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 customer retention and migration to GA4. Our data and insight expert will advise navigating this ever-changing digital environment, enabling businesses to move forward profitably and successfully.

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Paul Casey, Head of Account Management at Space 48.

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!

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Hosted by Stephen Kenealy, Strategy Director at Space 48.

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-generated content is any content created by people external to a brand—such as text, videos, images, or reviews—which has excellent potential for growth in the online health and beauty market. Let's hear what Matt says about UGC and how businesses can make it work for them.

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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 look like.

We have Aaron Sheehan, Director of Competitive Strategy at BigCommerce, and Pete Robertshaw, Head of Ecommerce consultancy at Space 48.

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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 evaluating Headless.

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Today's guest is Tom Robertshaw, Innovation Director, Space 48

Hosted by Pete Robertshaw, Head of Commerce Consulting, Space 48

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 excited to get them in the studio to discuss what you need to consider when planning for a re-platform.

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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 talks, here are our takeaways:

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Jon Woodall, Managing Director, Space 48

Stephen Kenealy, Strategy Director, Space 48

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Pete Robertshaw, Head of Commerce Consulting at Space 48

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. 

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Hosted by Pete Robertshaw, Head of Commerce Consulting, Space 48

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. 

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Hosted by Jon Woodall, Managing Director at Space 48.

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 the UK.

We sit down with Linda Benjamin, Director of Product and Kieran Chapman, Director of Growth at Josh Wood Colour, to understand their ecommerce journey and how they approach user experience.

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Our host is Stephen Kenealy, Strategy Director at Space 48