Paul Demery

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Writer and Editor at Freelance

Contributing Editor at Digital Commerce 360

Journalist following B2B e-commerce at Digital Commerce 360. Covering how companies are innovating and growing with commerce technology.

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VTEX North America EVP Dani Jurado on 2025 B2B ecommerce tech trends

Jan 10, 2025 | digitalcommerce360.com | Paul Demery

In 2025, B2B companies face crucial ecommerce technology trends as AI raises the stakes in personalization and customer service, marketplaces continue rapid growth, and data integration challenges increase as buyers demand better omnichannel digital commerce. Dani Jurado, executive vice president, North America, VTEXDani Jurado, executive vice president, North America, at ecommerce technology firm VTEX, expounded on these and other trends in a recent interview.
How US Foods acts on customer feedback to grow ecommerce

Jan 3, 2025 | digitalcommerce360.com | Paul Demery

With over $35 billion in annual sales, US Foods is nearing 100% customer adoption of ecommerce with digital tools designed to ease how chefs and commercial kitchen operators acquire the best mix of ingredients to run their businesses. Gene Carbonara, vice president of ecommerce and digital, says the Rosemont, Illinois-based food products distributor gathers customer feedback to learn how to build out its digital technology to address their most critical needs.
Q&A: How AI helps make anti-fragile supply chains the new normal in 2025

Dec 20, 2024 | digitalcommerce360.com | Paul Demery

Supply chains, ever more complex worldwide, are nonetheless on course to excel at handling whatever disruption comes their way. With innovative use of AI applied to lessons learned from the global market disruptions of recent years, global and domestic supply chains are entering a new era of resiliency.
How B2B companies innovate and disrupt their markets online

Nov 25, 2024 | digitalcommerce360.com | Paul Demery

As B2B ecommerce evolves amid rising competition, B2B players are standing out with new strategies. A new report from Digital Commerce 360, B2B Technology Roadmap & Disruptors in the Industry, shows how B2B companies of all types are discovering new opportunities and the right technology and services to grow them.
Alibaba merges global and domestic ecommerce operations

Nov 21, 2024 | digitalcommerce360.com | Paul Demery

Worldwide ecommerce giant Alibaba Group is doubling down on ecommerce. The China-based company said today it is combining all its domestic and international ecommerce businesses — including the global B2B marketplace Alibaba.com and the world’s largest online retail marketplaces, Taobao.com and Tmall.com — under the Alibaba E-Commerce Business Group in a worldwide effort to build on corporate synergies and bolster Alibaba’s overall sales.
Essendant expands its market reach into Latin America

Nov 20, 2024 | digitalcommerce360.com | Paul Demery

Deerfield, Illinois-based Essendant Inc. is expanding its international market reach with an initial foray into Latin America in partnership with Mercado Libre Inc., an online marketplace company offering more than 30 million products across 18 Latin American countries. David Boone, interim CEO, Essendant Inc.
QXO reportedly offers to buy ecommerce-focused Beacon Roofing Supply

Nov 19, 2024 | digitalcommerce360.com | Paul Demery

QXO Inc., a recent entrant into the building products distribution industry, has made an offer to acquire Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., a publicly traded distributor with a market value of about $6.2 billion, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal citing unnamed sources. Neither company has commented on that report. Acquiring Beacon, however, would fit into QXO’s strategy of growing through digital commerce.
Parts Town names a chief strategy and operations officer

Nov 18, 2024 | digitalcommerce360.com | Paul Demery

Over the past several years, Parts Town Unlimited has boosted its reputation for innovation as a digital company as its sales have surged past $2 billion. Now the food-service and HVAC parts distributor is targeting further innovation-sparked growth with a new chief strategy and operations officer.
Uber Freight invites brokers onto its digital carrier network

Nov 15, 2024 | digitalcommerce360.com | Paul Demery

Brokering freight is difficult, and Uber Freight is out to make it easier and more productive by helping brokers go digital. The online logistics services company this week launched Broker Access, a “capacity-as-a-service” program that lets brokers of all sizes book and execute loads digitally on Uber Freight’s carrier network. “This is an especially challenging time for brokers,” Brooks McMahon, vice president, emerging products and business development, said in a blog post yesterday.
Shopify’s Q3 B2B gross merchandise value surges 145%

Nov 14, 2024 | digitalcommerce360.com | Paul Demery |Harley Finkelstein

In another strong financial period, Shopify Inc. says revenue for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 grew 26% year over year to $2.16 billion as gross merchandise value on its globally deployed ecommerce platform rose 24% to $69.72 billion. We are now beginning to see merchants that are specifically and exclusively B2B wholesale merchants come to Shopify for our B2B product.