The startup builds and acquires apps developed for online sellers. Its portfolio includes more than 25 apps.
AppHub currently owns about 25 Shopify apps today and claims over 150,000 merchants are using apps owned by AppHub. It looks to me that AppHub is not just a traditional aggregator but a developer of its own apps as well.
Business Insider: AppHub, a Shopify app acquirer, raises $95 million to build and buy apps as the developer ecosystem matures
Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.
Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.
Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.
In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.
