Harley Finkelstein — Tactics and Strategies from Shopify, the Future of Retail, and More

Shopify has about 6,000 employees and a market cap of over $100 billion

Shopify is the second-largest retailer after Amazon

There are over one million brands that use Shopify

Your physical location will serve as a showroom for your website and your website will serve as a showroom for your retail store

The future of retail will be about retail everywhere:

Data shows that consumer preferences are shifting to buying products from independent brands from actual entrepreneurs when possible

Now it’s increased to about 25%

Last year it was around 15%

When Harley first joined Shopify in 2010, e-commerce was about 5% of retail