Digital Commerce Next

In this episode of Digital Commerce Next, we discuss several hot topics as well as conduct a very special interview Craig Sheilds, VP of eCommerce at Jewelry Television (JTV).  The lineup includes: • Urban format stores- Target and other retailers are opening smaller footprint stores in downtown locations.  We discuss why brick-and-mortar retailers are doing this and if we can expect to see more of these type of stores in the future. • On-Demand Shipping Services  - The newest frontier in digital commerce seems to be on-demand same day shipping services.  Several start-ups as well as established players have launched services that will deliver products to shoppers to their homes on the same day they order them and in some cases, within the hour.  We discuss what it means for the vendors offering these services, consumers and the opportunity for retailers. • Square partners with Starbucks-  Square and Starbucks announced a partnership where Square wil