Bolder and Bigger: Accelerating eCommerce Growth through a Modernized Tech Stack

VIP Dinner at Shoptalk - Las Vegas, NV

Mar 27, 2023 6:00 PM8:30 PM PST

Event Description

For many ecommerce brands, 2023 is the first year in a new commerce era, after 3 years of pandemic related uncertainty. Setting your brand up for success in the new generation of consumer expectations, and channels, requires a new set of technologies.

Find out what the best approaches to solving for cross-device, cross-platform, and cross-channel ecommerce look like and how they are built in this dinner session!

BWG Connect, Coalition Technologies, Bold Commerce, BigCommerce & PayPal invite you to join us for an interactive discussion over wine and dinner with your peers! We'll explore the latest trends in the space and get your questions answered.

As always, there will be no sales pitches and dinner is free.

There is Limited Seating Available and RSVP is Required!

Join us for drinks, dinner & a conversation around:

  • Discovering how legacy tech stacks slow growth and choke out opportunities in 2023.
  • Uncovering keys to identify what aspects of legacy stacks create the greatest drag.
  • Learning about specific composable commerce approaches that most accelerate growth.
  • Discussing specific solutions for your next ecommerce build that provide longevity and flexibility for the rapidly evolving ecommerce expectations of consumers.

Event Partners

PayPal

PayPal is a technology platform and digital payments company. It provides technology and payment solutions that facilitate mobile, in-app, and online payments for merchants and consumers.

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Coalition Technologies

Coalition Technologies is a leading SEO, PPC & web design agency in the United States that does a variety of work across leading eCom platforms including: Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, Vtex, and others.

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Bold Commerce

Bold Commerce is in the business of making checkout better, helping brands boost profitability by optimizing for more than just conversion. With the power of Bold Checkout, brands can deliver customer-specific checkout flows designed to increase conversion, grow AOV, and extend LTV. Built with a composable architecture, Bold Checkout fits in with any commerce stack, making it easy to overcome platform limitations. Leading omnichannel retailers like Vera Bradley, Harry Rosen, and Staples Canada trust their business with Bold Checkout.

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BigCommerce

BigCommerce is a leading Open SaaS ecommerce platform that empowers merchants of all sizes to build, innovate and grow their businesses online. BigCommerce provides merchants sophisticated enterprise-grade functionality, customization and performance with simplicity and ease-of-use. Tens of thousands of B2C and B2B companies across 150 countries and numerous industries use BigCommerce to create beautiful, engaging online stores, including Ben & Jerry’s, Molton Brown, S.C. Johnson, Skullcandy, SoloStove and Vodafone.

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Guest Speakers

Aaron Conant LinkedIn

Co-Founder & Managing Director at BWG Connect

Aaron Conant is Co-Founder and Chief Digital Strategist at BWG Connect, a networking and knowledge sharing group of thousands of brands who collectively grow their digital knowledge base and collaborate on partner selection. Speaking 1x1 with over 1200 brands a year and hosting over 250 in-person and virtual events, he has a real time pulse on the newest trends, strategies and partners shaping growth in the digital space.

Jordan Brannon

Jordan Brannon LinkedIn

President at Coalition Technologies

Jordan Brannon is the President of Coalition Technologies, a company that provides SEO services in digital marketing, design, web development, and PPC advertising. Jordan’s expertise in digital strategies has shaped his career for more than a decade, where he focused on developing solutions that allow for more qualified leads, better traffic conversion, and SEO optimization.

Peter Karpas LinkedIn

CEO at Bold Commerce

Peter Karpas is CEO of Bold Commerce. Peter brings over 30 years of experience creating growth for ecommerce, payments and fintech companies and the customers they serve, including roles as GM of North American SMB at PayPal, CMO & CPMO at Intuit, SVP of SMB Product at First Data, and founder & CEO of Starsona (now myFanPark). Peter specializes in driving business growth through product & marketing innovation and execution.

Richard Gilbert LinkedIn

Director, Strategic Partnerships at PayPal

Richard Gilbert is Director, Strategic Partnerships for PayPal. He is an experienced Strategic Partnerships and Business Development professional with expertise in eCommerce, Payments and Digital Marketing. Richard specializes in creating new business models for growth and by developing partnerships to support brands’ corporate development and growth objectives.

Lauryn Spence LinkedIn

Senior Manager of Agency Partnerships, Americas at BigCommerce

Lauryn leads the agency partner program for BigCommerce, which is a leading enterprise SaaS eCommerce platform for DTC and B2B brands. She has nearly a decade of eCommerce experience helping brands grow revenue and reduce costs for advertising, marketplaces, and eCommerce.

Event Moderator

Aaron Conant LinkedIn

Co-Founder & Managing Director at BWG Connect

Aaron Conant is Co-Founder and Chief Digital Strategist at BWG Connect, a networking and knowledge sharing group of thousands of brands who collectively grow their digital knowledge base and collaborate on partner selection. Speaking 1x1 with over 1200 brands a year and hosting over 250 in-person and virtual events, he has a real time pulse on the newest trends, strategies and partners shaping growth in the digital space.

Jordan Brannon

Jordan Brannon LinkedIn

President at Coalition Technologies

Jordan Brannon is the President of Coalition Technologies, a company that provides SEO services in digital marketing, design, web development, and PPC advertising. Jordan’s expertise in digital strategies has shaped his career for more than a decade, where he focused on developing solutions that allow for more qualified leads, better traffic conversion, and SEO optimization.

Peter Karpas LinkedIn

CEO at Bold Commerce

Peter Karpas is CEO of Bold Commerce. Peter brings over 30 years of experience creating growth for ecommerce, payments and fintech companies and the customers they serve, including roles as GM of North American SMB at PayPal, CMO & CPMO at Intuit, SVP of SMB Product at First Data, and founder & CEO of Starsona (now myFanPark). Peter specializes in driving business growth through product & marketing innovation and execution.

Richard Gilbert LinkedIn

Director, Strategic Partnerships at PayPal

Richard Gilbert is Director, Strategic Partnerships for PayPal. He is an experienced Strategic Partnerships and Business Development professional with expertise in eCommerce, Payments and Digital Marketing. Richard specializes in creating new business models for growth and by developing partnerships to support brands’ corporate development and growth objectives.

Lauryn Spence LinkedIn

Senior Manager of Agency Partnerships, Americas at BigCommerce

Lauryn leads the agency partner program for BigCommerce, which is a leading enterprise SaaS eCommerce platform for DTC and B2B brands. She has nearly a decade of eCommerce experience helping brands grow revenue and reduce costs for advertising, marketplaces, and eCommerce.

What is BWG Connect?

BWG Connect provides executive strategy & networking sessions that help brands from any industry with their overall business planning and execution. BWG has built an exclusive network of 125,000+ senior professionals and hosts over 2,000 virtual and in-person networking events on an annual basis.
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