We were excited to be invited to one of OSF Commerce's Days of Excellence where they celebrated their global clients, shared their new products, and sought out perspectives on innovation. The global nature of this conference was made clear when, at a casual dinner, we realized that the business leaders dining were from 12 different countries. Whether you are a mid-size merchant who is just beginning your digital transformation, or a large global enterprise who is well into their digital transformation, understanding the future of the direct-to-consumer global business was a driving theme. Building business strategies around expert, trusted community members for guidance is the key to future growth.

​For retailers, expanding to European markets holds a big draw. As you might have guessed, it’s more complicated than putting something in Google translate and getting international shipping packaging. Is your company up to the daunting task of expanding to a whole new market? We sat down with the founder of GO EU Commerce, Jordie Geuyen and dove into the challenges you might face when considering an expansion to the European 300+million e-shoppers market.

Written by Brendan Phelan, Co-founder and VP of Strategy at Radius8

We recently sat down with a group of visionary CXOs, in the Remodista community, to discuss in store experience and innovation.  After several hours of engaging conversation and debate, we found the following three takeaways to be particularly relevant to the Remodista network: