Some of the topics we discussed included:
- The evolution of offline commerce from local shopping streets to large department stores
- The fact that these departments stores got so unwieldy that boutiques came back into fashion
- The dominance of eCommerce marketplaces now and will they evolve in a similar way to offline
- The hegemony of Amazon
- The benefits of having your own eCommerce shop
- The difficulty and downside of competing in a marketplace and the lack of access to your customer data
- Some great ideas around bringing eCommerce to rural sellers and small-town shops