About Us
When we ask e-commerce leaders to tell us the most important topic for them, year after year, it’s customer acquisition.
The focus on customer acquisition may come as no surprise given that Amazon now represents $0.50 of every $1.00 spent online and 25% of the total growth in retail both online and offline. In addition to Amazon, e-commerce growth is under pressure from increased marketing costs, customer churn as well as fast-changing customer behaviors, attitudes and uses of technology and media.
Helping the industry navigate and succeed in this fast-paced, high stakes world is what CommerceNext is all about. Join us July 25-26, 2018, for two-days of insights, best practices, peer-to-peer interaction and digital marketing leaders sharing their knowledge - all with an eye towards helping you acquire new customers and grow your retail and e-commerce businesses.
Not sure about attending? Here are 5 reasons you should go.
FOUNDERS OF COMMERCENEXT
CommerceNext was founded by three experienced digital marketing veterans who are committed to building communities that help people grow their businesses and careers.

Scott Silverman
Digital retail connector and 15+ year e-commerce veteran. Former Shop.org Executive Director and board member. Co-inventor of Cyber Monday. Founder of Cybermonday.com and Co-Founder of the Global E-Commerce Leaders Forum.

Veronika Sonsev
Consultant, speaker and connector in the retail industry. Leads the retail practice for Chameleon Collective and is a regular Forbes Contributor on how to grow your retail business. Founded and sold inSparq. Former AOL and JumpTap exec. Founder of Women in Wireless.

Allan Dick
20 year digital commerce veteran. Former GM and CMO Vintage Tub and Bath (IR400 retailer of bath fittings); 15+ years digital marketing conference planning experience (SES, Shop.org, NRF, Reed Exhibition Group and GrowCommerce).

Lulu
Lulu contributes passionately on CommerceNext conference calls — particularly when there is mail or other packages delivered. Being a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Lulu takes CommerceNext's royalty up a few notches.
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Advisory Board

Joe Yakuel
Founder & CEO
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Mark Chou
VP of International
Away

Elyse Burack
Head of Integrated Marketing & Brand
Boxed

Qun Wei
Head Of Data Analytics & Data Operations
TG-17

Geoff Sanders
Senior Vice President, Growth
Casper

Craig Elbert
Cofounder & CEO
Care/of

Emily Hickey
Founder
Chief Detective Growth Consulting

Amy Africa
CEO
Eight By Eight

Vijay Talwar
President, Digital
Footlocker

Melissa Grillo Aruz
Head of Talent & Business Development
Forerunner

Jason Nickel
VP Marketing & Creative
Greats

Scott Ableman
SVP Marketing
GTT

Bree Casart
VP, Performance Marketing
J. Crew

Angela Hsu
SVP, Marketing & eCommerce
Lamps Plus

Malena Higuera
General Manager Dermablend Professional Global & U.S.
L'Oréal

Pini Yakuel
Founder & CEO
Optimove

Bob Meixner
Senior Product Strategist
Oracle Commerce

Jason John
Chief Marketing Officer
Publishers Clearing House

Cally Everett
Head of Marketing & Growth
Primary.com

Dave Cost
VP, Ecommerce & Digital Marketing
Rainbow

Charlie Cole
Global Chief Ecommerce Officer
Samsonite

Andrea Zaretsky
SVP Loyalty, CRM, Insights & Analytics
Sephora

Anurag Kadyan
VP of Digital & CRM
Tourneau

Lev Peker
CEO
US Autoparts

Shawna Hausman
VP of Ecommerce
Victoria's Secret

Jon Mandell
SVP, Global Ecommerce
WW (formerly Weight Watchers)