How Independent eCommerce retailers can Compete Against the Giants (E154)

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Business of eCommerce

Charles Palleschi

161 episodes

6 months ago

eCommerce tips, tricks, strategies, and tactics to help new and experienced eCommerce retailers start, launch or grow their eCommerce Business. If you like eCommerceFuel, Shopify Master, Tropical MBA, Build My Online Store or eCommerce Momentum, you'll love The Business of eCommerce. Video version, full transcripts, and show notes are available at http://businessofecommerce.fm/

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How Independent eCommerce retailers can Compete Against the Giants (E154)

Business of eCommerce

38 minutes 42 seconds

4 years ago

How Independent eCommerce retailers can Compete Against the Giants (E154)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/UbnQrRDTuZQ

* Jeremy Bodenhamer* Co-founder & CEO of ShipHawk

Show Notes:

* 5 API of the Apocalypse* Amazon* Walmart* Alibaba* JD* Shopify* The Power of Habit* Grove Collaborative* Parker Clay - Leather Products* All Birds* Boneless Knee Pads

Sponsors:

* Prisync* Spark Shipping

Links:

* Jeremy Bodenhamer* Ship Hawk* Adapt or Die: Your Survival Guide to Modern Warehouse Automation* Jeremy Bodenhamer LinkedIn* Jeremy Bodenhamer Twitter

Transcript:

Charles (00:00):

In this episode of the Business of eCommerce I talk with Jeremy Bodenhamer, about about how independent retailers can compete with the giants. This is the business of eCommerce episode 154.

Charles (00:20):

Welcome to the Business of eCommerce. The show that helps e-commerce retailers start launch and grow their e-commerce business. I'm your host Charles Palleschi. And I'm here today with Jeremy Bodenhamer. Jeremy is the co-founder and CEO of Ship Hawk, and also the bestselling author of adapt or die, a leading expert at the intersection of shipping. And e-commerce I asked Jeremy on the show today, talk about how in 2021, an independent retailer can compete with some of the largest e-commerce companies out there like Walmart, Amazon, and how you can not just compete, but also win. Jeremy has a lot of insights on both the logistics side, but also how you can attract more customers by talking about your brand. And I think it's super interesting. So let's get into the show and I think you're going to enjoy this. Hey Jeremy, how are you doing today? Doing well.

Charles (01:09):

How are you doing Charles? Doing good. Awesome. To have you on the show. I love the topic and want to kind of get into us. I've been seeing, kind of been following the the Shopify guys for a while, and I love the whole concept of, you know, arming the rebels, right? Where, how can you know, how can the smaller retailers compete against some of the big guys? And it's something where I think the world is going to very different ways, right? Where you have these like marketplaces kind of Amazon, like the big ones everyone knows about, but then you have these new brands that are kind of just popping up and becoming almost household names. In some cases you see this with, you know, some of like the big companies, like some of the, some of these, there's just so many retailers now that all of a s...