Swiftly lands $100M to help grocers fend off Amazon and other e-commerce players

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Written By Rick Watson

Swiflty’s technology powers grocer-branded apps that allow shoppers to find items in the store faster, quickly recall past purchases, scan products for checkout with their phones and avoid long lines at the cash register.

Independent grocers definitely need help with software, the question is how many of them will be left to adopt this?

GeekWire: Seattle startup Swiftly lands $100M to help grocers fend off Amazon and other e-commerce players

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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