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Web2NewYork at Taap.it Wednesday

Peter Verkooijen — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:29:51 +0000

A last minute change. Our monthly meetup will now take place at Taap.it Lounge on 335 W 35th Street. Co-founder Duy Huynh and marketing manager Chris Hernandez presented the mobile commerce app at Web2NewYork last Fall.

Ryan O’Donnell, Let’s Gift It: ‘We give the retailer control over data of their customers’

Peter Verkooijen — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:07:41 +0000

Social Retail Summit Winter 2012 has ended

Peter Verkooijen — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:21:32 +0000

Social ecommerce specialist Dotbox has an excellent report on their blog: Industry pioneers discuss what “social commerce” means to the future of retail.

See also Melissa Hall's recap on StartupFashion.com.

The 3rd Social Retail Summit is on the calendar for July 26, coinciding with Nolcha's Independent Retailer Month.

Web2NewYork returns at Wix Lounge

Peter Verkooijen — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:36:37 +0000

Web2NewYork returns January 25th at Wix Lounge, the free co-working space near Union Square. Wix is a flash and html5 website platform. Client relations and events manager Ashley Gallman explains.

Zoe Nightingale, The Monocle Order: ‘Retail is everywhere at any moment’

Peter Verkooijen — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:29:55 +0000

Dotbox + Buddy Media join opening panel

Peter Verkooijen — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:24:02 +0000

Buddy Media's Andrew Ferenci joins Richard Guest (Tribal DDB), Aliza Freud (SheSpeaks) and Marcus Whitney (Moontoast) on the opening panel. Dotbox' Ashley John Heather returns to the Social Retail Summit as moderator.

Eric Koester, Zaarly: ‘Noone has quite nailed social commerce yet’

Peter Verkooijen — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:12:16 +0000

Zaarly keynoting Jan 19th Summit

Peter Verkooijen — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:42:39 +0000

Eric Koester is now confirmed as the first keynote speaker for the 2nd Social Retail Summit, January 19th at Dumbo Spot in Brooklyn. Koester is founder and COO of Zaarly.

Divya Gugnani, Send the Trend: ‘We empower the consumer to do the marketing for us’

Peter Verkooijen — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:24:36 +0000

‘Crowdsourced data is junk’

Peter Verkooijen — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:40:14 +0000

Darrin Clement (Maponics), David Levine (Geostellar), Thomas Turnbull (Green Map) and Colin Reilly (DoITT) discussed data sources for local maps at last month’s Geoweb Summit.

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