10 Quotes About the Future of E-commerce.

“The e-commerce industry is a force that no investor can afford to ignore.”

Corporate Communications, Credit-Suisse

CUSHLA SHERLOCK

“I think moving forward, a media company that’s separate from a marketing company will not exist. I think the lines are blurring and they will continue to blur.”

Co-CEO of BirchBox

KATIA BEAUCHAMP

“There are so many opportunities on the horizon, from mobile exclusives to geo-located offers to better filtering and searching. We’ve only scratched the surface of what’s possible with personalization.”

CEO of Gilt Groupe

MICHELLE PELUSO

CEO of Walmart

JOEL ANDERSON

“I can’t overstate how mobile is changing how we interact with our consumers, we have to embrace these changes.”

Co-CEOs of Bigcommerce

EDDIE MACHAALANI & MITCHELL HARPER

“By 2022, brick and mortar retail spaces will be little more than showrooms.”

CEO Amazon

JEFF BEZOS

“If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.”

“E-commerce and mobile commerce have dramatically changed the way brands reach customers, making it faster and easier for consumers to make purchases on the fly while avoiding the hassles of going to the store.”

Co-founder of the online men’s retailer J. Hilburn

HIL DAVIS

Senior Vice President of Customer Supply Chain and Logistics for Pepsico, Inc.

JOHN PHILLIPS

“We will continue to see a convergence of the digital and physical world. Those who conquer that trend will be market leaders.”

“People don’t call it e-commerce anymore. It’s called omni-commerce, and it’s the idea that digital permeates every step of the purchase chain from product discovery to trial to pricing to actual purchase.”

Co-President of the Jordan Edmiston Group (JEGI)

TOLMAN GEFFS

“In the beginning, e-commerce was really about getting commodity products online as cheaply as possible. Now, we’re moving into the more exciting phase of e-commerce, where it’s about emotional products – the things that people really cherish.”

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fab.com

JASON GOLDBERG

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