The Space Bar: Ecommerce Podcast by Space 48

#50: Introducing Dark Matter Commerce Welcome to the Space Bar. This episode is very exciting as it's our 50th episode of the Space Bar podcast. To celebrate, we're running a social media competition to win a £50 Amazon voucher. To be in with a chance of winning, we want you to share your top piece of advice from your favourite Space Bar episode. Keep an eye out on our social media channel...

Welcome to the latest episode of the Space Bar podcast, where we discuss the importance of the product experience in the customer journey; we'll specifically discuss PIM software's role in a digital commerce business. We're excited to be joined by Joe Richardson, the Director of Channel for the UK & Ireland at Akeneo. Topics Include: What is PIM Who is Akeneo Why should a business...

Welcome to the latest episode of the Space Bar podcast, where we delve into the rise of open banking in digital commerce with our guests, Adyen and Tink. Open banking is a relatively new concept quickly changing the entire financial landscape, levelling the playing field and making finance fairer for all. With its benefits to merchants and consumers alike, it's no wonder that companies like Ti...

Welcome to the Space Bar Podcast! On this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Eamonn Galvin, founder of the rapidly growing startup, KnowCarbon. With experience at eBay and as CEO of Daft.ie, Eamonn is applying advanced analytics to one of the most pressing issues of our time – reducing carbon emissions. After its first full year of operation, KnowCarbon has paying customers and is gain...

Welcome to the Space Bar, the ecommerce podcast for online retailers, brought to you by Space 48. On International Women's Day, we are thrilled to be joined by Tiffany Salmon, Creative Director at Amelia Knight Ltd and Founder of Scientia Beauty , Soak Sunday and Glow Hub !, She is an inspiring entrepreneur with several successful businesses in beauty and ecommerce! Tune into this podcast to learn...

Digital marketing has become increasingly competitive and challenging for online retailers. The increased competition in the ad space is one of the main challenges digital marketers face this year. Alongside an economic downturn in 2023, retailers focus more on revenue versus profit and customer retention. On this podcast, we will be discussing some of these challenges as well as aspects such as c...

Mage Titans is returning to Manchester after a 4.5-year hiatus and promises to be the must-attend event for Magento developers in the UK and beyond. On this special episode of the Space Bar podcast, we talk with Jon Woodall, the creator of Mage Titans, and Rob Peterkin and Gareth James - the people who are behind the return! Tune in as we reveal two very exciting guest speakers! In this episode, w...

Welcome back to the Space Bar Podcast, season 3! In this episode, we're discussing the powerful potential of user-generated content for businesses within the health and beauty sector. Our guest Matt Brindley, Partner Growth Manager at Yotpo, will be helping us unpack this topic and giving us his insight into how businesses in this sector can use UGC. For those who may not be familiar with it, user...

The rise of SaaS is inescapable, whatever business you’re in. Those who choose to ignore it will get left behind. In this episode, we reminisce about times gone by in the technology world and look beyond these immediate benefits to understand how SaaS is changing the IT world. Two industry veterans join our host, Tom Robertshaw, Innovation Director at Space 48, to unpack what this future might loo...

In this episode, we're debating whether Headless is still just a buzzword or whether there is substance to it. We'll revisit where it is today and close the debate on what it is. Headless has been around in the ecommerce space for a long time. For a while, it was just a word that no one really knew what it meant. In this episode, we look at how headless has evolved and things to consider when eval...

Planning for an ecommerce re-platform project with Vervaunt In this episode of the Space Bar Podcast, we're discussing planning for an ecommerce re-platform project with Paul Rogers, Co-Founder of Vervaunt and Sham Miah, Operations Director at Vervaunt. The two have so much knowledge and experience when it comes to large and complex re-platform projects on an international level. So, we were super...

In this episode, we discussed the BigCommerce Partner Summit for EMEA in London a couple of weeks ago. This year's summit was bigger than ever, with around 300 partners attending to listen to a day filled with exhilarating talks, energetic dancing and an all-welcoming atmosphere, proving BigCommerce is bringing the partner ecosystem together for success. If you didn't attend or missed some of the...

This week's episode follows the last Shopify Unite episode we released. In this one, we'll delve deeper into Shopify's product roadmap with Stephen Kenealy, Space 48's Strategy Director and Jon Woodall, Space 48's Managing Director.  Topics include: Doubling down on enabling direct-to-consumer brands and retailers to trade internationally.  Investment in a single platform solution ...

In this episode, we talk about our experience at Shopify Unite with Laura Black, General Manager at Brave the Skies. Listen to Jon and Laura cover the talks they saw, the event as a whole, the Shopify community and the ecosystem as a whole.  Topics: Fostering the developer community  A rundown on the talk 'How We Made React Developers Love to Code on Liquid Projects' A rundown on the tal...

This episode provides an insight into the world of Josh Wood Colour. Josh Wood is a celebrity colour expert with a highly sought-after salon in West London. His experience spans over three decades of working with some of the biggest names in the business. Josh Wood Colour translates this exclusive in-salon experience to online with at-home hair colour products that are more widely available across...

After a brief hiatus, we're back with season 2 of the Space Bar Podcast and on this episode we're talking about common mistakes we encounter on new website builds and how to avoid them. If you're about to embark on new web project, there's some great tips from Rob Peterkin, Project Manager at Space 48, on what to look out for and what are some of the most frequent issues we see when working with o...

On this week's episode of the Space Bar Podcast, we have an exclusive first interview with the team that were involved in the acquisition of the Shopify Plus agency, Brave the Skies into the Space 48 family. We speak to Laura Black and Lucy Roberts, GM and MD of Brave the Skies to get some background on the agency and about their experience of the acquisition and what the future holds for the busi...

In this week's episode we talk to one of our customers, Sarah Raven about their recent re-platform over to BigCommerce. We discuss how the platform and partner selection process ran, why they ended up working with BigCommerce and some of the other supporting technologies they selected for their tech stack. We also hear about the design process as well as what they learned from the project and what...

In this episode, we discuss the home and garden sector. The last two years have seen exponential change for online retailers due to the pandemic. With this new 'norm' comes challenges; we cover what this looks like going forward and discuss some potential solutions for brands. If you're a home and garden retailer looking for some tips on what you should include in your ecommerce strategy, this epi...

Martin Boddy is Space 48's Non-Executive Chairman and chairs several other businesses. Having founded the listed data, creative and performance marketing agency Jaywing plc, Martin has an impressive track record and experience when it comes to accelerating growth. He has extensive commercial acumen while also being a data-digital innovator.  This episode with Martin is a special one. Space 48...

In this episode, we're going to cover global ecommerce and the challenges you may face as a retailer when growing internationally and, through our experience, how we can help solve those challenges.  Cross border shopping has grown exponentially. With the lack of physical retail stores being open in the last two years, consumers have gone online and found new brands, and the likelihood is the...

What are you doing if you're a merchant and don't have Klarna? With the Klarna app having over 40 million downloads, what it can offer for brands and consumers is game-changing. Beginning as a payments provider that has disrupted the retail banking industry, today, Klarna is a very diverse business in terms of its products. In this episode, we find out what has made Klarna the renowned brand for f...

This episode discusses our journey of going remote overnight and not looking back. Space 48 closed its offices in March 2020 and permanently embraced a remote work culture. As ecommerce boomed in the last two years, we've seen rapid growth as a business and with our people. Keeping a solid company culture is at the heart of this success. As we transition into the world opening up again, we reflect...

We sit down with The Very Group's Digital Customer Experience (DCX) Director, Paul Hornby. Get a look at the 2.3 billion pound company behind the scenes with this high-performing digital leader.  Paul combines the ecommerce growth journey and strategy at The Very Group with his lessons learned over the years and advice for fellow ecommerce professionals.  This conversation is not to be m...

In this episode of the Space Bar Podcast we compare the two heavy hitters in the SaaS eCommerce Platform space where we put Shopify Plus head to head against BigCommerce. We look at how flexible and extendable each platform is, what their tech architecture looks like, how they perform out of the box, as well as a host of other topics including SEO, B2B and pricing. Discussing the differences and s...