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Press Release Spring 2015

10th April 2015 by eCommerce Expo

Top eCommerce Experts will give insight into all they know at eCommerce Expo Ireland Due to popular demand, a second Irish eCommerce Expo will be held on April 21st 2015 at the Crowne Plaza in Dublin Northwood. Hear from Irish online retailers who have been through it all and learn from their experience. Understand how they overcame the challenges both expected and unknown. The Expo is organised as a series of learning seminars featuring over 15 speakers and 25 exhibiting companies all of whom are available for one on one mentoring sessions. There will also be a roundtable discussion at the close of the expo featuring high profile CEOs including Blaine Callard from Harvey Norman.  The roundtable discussions will take the form of a Q&A. This year, the eCommerce Expo has arranged for even more speakers than before and will provide more one on one mentoring sessions, technical talks, networking and interaction than at the previous Expo which was the first of its kind here in Ireland. Speakers will be discussing how best to approach critical areas of eCommerce for start-ups as well as established online businesses, giving attendees an insight into how they can navigate the growing eCommerce wave taking over Ireland.

The presentations will include the following subjects:

  • Sales Conversion Optimisation
  • Personalisation strategies
  • How to Maximise revenue
  • Utilising real time data
  • Vendor and platform selection
  • Digital Marketing
  • Customer service
  • Shipping and logistics
  • Fulfilment
  • International selling and payments
  • VAT and tax implications

The Speaker list this year includes eCommerce professionals from Google, Life Style Sports, Arnotts, Practicology, Taxback International and more! To view a full list of speakers, click here. The list of Exhibiting Companies include Google, Salesforce, Elavon, The Irish Internet Association, and Buy4Now Technology Group. For a full list of the 25 confirmed exhibitors click here. According to a study conducted by Digitaltimes.ie, in 2014, the Irish and people living in Ireland spend €8.5 million a day online on goods with retailers in other countries. Put simply, Irish retailers and businesses have not got to grips with selling online, or online marketing. The Ecommerce Expo will run from 8:00am until 5.30pm with breakfast and lunch included. The event will start and finish with networking sessions.

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Tickets are available for sale here, use discount code ECOMEXPO2015 for €50 off your ticket. The eCommerce Expo is organised by the eCommerce Partner Network Europe (EPNE), a network of Irish eCommerce companies and experts who advise Retailers on best practices.  Their aim is to provide a knowledge resource to anyone looking to sell online in Ireland and also how make the most of commercial opportunities within the rest of Europe. Follow @Ecommerce_Expo on Twitter and on Linkedin to receive the latest updates about the expo!