GELF NYC 23’s morning sessions spoke to a range of hybrid international expansion strategies. GELF co-founders Jim Okamura and Kent Allen updated the GELF International Expansion Framework to highlight the maturity curves of the different strategies – check out the short video recap here. In How Data Agility is Driving International DTC Expansion: Ana Luisa’s […]
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What a great day – thanks to all the speakers and to our sponsors! And of course, to the GELF Community – what a great audience! A big thanks to all the speakers, sponsors and attendees who joined us at GELF NYC ’23 last month! Please enjoy the video recaps and photos from GELF NYC ’23 […]
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GELF LA 2023’s Global Innovation Showcase: A Look at Emerging Business Models – Recommerce and NFTs featured two CEOs breaking new ground with innovative business models. ethos NFT is a white label NFT platform on a mission to accelerate the world’s mass adoption of digital assets and NFTs. CEO Matias Marquez spoke about how the […]
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Long-term GELF collaborator and all-round good guy Brian Bourke looks back at SEKO’s evolution from moving “the big and bulky” to shipping ecommerce parcels to markets all over the world. Hear why B2B and B2C international shipping are converging – and why it matters. Check out the great back-n-forth between Michael LeBlanc, podcast host for […]
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This spring the Global Ecommerce Leaders Forum (GELF) has launched GELF’s TechTalks, a series of programming that includes podcasts and webcasts/webinars. Check out our podcast – Global E-Commerce Tech Talks (GETT). If you’re a global ecommerce leader at a direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail brand, don’t be shy about reaching out and getting involved with TechTalks! Email us at speak@globalecommerce.co
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China continues to provide global ecommerce leaders with case studies and emerging best practices about how to connect with consumers during and after the COVID-19 crisis. As the first country to push beyond the depths of the crisis and re-open for business post-quarantine, China offers luxury brands insight for how they can help offset stalled […]
Read MoreRetailers love to play follow the leader. In the US, Amazon is clearly the retail leader. In a growing number of global markets, Amazon is a force to be reckoned with. Consider the growth of Amazon’s Global Selling program, which enables sellers to sell products across national borders. According to Jeff Bezos’ Annual Letter to […]
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Transformation has been a recurring topic this spring among speakers at retail technology conferences. It is not uncommon to hear transformation out of one side of their mouth and disruption out of the other. Pitney Bowes’ CEO Marc Lautenbach offered one of the better perspectives on transformation in late April at his company’s inaugural (R)Evolution […]
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In our Leaders section, the GELF team interviews Anthony Khedaywi, CEO of Indestructible Dog and one of the panelists from GELF LA ’16. Anthony also participated in the Q3 ’16 GELF Research Study and is quoted in the resulting white paper, Ready to Deliver More Authentic Cross-Border Shopping Experiences? Start with Smarter International Shipping! We encourage […]
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The GELF team recently talked to Chad about global cross-border and “US-inbound” ecommerce opportunities and challenges. In the first of an ongoing series profiling leaders in global ecommerce, GELF Co-founder Kent Allen interviews Chad Epling, CEO of NYC-based Mamenta. Mamenta is a cross-border ecommerce company enabling brands and shoppers to shop seamlessly across the globe. Chad, […]
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