Adam Bastock is the founder of Small99 who provides practical guidance to Net Zero for small business owners. He’s on a mission to guide 1 million micro-businesses to Net Zero by 2025.
[Read more…]369: JGS Interested in a target market worth $8trillion a year? Find out how with Mike Adams from Enable All
Mike Adams is the CEO of Purple, an organisation changing the disability conversation with businesses and disabled people. He’s been listed on the Shaw Trust #DisabilityPower100 list as one of the most influential disabled people in Britain and received an OBE for his services to disabled people.
A large part of what Mike and his team at Purple are doing is highlighting the value and potential of the disabled market – the purple pound – for businesses, and their latest focus is on helping online retailers sell to this fiercely loyal market – which in the UK alone is worth £274 billion, and $8 trillion globally.
[Read more…]368: JGS What is your top tip for growing an eCommerce business in 2022?
One of our famous expert mash-up episodes! Each of our guests has been asked for their top tip for eCommerce Success in 2022.
“What is your top tip for growing an eCommerce business in 2022?”
We’ve been doing these episodes every January since we started – and this year the answers are even more useful and inspiring than normal. We cover a LOT of topics in this show a MUST LISTEN for your planning for 2022.
[Read more…]367: JGS Solving your Tech Stack issues by replatforming with Ashley Hubbard from Grenson Shoes
Ashley Hubbard is in charge of eCommerce at Grenson Shoes a heritage British brand with a young heart. The business was founded over 150 years ago, as well as the DTC website, they wholesale to top department stores such as Mr. Porter, Matches Fashion, and Selfridges, they also have their own physical stores across London.
[Read more…]366: JGS What are the key stages of eCommerce Growth? And what does it mean for your business?
Since 2013 Luke’s been helping eCommerce businesses improve their systems, and find their path to growth. With an impressive background in building platforms that fix all those integration headaches, his most recent endeavour is eCommerce Thinking – a business on a mission to help fast-growth DTC brands scale their tech just as easily as they scale their teams, marketing, and sales.
As part of all that Luke’s been diving into the DNA of 100s of DTC brands to work out the stages for growth, and key things to do on that growth path.
As I often say “there’s an awful lot you *could* do to grow an eCommerce brand, the successful companies are the ones who work out what they *should* do at any given point.
Luke shared an AMAZING guide to working this out on LinkedIn recently–and that’s why he’s here as part of our growth series – to share it with all of you!
[Read more…]365: JGS How to create a fast-growth startup with Immaculate Vegan’s Simon Bell
Simon Bell is the co-founder at Immaculate Vegan, a curated fashion marketplace–for consumers who like a lot of style with their ethics. Launched in 2019, growing fast has always been part of the plan and in year 2 they’ve experienced over 300% year on year growth.
[Read more…]364: JGS What is the most important thing we learnt in eCommerce in 2021?
One of our famous expert mash-up episodes! Each of our guests have been asked
“What is the most important thing we learnt in eCommerce in 2021?”
We’ve been doing these episodes every January since we started – and this year the answers are even more useful and inspiring than normal. We cover a LOT of topics in this show including marketplaces, supply chain, tech stack, increasing competition, marketing, and a LOT more.
[Read more…]363: JGS Ian Bentley put sustainability at the heart of Parker Clay – and they’ve doubled sales every year
Ian Bentley is the Co-founder and CEO at Parker Clay. Parker Clay sells handcrafted leather goods made in Ethiopia and is on a mission to create a better bag for a better world. Something they’re clearly doing well at as in 2021 they won the B Corp “Best for the World” award for their community impact efforts. Founded in 2014 they have been consistently doubling the business and now have a global team of over 200 people.
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