Yami announces $50M Series B to accelerate expansion

Marketplaces
Written By Rick Watson

Established in March 2013 and headquartered in Brea, California, Yami is the leading DTC marketplace in North America for Asian goods – offering the most complete selection of products favored by the Asian community.

Specialty marketplaces in CPG are a big opportunity because CPG is such a broad category, and there are many different categories of consumer tastes.

PR Newswire: LARGEST ONLINE ASIAN MARKETPLACE, YAMI, ANNOUNCES $50M SERIES B TO ACCELERATE EXPANSION

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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