out some of Rick's favorite thought leaders on LinkedIn: Benedict Evans / https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedictevans Scott Gallo...
Jun 30, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Dirk and Kelly speak with Guillaume on how Checkout.com became a leader in payments so quickly (and a decacorn along the way), why the existing payment infrastructure is so old/inefficient and what could be done to improve it, thoughts on cryptocurrency, and the future of payments and Checkout.com's role in that landscape
Dec 19, 2021•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Dirk and Kelly have an in-depth discussion with Carrie about her time as CDO of Neiman Marcus, the changing nature of the CDO role, how Google generally and Google Cloud more specifically approach retail and the future of commerce platforms.
Nov 01, 2021•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Home Depot is arguably among the most digitally savvy retailers in the U.S., with unmatched omnichannel capabilities. Learn how Fahim's $100m/year budget ensures that Home Depot remains at the leading edge of tech
Oct 12, 2021•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Dirk and Kelly chat with industry leaders Rob and Adam on Salsify, the PIM market and changes over the past decade, the challenges that organizations face when enriching product data, whether PIMs will eventually surface product APIs (or GraphQL) directly to frontends, and more
Aug 31, 2021•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Deloitte Digital is one of the biggest players in digital transformations for large enterprises and Gagan, as managing director, sees it all. In this discussion, he gives his thoughts on the present/future of the commerce platform space, how enterprises are changing how they buy software, how enterprises are developing commerce competency internally, and advice for enterprises that are going through digital transformation around commerce.
Jul 01, 2021•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Allison and her team at Fast are out to eliminate checkout friction with their 1-click checkout solution. By eliminating passwords, they give their customers an Apple Pay-like experience across any eCommerce website or app that integrates their software. Have a listen to understand how Allison's background of scaling payments at Uber is now being applied to disrupt eCommerce checkout.
Jun 14, 2021•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fulfillmenttools, a cousin of commercetools, is a spinoff of REWE Digital that is taking REWE's in-house fulfillment technology to market. In this episode, we talk through the state of the fulfillment software market and how they have some unique competitive advantages by having started in the grocery space.
Mar 25, 2021•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast Description: With its $70m in revenue, search pioneer Lucidworks is a major force in the enterprise commerce search market. We sit down with CEO Will Hayes and commerce GM Peter Curran (former founder/CEO of Cirrus10, which was acquired by Lucidworks) to talk through the big innovations in search, the intersection of open source + search, and where Lucidworks is heading as a company.
Mar 18, 2021•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast In a first-ever for the Commerce Tomorrow podcast, we recorded a live episode on Clubhouse. We were joined by Mihaela Mazzenga (CTO of Sharper Image), Devashish Saxena (CDO of PPG Industries), Kunal Mukherjee-Chakraborty (CDO of GrandVision), Alex Shiferman (CTO of Nuts.com) and Tim Daneliuk (head of architecture of Zoro U.S.)
Feb 26, 2021•59 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fresh off a $27m series B fundraise, Yvan and Jay's 400+ person Bold Commerce is augmenting traditional commerce platforms by offering solutions for checkout, subscriptions, and more. In this episode, we go deep on the future of commerce platforms, Bold Commerce's part of that future, the differences between U.S. and Canadian business climates, and more.
Feb 15, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast From his long tenure as Forrester's lead B2B analyst to founding the world's largest B2B conference to founding Paradigm Consulting, Andy is a top voice in the world of B2B commerce. In this episode, we talk about the consumerization of B2B commerce, brands going direct to customers, B2B marketplaces, and much more.
Feb 01, 2021•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast PPG is a manufacturing giant with more than $16 billion in revenue. They produce paints, coatings and other specialty materials and operate in more than 70 countries. Devashish joined last year as CDO to lead their digital transformation. With more than 35 ERPs and many more systems of record, Devashish talks through the practicalities of digital transformation at scale.
Dec 11, 2020•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bob Burke took over as CEO of ATG in 2002 during the depths of the .com crash and led the company to dominate the commerce platform space, eventually leading to a successful acquisition by Oracle in 2011. In this episode, we talk about the evolution of the commerce platform market, ATG's role in driving that change, Oracle's acquisition of ATG, and Bob's role at private equity firm TCV
Nov 16, 2020•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ajay and Ishan have been at the forefront web performance infrastructure for most of their careers. Moovweb powers nearly $10B in annual commerce and their XDN platform extends the principles of Jamstack to large, dynamic websites such as REVOLVE Fashion, Shoe Carnival, and The Tie Bar, which boast average paint times under one second. Their approach is so new and different that there isn't even a term coined for what they do. In this technical discussion, we go deep on commerce-focused edge cac...
Sep 23, 2020•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast From his early days at Amazon.com, to his time in senior roles at Endeca (from small company to Oracle acquisition), to now being CEO at Yottaa, Rich has seen it all. In this episode we talk about the early days of Amazon.com and Endeca, and the state of the art of frontend optimization and security
Sep 08, 2020•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Alex joined Nuts.com in 2018 to lead their transformation from a custom in-house platform to an all-new best-of-breed headless stack. In this episode, we discuss Alex's background and his transition from the agency-side to the brand-side, the Nuts.com business model and how they've been impacted by COVID-19, their evaluation criteria for a new stack, their migration approach, and what's next for Alex and Nuts.com
Aug 17, 2020•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast While we've used the term "omnichannel commerce" for more than a decade, true omnichannel commerce has eluded most retailers because the point of sale remains separate from the rest of digital commerce. In this episode, Joel explains why that remains, 25+ years after digital commerce was first introduced. Joel has worked for DSW, Express, and now works for Abercrombie & Fitch as a senior manager architect
Aug 10, 2020•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast From founding Lieferando.de (acquired by TakeAway.com), to being an investor in many tech startups, to now founding and being CEO of Talon.One, Christoph has been at the forefront of the startup scene in Berlin. In this episode, we discuss his founding of Lieferando.de, the Berlin startup scene, the German venture capital market, and his founding/running of Talon.One. Talon.One offers promotions-as-a-service (API-based, multi-tenant, SaaS) to companies including Ticketmaster, Mercedes-Benz, Casp...
Jul 20, 2020•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Yes, founded by Amit Aggarwal (ex Google/Microsoft, ex-Bloomreach CTO, expert in AI) and Julie Bornstein (ex-Stitch Fix COO), offers an entirely new approach to shopping with its app-first, AI-based personalized shopping experience. Using more than 500 auto-generated attributes per product, The Yes is able to help shoppers find exactly what they're looking for. It's an entirely new approach to shopping that can be quite addictive! In this episode, Dirk and Kelly talk through Amit's time at M...
Jul 13, 2020•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, Dirk and Kelly sit down with Bob Howland (CDO) and Gireesh Sahukar (Sr Director, Digital Technology) of Dawn Foods to discuss how they built an all-new Digital Innovation Hub in Boston and built an entirely new digital commerce platform from scratch. Dawn Foods is an enormous multi-national company that sells baking supplies to bakeries, world's largest retailers and convenience store chains. Their new platform leverages microservices, APIs, and other cutting-edge technology run...
Jul 06, 2020•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you're a listener to this podcast you probably know Adam as the preeminent eCommerce recruiter in our space. He's placed thousands of technical and business folks in the eCommerce industry, from fresh college grads to C-level execs at both brands and vendors. In this podcast, we discuss the business model of recruiting, how recruiting has changed over time, what brands and vendors look for in candidates, how candidates can better stand out to potential employers, the future of resumes, and mo...
Jun 26, 2020•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matt has been at the forefront of commerce in his C-level positions at BigMachines (acquired by Oracle), Steelbrick (acquired by salesforce) and Salesforce's Quote-to-Cash cloud. He also co-founded G2 Crowd. He is now CEO at Threekit, which generates product images for companies like Crate & Barrel and provides cutting edge AR for commerce, which you can see for yourself at https://quickdemo.threekit.com/product/1 (on a mobile device)
Jun 18, 2020•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast From designing planes, to designing rockets, to being one of the founders of the Java programming language, Dr. Robert Zores has seen it all. In this episode, Dirk and Kelly talk to him about his six years at REWE Digital. REWE is Germany's 3rd largest employer, employs 400,000 people across Europe, and has annual turnover of €63 billion. In 2014 REWE established "REWE Digital" and hired Robert as CTO to provide software and services to the entire REWE group. Robert and the management team then ...
May 11, 2020•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Eli, an expert on computational logistics and veteran of Tumblr, Shutterstock and other prominent search innovators, has co-founded Constructor.io, an AI search startup that's built an entirely new search engine from scratch. Used by Sephora, Bonobos, and others, Constructor.io is on the leading edge of search tech and discusses how search engines actually work behind the scenes, what "AI" search actually means, build vs. buy, and the shortcomings of traditional search engines like Elasticsearch...
May 04, 2020•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast What is the scope of a modern OMS? How does an OMS fit in with an ERP, WMS, and a commerce platform? In this episode, we'll go deep on OMSes, talk about how Fluent Commerce is adding support for Coronavirus-related requirements, and what it's like to build a company in Australia
Apr 26, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we go deep on marketplaces with the preeminent marketplace expert - Mirakl co-founder/co-CEO Adrien Nussenbaum. In this episode, we explore the various flavors of marketplaces, where the lines is between commerce platform and marketplace platform, the role of B2B marketplaces, how to avoid the commoditization trap, and more.
Apr 08, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gartner and Forrester have an enormous amount of influence in the commerce vendor landscape but not that much is known about them. In this interview, Kelly and Dirk chat all things analysts with Andrew Hsu, managing director and co-founder of Spotlight, a firm devoted solely to improving relationships with analysts. We cover who the top analyst firms are for commerce, their business model, how they hire and evaluate analysts, what analysts do on a daily basis, reports like Magic Quadrants and Wa...
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