Few companies have done more for global prosperity than Alibaba.com. The company, made famous in China in 1999 by Jack Ma, a former school teacher, now connects 200,000 suppliers with millions of retailers. Suppliers are growing, retailers are diversifying and consumers have more options for less money. Still, the B2B giant isn’t perfect. Language differences, … Read more
In 2020, Karim Abed was the CFO of a Texas-based homebuilder. The job paid well, he says, but he longed to start his own business and reconnect with his Egyptian heritage. Fast forward to 2025 and that business is WYR, a menswear brand using Giza cotton, a legendary fabric, and small factories based in Egypt. … Read more
Ray Reddy is a double businessman of a mobile shop, a Google veteran, and now the SHOPIFY manager, the company’s platform. He says that the future of retail retail is an agnostic rental, where shoppers can easily switch from online to bricks and mortar without losing account data, order history and similar information. The way … Read more
This year, I sprinkled the occasional episodes of “Ecommerce Conversations” with master classes of real life from Beardbrand, my society. To date, addressed hiring, branding, building profit, priority and demanding. For this installment, I will share the experience of Beardbrand with a loss of almost $ 1 million during 2023 and 2024. It was bad. … Read more