For the third edition of ECD On The Road, the team took 10 quick minutes with Julia Lehnkering, Senior International Sales Coordinator for Kaufland at the fabulous ECD Lunch Benelux II in Amsterdam recently and boy did we quickly learn what makes Kaufland a power player. The ECD won’t give it all away, but the key words here are adapting, internationalization and the rest you’ll just have to watch this short but very insightful interview!    

The second installment of ECD ON THE ROAD Interview Series! We took 10 quick minutes with Steffen Maschke at the ECD Lunch Benelux II in Amsterdam recently, marking Learn how Douglas successfully  digitalized during the pandemic and how they defined beauty as the core value for the mega platform in Europe. Oh, and Steffen’s favorite fast food!    

We took ten quick minutes with Felix at the ECD Lunch Benelux II in Amsterdam recently, kicking off our ECD ON THE ROAD Interview Series! Find out what makes About You successful at its core and how international business expansion is more than a trend but a way to maximize growth, oh and Felix’s most used phone App!    

For our second in-studio live sit down interview at our very own ECD Studio, we sat down with Malte Dous, Managing Director at DocMorris Marketplace. With his background as the “father” of Zalando’s Partner Program and General Manager for Wayfair Germany, he is a marketplace ultra, knowing the business inside out and vice versa. Watch as Alex and Malte deep dive on the impact of the online pharmacy and e-prescriptions will have on your online & offline life, the booming medical sector which is taking our industry by storm and Malte’s insights on how any diverse market can excel via digital retail solutions.      

This week we sat down with Dr. Dominik Benner, CEO of The Platform Group which he started after successful years with his boldly developed online platform Schuhe24.de – which has more than 2000 successful retail stores. The Platform Group owns several locations throughout Germany, owning 13 B2C platforms, 8 B2B, and collaborates with 3900 partners in digital retail fashion since its start up in 2018. Watch and learn about Dominik’s inspiring story, how to find your power niche in several markets and diversify your strategy to grow a larger diverse customer base.    

Welcome back! Not only is it the premiere of our first very own ECD studio that we are recording in now, but also a long awaited premiere: With Armand Farsi that the ECD welcomes it’s the first-ever in-studio guest!  Armand  is Head of DACH and International Marketplaces at global sports merchandise powerhouse, Fanatics, Inc. Learn how Fanatics has become one of the leading drivers and innovators of sports merchandising and why the European market is still rather new ground for them.