I think there is a place for both commerce models. The idea of direct to consumer, where you have this direct relationship one to one with the person you're buying from will be a main stay in the future of commerce. There are going to be brands who simply want to sell on a market place. Their job is to sell as many products as possible. And so i don't think it's sort of binary. An tink th there's a future for both.
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Harley Finkelstein, president of Shopify, to talk about the market mayhem (3:50), Shopify coming out of the shadows (5:25), how it got started (11:30), how Amazon have up on the online stores business (19:35), getting into delivery (22:45), the renewed Amazon threat (27:45), the future of direct-to-consumer commerce (31:30), how Apple has upended online ads (36:10), and the best and worst of going fully remote (38:30).
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