The Fashion Network & Ecommerce Club present 'Globalising Your Ecommerce Business'.

For many businesses building and operating a global ecommerce retail operation is a key opportunity to expand their business. To make it work, extensive planning, research and decision-making go into making a global ecommerce platform that generates new and repeat business worldwide. There’s lots to think about from architecture and integration, legal and compliance, customer service, product content, logistics and fulfilment. Join our panel of expertise at this webinar and tap into their knowledge for a successful journey to globalisation.

Speakers so far include:

• Simon Taylor: Non Executive Director at Foursquare Group
• Robin H. Smith: Co-Founder and CEO at VL OMNI
• Michael Sankey: Tax Technology Solutions Manager – EMEA at Avalara
• Olivia Gates: Tax Technology Solutions Manager – EMEA at Avalara
• Divia Patel Smith: International Trade Adviser at Department for International Trade North West

Discussion Topics Include:

• Why go global, the strategic considerations?
• What team do you need in place?
• Managing customs & duties
• Fulfilment & shipping strategies
• Language & cultural differences
• Payments, FX & currency considerations
• 3rd Party Marketplaces
• Tax & legal implications

Speaker Bios:

Simon Taylor: Non Executive Director at Foursquare Group - Simon was a former head of Partnerships at New Look before becoming Director of International at MIM in Paris. (MIM was a former New Look owned business) more recently Simon was Director of partnerships at the Nbrown Group PLC departing in November 2020. He is currently sitting on a number of boards in the capacity of advisor and None Exec Director.

Divia Patel Smith : has been an International Trade Adviser for Department for International Trade for over 17 years and is the lead adviser for Fashion and textiles for the North West region. During this time she has worked with a number of small SME’s to large corporate multinational clients region. Divia has helped clients to develop export strategies, identifying key markets and routes into the markets, providing marketing and international payment advice. Divia also has assisted companies in securing European Funding to help the businesses to trade internationally.