Join author and e-commerce entrepreneur, Alexander Graf, and his special guests every week as he breaks down different digital commerce topics from what they mean, why they are important, and where to prioritize them in your own digital commerce journey. Our guests typically, international business leaders, experts in the industry at large, and many more thought leaders within the digital transactional space that will be sure to entertain and inspire how your business approaches the growing industry that is digital commerce. Email us for any questions on the podcast: hello@spryker.com
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 19 hours 46 minutes
episode 111: #111 – Building successful B2B marketplaces in MENA – Marius Ciavola, Tradeling
Regular listeners will be aware of Alex’s ongoing interest in B2B marketplaces and this week’s episode features one of MENA’s biggest and most dynamic – Marius Ciavola, the CEO of Tradeling. Marius talks through the reasons behind Tradeling’s success, focusing on its business model, how it facilitates cross-border trade, and how it connects sellers of specialized products with buyers...
episode 110: #110 – A brush with success: how Colgate embraced digital commerce – Josue Munoz, ex Colgate-Palmolive
This week’s guest used to work at a company whose products we have probably all used at one time in our life – Colgate-Palmolive. Josue Munoz is the former Vice President Global ECommerce | Global Supply Chain and in this episode, he explains how Colgate embraced digital commerce and started moving towards being a more D2C focused company. He attributes the company’s success as the world’s number one toothpaste brand to its constant innovation, understanding of consumer needs, and global reach...
episode 109: #109– Approaching the off-price business in the Middle East – Toufic Kreidieh, BFL Group
Ahead of Alex’s presence at Seamless Middle East, this episode sees him catch up with The Toufic Kreidieh, founding partner and CEO of Brands for Less Group. BFL Group is a company that dominates the off-price business in the Middle East and will be present at Seamless in May. BFL Group is the parent company of several retail chains, headquartered in Dubai, but present across the GCC with 100+ stores...
episode 107: #108 – Mexico’s first digital CPG wholesaler – Jose Esparza, Mercardo Mayco
In this episode, Alex catches up with Mexican e-commerce pioneer Jose Esparza, the Head of Digital Commerce at Mercardo Mayco and CEO of Dupplo, the digital business unit of Mercardo Mayco. Jose explains how he launched Dupplo – Mexico’s first digital CPG wholesaler – from a company that until then had been 100% bricks and mortar...
episode 106: #107 – An inside look at the Australian E-commerce landscape – Brian Walker, Retail Doctor
E-commerce is truly global and this episode of Commerce Talks goes further than it has done before, speaking to Australian e-commerce expert, Brian Walker, CEO of the Retail Doctor Group...
episode 106: #106 - How to build a leading brand in a challenging ecosystem - Leena Khalil, Mumzworld
Commerce Talks is proud to be the official podcast partner at the upcoming Seamless Middle East event in Dubai on 23 and 24 May. We’ll be interviewing some of the most highly regarded e-commerce leaders in the region, both at Seamless itself and in the run up to the event. The first of those interviews is Leena Khalil, CCO at mother, child and baby online store, Mumzworld...
episode 105: #105 – Kuwait, the Switzerland of the GCC? – Ahmed Alghanim, City Centre Kuwait
For this episode of Commerce Talks, Alex is joined by his co-host and Middle East e-commerce expert, Lina Gallagher. They are speaking with Ahmed Alghanim, head of e-commerce at hypermarket, City Centre Kuwait about retail business models in Kuwait, and how the country's high expat population, high internet and mobile phone penetration, and young, educated population are all attractive features for companies looking to test new products and services...
episode 102: #104 – Digital commerce in the luxury jewellery market – Artem Avdeev, L’azurde
L’azurde is a Saudi-based jewellery company that manufactures and distributes gold jewellery through wholesale channels and via its own stores and franchise brands. The company has around 3,000 stores worldwide, is the fourth largest gold jewellery manufacturer globally and is the only listed jewellery company in the MENA region...
episode 103: #103 - Auto industry update: will China finally penetrate the EU market? - Nils Radsak, Konekta Consulting
In this episode, I spoke with Nils Radsak, an expert in the automotive world who has led digitization for major car brands such as Volkswagen and Porsche. We talked about what dealers of the future will look like, connected services, and tensions between dealers and OEMs. We even discussed the Chinese Tesla competitor, BYD, and why they are putting customer centricity first.
episode 102: #102 – Leading the automobile marketplace sector – Anuvrat Gaurav, SellAnyCar
Automobile marketplaces are very established in Western Europe, and SellAnyCar.com is setting about proving that the model works in the Middle East too. It’s the region’s first car buying service, which offers free and instant online car valuation, free car inspection, and a guarantee to purchase any car within 30 minutes. I recently spoke with Anuvrat Gaurav, regional country manager at SellAnyCar...