Hivery bags new money to automatically optimize product placement on store shelves

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Written By Rick Watson

Hivery, a self-described “optimization platform” for retailers, sells two software-as-a-service products aimed at expediting the reset cycle by delivering “space-aware” assortment optimization.

Another optimization startup, this one in growth mode.  I like this idea as it is a huge industry with a complex problem to solve that is not as data-driven as it could be.

TechCrunch: Hivery bags new money to automatically optimize product placement on store shelves

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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