How Nespresso Is Rewriting E-Commerce—One Search Bar at a Time
At Shoptalk 2025, Nespresso Oceania’s YC and Coveo’s Peter Curran showed how AI-powered discovery is redefining digital retail. From zero-result search recovery to machine care content and personalized recommendations, their approach is turning search into a brand engine—not just a conversion tool.
Why International Is the Missed Growth Lever in Ecommerce
At Shoptalk 2025, Passport President Tom Griffin laid out why international sales aren’t a nice-to-have—they’re the next major revenue lever. From currency localization to tariff-smart fulfillment, the growth isn’t theoretical. It’s operational—and it’s working.
Why Speed Is the Untapped Growth Lever in Ecommerce
At Shoptalk 2025, SpeedSense founder Shawn O’Neill and Yottaa CEO Michael Dickerson issued a quiet wake-up call: performance is the most overlooked growth lever in ecommerce. From 3D bloat to AI drag, their message was clear—fix speed, and revenue follows.
Cordial’s Real-Time Bet: Why Future Marketing Starts with Relevance, Not Reach
At Shoptalk 2025, Cordial’s Rob Garf called out the disconnect between legacy marketing platforms and today’s AI-shaped shopping behavior. From “directed intent” to in-store blind spots, he made the case for a platform built on relevance, not reach.
In our final Hot Talks wrap-up, we distill 3 days of real conversations with retail leaders—from Shopify to Sephora, Fospha to Huckberry—on what’s actually working in AI, measurement, enablement, and experience. No buzzwords. Just signal.
The Infrastructure That Fuels Growth: Liberis on Capital, Ecosystems, and the Power of Embedded Finance
At Shoptalk 2025, embedded finance isn’t stealing headlines—but Liberis’ Per Dahlqvist believes it’s doing something more valuable: helping platforms and sellers grow from the inside out.
20 Voices in 60 Seconds: What We Heard on the Ground at Shoptalk 2025
What’s really on the minds of retail leaders heading into Shoptalk 2025?We spoke to 20 execs on the eve of the show—here’s what they told us, in 60 seconds or less.
