MarketScreener: 'Incredible challenges': Shopify president talks pandemic, stock plunge and layoffs

Written By Rick Watson

The Seattle e-commerce behemoth wields cheaper prices and same-day shipping to dominate, making Rick Watson believe "Shopify is never going to try to match Amazon parcel for parcel and speed for speed."

But the founder of RMW Commerce Consulting suggests there's room for both, with Shopify catering to a customer base wanting relationships with brands or assurances about the authenticity of products they won't get from Amazon.

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Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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