Commerce Tomorrow

In this episode, Dirk and Kelly speak to Raj De Datta CEO and Co-Founder at BloomReach. They talk about what the difference between a CMS, WCM, and DXP is, why it becomes increasingly important for brands and merchants to focus on delivering engaging experiences, how BloomReach uses AI and ML to support their platform, and what the reasoning behind BloomReach's acquisition of Hippo was.

In this episode, Dirk and Kelly talk to Vamsi Muddada, CTO at FTD Companies. FTD is a floral wire service based in the US. Vamsi talks about the challenges of digital transformation, both on a technical as well as an organizational level. He also explains how to merge a multitude of legacy applications – involving almost every imaginable tech stack – to build a next generation commerce platform.

In this episode, Dirk and Kelly talk to Drew Lau, VP Product at Mobify. Apart from mobile-first strategies in general, they talk about Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) as well as Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMPs) and discuss which business benefits brands and retailers can expect from using those technologies.

In this episode, Dirk and Kelly talk to Bruno Borges, Developer Advocate at Microsoft. They discuss how, in the recent years, Microsoft has shifted its culture, became successful in the cloud business and has also managed to focus stronger on developer relations. Bruno also touches on the recent acquisition of Github and gives his views on the development of the Java platform.

In this episode, Dirk and Kelly talk to Joel Crabb, VP Architecture for Target. Joel talks about how Target, being a very large retailer, has more than 3000 applications which need to be managed and run to support business. This is made possible by providing the right architectural vision and by establishing an engineering culture.

In this episode, Alexander Ringsdorff, Vice President of Corporate Development at NewStore, Inc. talks about the new startup from Intershop and Demandware founder Stephan Schambach and how they supports physical retail with they mobile apps.

In this episode, Dirk and Kelly talk to Olaf Molenveld, CTO and co-founder of Vamp. He talks about their platform VAMP and how it enables retailers to plan and monitor the deployment of their applications.

In this episode, Kelly talks to Jess Moore, founder and CEO of 3Share, one of the largest Adobe SI's. Jess talks about how they got started and why it makes sense for a service provider to focus on just one software vendor.

In this episode, Dirk and Kelly welcome Jeremy Muras, SVP Digital at Lion Capital and the former VP Digital Commerce of Burberry. They talk about the challenges of the luxury industry and the investor's view on digital commerce. Also, they discuss the idea of the "platform" economy and which brands Lion Capital has invested in.

Martin Wild is the Chief Innovation Officer at MediaSaturn, the largest retailer of consumer electronics in Europe. He talks to Dirk and Kelly about how they work together with startups and small teams to drive innovation in such a large company. Martin gives the example of “Saturn Express,” a store which has no cash register, so customers can choose the products they like and leave - the payment is made in the background automatically.