ESW Acquires Complementary Ecommerce Platform Scalefast

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Written By Rick Watson

ESW is the global direct-to-consumer (DTC) ecommerce leader, empowering the world’s best-loved brands and retailers to make global shopping better, safer, simpler and faster, end-to-end.

Scalefast is a privately-owned, VC-backed US scale-up of 350+ employees specialized in providing global ecommerce-as-a-service solutions to brands.

ESW has traditionally been the leader in the Enterprise segment of cross-border eCommerce with customers like Nike to Victoria’s Secret.  The other big players are in the space are really Global-E and Farfetch.  This is a good fit for them as they lack their own eCommerce platform offering.

Business Wire: ESW to Acquire Complementary Ecommerce Platform Scalefast

Rick Watson

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.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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