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Recap from Cogent2Ep13 - eCom Collab Club London July 2024 - SustainabilityWhether it's eco-friendly cement being used in Paris for the Olympics, products for the conscious consumer, or why TEMU and Shein are quite so successful in a world that's supposed to abhor disposable products, sustainability is constantly on the agenda. Yesterday's eCom Collab Clubâą đ„ London brought together a top notch panel of brands, agencies and tech partners to get stuck into the topic and you can catch up with my thoughts in the latest episode of Recap from Cogent2.
Themes include:
Focusing on a specific problem / challenge authentically
The impact of physical retail on sustainability
Incrementality
Susta...
2024-07-1122 minRecap from Cogent2Ep12 - Commerce Fusion 2024Missed out on the Retail Ops and Tech event of the year here in the UK? Fear not, Recap has your back.
In this bumper episode we break down this new event from Dark Matter Commerce as follows:
00:00 - Overarching themes and thoughts from the day
07:38 - Sarah Chasey at Wickes' opening keynote
21:29 - Leveraging Payments as a competitive advantage. Thiago Palharini from Dunelm and Nicole Olbe from Adyen
28:27 - Reducing Fulfilment and logistics costs with James Hayes from Whistl, Alex Laine from Yoto and Ollie Rhodes from Nolo Apps
40:55 - Say goodbye to excel and...
2024-06-281h 15Recap from Cogent2Ep11 - Meet Magento 2024Missed out on Meet Magento 2024 from Jamie Huskisson and the team at JH yesterday? Fear not, Recap from Cogent2 has at least some of the goods for you!
I had a fabulous afternoon at this conference yesterday and was fortunate enough to snag some actionable insight and valuable lessons from a wide range of people.
00:00 - starting at the end - insights from a thoughtful closing panel, hosted by Jamie and including Janis Thomas from Look Fabulous Forever, Eric Erway from ShipperHQ and Matthew Medlyn from Graham and Green
09:40 - Phil Draper from...
2024-06-1939 minRecap from Cogent2Ep10 - eCom Collab Club London June 2024 - Preparing for PeakIt's June. The sun's shining here in Blighty (if you're lucky). So obviously it's time to talk about peak and specifically preparing for the BFCM bunfight that the vast majority of eCom brands take part in every year.
eCom Collab Clubâą đ„ London's June session brought together four brands and three tech partners and a paid media agency to get stuck into all things Peak and the latest episode of Recap from Cogent2 gets into the detail in all it's glory.
Kudos to everyone that took part:
Aoife Teague from Octane AI
Hugo Lewis from Only...
2024-06-1339 minRecap from Cogent2Ep9 - Craft+Work London 2024Rather than taking the day to relax after Vervaunt's Pulse event on Friday, I attended Keir Whitaker's Craft+Work agency founder workshop day. I hadn't intended to put a Recap together (and you'll notice that the audio visual Gods clearly don't think it was a good idea), but the day covered a range of interesting themes that when I revisited my notes I realised I should.
So here we go, this episode includes:
01:28 - Tim Richardson on Agency Landscape
05:01 - Elliott Stocks on No Straight Lines
07:42 - Ellen Donnelly on the...
2024-06-0319 minRecap from Cogent2Ep8 - Vervaunt Pulse 2024I had plenty of FOMO in my DMs - and my LinkedIn timeline - from people who missed out on Vervaunt's Pulse event on Thursday - which seems hard to fathom given who was actually there.
But if you missed out - or if the after party has made it all a little fuzzy, fear not, the latest episode of Recap is live.
This episode includes:
4:41 - Paul Rogers & Josh Duggan delivering their state of the nation address
11:22 - Scaling Strategies for eCom Brands, featuring Guljeet Samra, Emma Law and Jade Harvey moderated by...
2024-06-0247 minRecap from Cogent2Ep7 - Day Two at IRX 2024Didn't make it to Day Two of Internet Retailing Expo at the NEC? Fear not, the latest episode of â Recap from Cogent2 has you covered.
In this episode we get into insights from a variety of sessions, including:
Sean Newmarch from Farrow & Ball
Niall Horgan from Gym+Coffee
Joseph Brown from Kubix | Shopify Plus Agency
Emily Mcmorran from Oh Polly
Tom Armenante from GTSE
Leigh Stote and Rosie Bailey talking all things Nibble
and as an added bonus...
2024-05-2417 minRecap from Cogent2Ep6 - Day One at IRX 2024
Didn't make it to Day One of Internet Retailing Expo at the NEC? Fear not, the latest episode of Recap from Cogent2 has you covered.In this episode we get into: - The elephant in the room - as people like Brad Houldsworth and Rich Himsworth have covered on here already - People in transformation - B2B not being a purely homogenous thing - Sustainability - B2B Tech choices - Existing Processes, Systems and People and how far you can get with themHowever much it's not 2016 any longer, it's still an immense effort...
2024-05-2314 minRecap from Cogent2Ep5 - Rusty Monkey's The Big Huddle 2024 - Personalisation & Much MoreIn Episode 5 we offer our takeaways and thoughts from Rusty Monkey's hashtag#TheBigHuddle event that was held on Thursday, 9th May 2024 in Nottingham.
The key theme of the day was around making personalisation pay in eCommerce, but there was also plenty of content on brand, omnichannel, customer journey and much more besides.
Watch on to pick up some gems from:
Jonathan Maddams of Footprint Digital on Cookies and leveraging data for personalisation
Alex Defusto of BigCommerce with some excellent examples of how brands are delivering engaging and conversion popping experiences.
2024-05-1014 minRecap from Cogent2Ep4 - eCom Collab Club London - Data Driven Decision MakingCouldn't get to eCom Collab Clubâą đ„ London on 8th May, 2024? Or you were there but it's all a bit of a blur?
Well worry not, the latest episode of Recap from Cogent2 is here to break down the knowledge and share the wealth.
The centrepiece of May's session was a panel on Data Driven Decision Making, chaired by Nathan Lomax. Taking part were:
Angelica Olszewska from NAYDAYA
Andre Brown from Advanced Commerce
Valeria Granda from rebuy
Hannah Herlihy Lowe from Conjura
Iain Copla...
2024-05-1014 minRecap from Cogent2Ep3 - Cookiemageddon and Rewriting the eCommerce Rule BookThis bumper (well, bumper for us) episode covers the eComOne event on Cookies in Lincoln, UK from Thursday 2nd May and also my thoughts on the Rewriting the eCommerce Rule Book webinar put on by Klevu and SQL Digital on Wednesday 1st May.
Get my thoughts on the key takeaways with regards to the impending cookiemageddon - spoiler - the world isn't actually ending. There's loads of technical detail in there, especially all the goodness shared from Kieran Wright, as well as thoughts from the session on Social Media and cookie impact there and...
2024-05-0325 minRecap from Cogent2Ep2 - BigSummit 2024 - Thoughts & TakeawaysIt was an awesome event at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and in this episode, I recap:
BigCommerce having re-discovered their mojo?
BigCommerce's focus on velocity, total cost of ownership and composable (can anyone say MACH Alliance?)
Opinions agogo (opinionated sic) when it comes to headless - I'm confident đ§đ» James Gurd and Paul Rogers will have plenty to say on this in the Inside Commerce roundup next week
ShopPay competition from PayPal
Digital Transformation Panel thoughts from Ulrika Evans at SNEAKERSNSTUFF LTD, Michael Ewald Hansen at LAKRIDS BY BĂLOW, Steve Borg at White Stuff and James Kothari-Henry at Harvey...
2024-04-1814 minRecap from Cogent2Ep1 - eCom Collab Club London - April 2024 - Branding & CommunityMy first foray into outside broadcasting - and possible the last - as I sat down in Tate Britain's café and shared my thoughts on what resonated with me whilst at the eCom Collab Club's April edition in London.
The panel on branding and community threw up some really interesting points which are covered in this short episode.
The Panel:
Luke Plane Fulfilled TalentLucy Toone TOMM JewelleryJames Pryor Whites BeaconsfieldGuljeet Samra PERCIVAL MenswearGian Maria Gramondi Shop CircleMatt McNeill KLORIS
2024-04-1804 min
The Premise is RidiculousEpisode 24: "The third part of a two part"Join the Richley brothers as they wrap up their Shawshank Redemption discussion and finally talk about what they enjoy about the movie. Also, find out what Earl in Florida has in common with dear, old Andy.
2020-09-1125 minThe Premise is RidiculousEpisode 23: "I love all food based crimes"And thus begins the second installment in the Richley brothersâ Shawshank Redemption trilogy. Is Andy actually guilty? Is Red Irish? And how great is Gil Bellows?!
2020-08-2828 minThe Premise is RidiculousEpisode 22: "I love it when we're schtupping together"Back indoors, Joe and John delve a little too greedily and too deep into one of their favorite movies, The Shawshank Redemption. Join the brothers in the first of a three part series as they try to determine the answer to an age-old question...Is Andy actually guilty?
2020-08-1428 minThe Premise is RidiculousEpisode 21: "All the malt liquors of the rainbow"In their second episode recorded in the great outdoors, the Richley brothers attempt to right the wrongs of the Skywalker Saga by focusing on more Lando-centric plots. In addition, this also marks the culmination of the Parks and Rec bracket. Who will be crowned the greatest Pawnee-ian of all time? Will it be Ron? Or Andy? Maybe, in an unexpected turn of events, Bobby Newport, Jr. finds himself inexplicably back in the race?
2020-07-3126 minThe Premise is RidiculousEpisode 15: "I'm sorry to everybody"In this episode, self-proclaimed "Zanerâ, Chris, is back to help Joe and John determine if Jack Dawson is Jon Connorâs grandfather and why is Florida Andy so âgalactically stupidâ.
2020-05-0830 min