Recap from Cogent2

Whether 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 Club™ 🥞 London brought together a top notch panel of brands, agencies and tech partners to get stuck into th...

Missed 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 f...

Missed 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 Jam...

It'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 Club™ 🥞 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...

Rather 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 h...

I 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 t...

Didn't make it to Day Two 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 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 R...

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  - Exis...

In 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 D...

Couldn't get to eCom Collab Club™ 🥞 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 Brow...

This 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...

It 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 🧔🏻 James Gurd and Paul Rogers will have plenty to say on this in the Inside Co...

My 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 Talent Lucy Toone TOMM Jewellery...