Global eCommerce Leaders Podcast

Greetings and welcome to a special episode recorded live in the on-site Stream Commerce podcasting studio at the New York City Global eCommerce Leaders Forum in September 2022. These episodes are presented by Stream Commerce, a full-service, full-funnel e-commerce consultancy bringing together the boldest and brightest innovators, strategists, and e-commerce experts. They are the Shopify Plus expe...

Greetings and welcome to a special episode recorded live in the on-site Stream Commerce podcasting studio at the New York City Global eCommerce Leaders Forum in September 2022.   These episodes are presented by Stream Commerce, a full-service, full-funnel e-commerce consultancy bringing together the boldest and brightest innovators, strategists, and e-commerce experts. They are the Shopify Plus ex...

Greetings and welcome to a special episode recorded live in the on-site Stream Commerce podcasting studio at the New York City Global eCommerce Leaders Forum in September 2022.   These episodes are presented by Stream Commerce, a full-service, full-funnel e-commerce consultancy bringing together the boldest and brightest innovators, strategists, and e-commerce experts. They are the Shopify Plus ex...

Greetings and welcome to a special episode recorded live in the on-site Stream Commerce podcasting studio at the New York City Global eCommerce Leaders Forum in September 2022.   These episodes are presented by Stream Commerce, a full-service, full-funnel e-commerce consultancy bringing together the boldest and brightest innovators, strategists, and e-commerce experts. They are the Shopify Plus ex...

Greetings and welcome to a special episode recorded live in the on-site Stream Commerce podcasting studio at the New York City Global eCommerce Leaders Forum in September 2022.   These episodes are presented by Stream Commerce, a full-service, full-funnel e-commerce consultancy bringing together the boldest and brightest innovators, strategists, and e-commerce experts. They are the Shopify Plus ex...

Greetings and welcome to a special episode recorded live in the on-site Stream Commerce podcasting studio at the New York City Global eCommerce Leaders Forum in September 2022.   These episodes are presented by Stream Commerce, a full-service, full-funnel e-commerce consultancy bringing together the boldest and brightest innovators, strategists, and e-commerce experts. They are the Shopify Plus ex...

Greetings and welcome to a special episode recorded live in the on-site Stream Commerce podcasting studio at the New York City Global eCommerce Leaders Forum in September 2022.   These episodes are presented by Stream Commerce, a full-service, full-funnel e-commerce consultancy bringing together the boldest and brightest innovators, strategists, and e-commerce experts. They are the Shopify Plus ex...

The 2022 Global E-Commerce Leaders Forum brings together the top thought leaders and players in the global cross-border industry and in this episode meet Beauty Industry Group’s Director of Value Creation, Kevin Runolfson , and Global-e’s CEO, North America, Matthew Merrilees . Together they discuss how multi-portfolio businesses can capitalize on the cross-border eCommerce opportunity as a group...

Recorded live in New York, GELF Co-Founder Kent Allen sets the stage and gets us  ready for the NYC GELF event happening September 29th back in New York  The 2022 Global E-Commerce Leaders Forum brings together the top thought leaders and players in the global cross-border industry and in this episode Kent outline the key issues on the minds of top executives that will make up the agenda for this...

Greetings and welcome to a special episode of the podcast recorded live in the on-site podcasting studio at the L.A. Global Ecommerce Leaders Forum April 2022.   For these episodes we are joined by GELF friend & supporter Rick Watson who takes his turn on the mic as our podcast host for this LA podcast series.    In this episode, Rick talks to Hamaad Akmal, International Operations, GOAT Group If...

Greetings and welcome to a special episode of the podcast recorded live in the on-site podcasting studio at the L.A. Global Ecommerce Leaders Forum April 2022.   For these episodes we are joined by GELF friend & supporter Rick Watson who takes his turn on the mic as our podcast host for this LA podcast series.    In this episode, Rick talks to Kathy Ando (back for a second time on the podcast!) an...

Greetings and welcome to a special episode of the podcast recorded live in the on-site podcasting studio at the L.A. Global Ecommerce Leaders Forum April 2022.   For these episodes we are joined by GELF friend & supporter Rick Watson who takes his turn on the mic as our podcast host for this LA podcast series.   Let's listen in now. In this episode, Rick talks to Kevin Cushing, Business Developmen...

In this special episode GELF Co-Founders Kent Allen and Jim Okamura take us through a recap of the GELF event held recently in 2022.   If you liked this podcast, you can follow us on Apple iTunes, Spotify, Amazon music podcast channel or your favorite podcast platform, please rate and review with a five star rating and be sure and recommend to a friend or colleague in the retail and cross-borders...

Welcome back to Global E-Commerce Tech Talks, episode 23! I’m your host Michael LeBlanc and in today’s episode, a preview to the great thought leadership live in person on the stage at the Global E-Commerce Leaders Forum happening April 21st in L.A., I get a sneak preview chatting with June Van Heel , Head of International at Bala, Isabel Gan , Founder/CEO of Rose Planet International Brand Manage...

Welcome to Global eCommerce Tech Talks,  I'm your host Michael LeBlanc.  Live from my podcasting studio high above the Vegas sands during Shoptalk 2022, I sit down and talk about the latest news and developments in the global eCommerce industry with two of the sharpest minds in the space. Kent Allen and Jim Okamura , consultants, advisors, industry analysts and co-founders of the Global Ecommerce...

The pandemic-driven shift to ecommerce jolted many international markets where brick-and-mortar stores previously generated most retail sales. This was especially true in LATAM markets where in recent years legacy distributors may have resisted brands’ ecommerce-direct objectives.   Kathy Ando , VP of DTC and Marketing, Tile and Xavier Heriat , VP Client Success, Scalefast join me to chat about th...

We welcome the GELF community back to the Global Stage as the GELF NYC ’21/CommerceNext  In Real Life  conference heads into Day 2. Our morning keynote tackles how multi-portfolio brands are investing in global DTC strategies in maturing and fast-growing international markets. Marquee Brands has successfully extended its ‘digital first’ approach to global markets, launching advanced localized webs...

Global E-Commerce Leaders Forum co-founder Kent Allen joins Valerie de Charette , Head of International, American Eagle Outfitters and Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne , President & Chief Executive Officer,  eShopWorld (ESW) Americas to discuss the complexities of expanding globally through direct-to-consumer channels. Valerie and Patrick’s fireside chat will wrap up the morning keynotes at the GELF NYC...

Global E-Commerce Leaders Forum co-founder Kent Allen  join Kai Li, VP of International at REVOLVE , Agustin Farias, International GM at Everlane and   Matthew Steinbrecher, Vice President, Platforms & Partnerships at Reach to catch up on all thing cross-border and talk about their exciting session at of the upcoming GELF event in New York, September 28th and 29th 2021!   Our guests each talk abou...

Global E-Commerce Leaders Forum co-founders Kent Allen and Scott Silverman join me to catch up on all thing cross-border and talk about the exciting news of the upcoming GELF event in New York, September 28th and 29th 2021! There’s light on the horizon!  On September 28th and 29th, the Global Ecommerce Leaders Forum (GELF) community returns to New York City live and in person. This year we’re bigg...

In this episode Kent Allen, Principal of The Research Trust and Co-Founder at Global eCommerce Leaders Forum puts on a master-class in understanding the issues, mechanics, eco-system and complexities that is the reality of cross-border global eCommerce. Mark you calendars and JOIN us for GELF ACCELERATE : A GLOBAL GROWTH SUMMIT Thursday, March 25th – from 1PM to 5PM ET as the GELF community dives...

Global E-Commerce Leaders Forum co-founder Kent Allen welcomes Aaron Bezzant from Zonos. And Alex Yancher back to the podcast to catch up on the state of cross-border eCommerce in the Brexit era and with the newly revised trade agreement between Canada and the U.S. ****************** Thanks to Alex and Aaron for their insights on the implications of Brexit, USMCA, CUSMA and governments increasing...

Global E-Commerce Leaders Forum founders Kent Allen, Jim Okamura and Scott Silverman gather for one last time in 2020 to dish on their predictions for the cross-border E-Commerce Industry for the year ahead!   Leveraging collectively decades of experience and access to the world’s top community of thought leaders in the space, the team from GELF reveal what they are hearing from leading retailers,...

Global E-Commerce Leaders forum co-founders Kent Allen, Jim Okamura and Scott Silverman get together and share their observations, insights and action items coming out of the 2020 Oktoberfest online thought leadership event held over three days in October.  ***** Thanks to Kent, Scott and Jim for their comprehensive top line summary of the three action packed days  from the Global E-Commerce Leade...

Curious about how much consumers in Canada are planning to spend this holiday – and on what products? Wondering what fulfillment and shipping strategies will pay off during peak season? Join our panelists to learn more about how the Canadian shopping journey is evolving as we head into the Next New Normal. We’ll also learn more about the “New NAFTA” and how the USMCA/CUSMA trade pact will reduce f...