In this episode, the Global Ecommerce Leaders Podcast welcomes back Sophie Abramson, president of Americas for Bambuser who is joined by Julian Rivera, Senior Vice President of Direct-to-Consumer with What Goes Around Comes Around. Sophie and Julian had closed the morning program at GELF NYC ’23 with a fantastic fireside chat that included a live […]
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For years, GELF Co-founder Jim Okamura has been fond of saying “It’s high time for the global logistics team to have a seat at the strategy table!” Well, anyone who has been paying attention knows that the pandemic not only ushered global logistics to the retail ecommerce strategy table, but sent the heads of operations […]
Read MoreFeb 2nd Fireside Chat with Burton Snowboards @ The Delivery Conference (UK): What Top U.S. Retailers are Doing to Deliver Shoppers a Spot-on Post-Order Experience In 2020, global retail leaders faced many operational challenges as the pandemic drove unprecedented ecommerce order volume. Perhaps none bigger than the logistics of delivering orders placed online. Check out […]
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At GELF LA 2020, the popular morning breakout session on International Shipping covered many topics, including demand for fast shipping. Fast shipping has been a hot topic as leaders debate growing expectations for same-day, two-day and other express shipping options. The conversation has expanded beyond domestic shipping to include cross-border/international shipping. Yes, consumers – and […]
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Recent GELF research unveiled at GELF LA ’16 confirms that international shipping remains the top cross-border ecommerce fulfillment model. Insights and Answers at GELF LA ’16 – and in our new GELF White Paper Executives we interviewed confirmed that 1) reducing the cost of international shipping and 2) providing more transparency throughout the order fulfillment process are two […]
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The GELF team chatted recently with Chris O’Shea at Meridian Global Services, a well-established source of data and insights based on their VAT solutions – and one of GELF’s trusted market scouts on European ecommerce trends. Initially we were curious whether online retailers and marketplace sellers expanding into the EU prioritized Germany over France – or […]
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