ChannelAdvisor Announces Second Annual Marathon UK Conference
Marathon UK Addresses Planning and Implementing a Multi-Channel Online Strategy
Research Triangle Park, NC and London, United Kingdom– March 07, 2006 – ChannelAdvisor, the leading provider of channel management solutions (CMS), announced today they will host the second annual ChannelAdvisor Marathon UK Conference on April 5th at the Swissotel The Howard in Central London. The invitation-only event will bring together leading Platinum and Titanium eBay sellers, representatives from eBay, PayPal, Shopping.com, Kelkoo and Shopzilla.com to discuss best practices during a full day of intense face-to-face discussions, educational sessions and exciting ‘case study’ presentations. Featured speakers and topics include:
- Matthew Hardcastle, Head of Customer and Brand Development, eBay UK on “eBay – New Trends”
- Carl-Olav Schieble, Head of Merchant Services, PayPal Europe Ltd on “PayPal Update”
- Andrew Rowson, Managing Director, Tow Equipe Ltd on “How to Implement a Winning Multi-Channel Strategy”
- Mark Guymer, Managing Director UK at Shopping.com, Martin Connolly, Head of Sales Europe at Shopzilla and Bruce Fair, Commercial Director at Kelkoo will participate in the “Shopping Comparison Engine Panel”
- Jennifer Gibson, General Manager International, ChannelAdvisor Europe on “ChannelAdvisor Vision”
- Kevin McCarthy, Vice President of Search, ChannelAdvisor Corporation on “Search Engine Marketing”
Customer Best Practices
More than 75 attendees will share best practices through excellent networking opportunities and discuss how they have used online channels and ChannelAdvisor’s technology and services to grow their online businesses.
Expert Roundtables
In addition to the conference presentations there will also be Expert Roundtables available for attendees to discuss and gather information from ChannelAdvisor partners and employees. Topics will include:
- Implementing a Multi-Channel Strategy
- International Expansion
- Legal Implications of Selling Online
- Advanced Listing Strategies to Drive Sales and Reduce Fees
“At the second annual Marathon UK Conference Platinum and Titanium eBay Powersellers will discuss benefits and challenges for growing businesses selling on the Web’s leading marketplaces,” says Jennifer Gibson, General Manager, International of ChannelAdvisor. “There is simply no other event where attendees can learn how small businesses and top UK eBay sellers succeed, and they can interact one-on-one with representatives from the leading online marketplaces and shopping engines.”
“As a Titanium Powerseller we were running at maximum capacity - there was no way of growing the business without taking on new staff and new office space”, says Graham Field, Operations Manager, Stack m High Ltd. “ChannelAdvisor’s Merchant platform has changed all that in just 4 weeks to the extent that we now have excess capacity. We’re looking forward to learning more about how to increase revenues by developing our multi-channel strategy throughout 2006.”
The full day conference will be held at the Swissotel The Howard in Central London. For more information or to register for the conference, please visit http://www.channeladvisor.com/marathonuk/. The deadline for registration is Monday, March 27th and space is limited so register today.
About ChannelAdvisor Corporation
ChannelAdvisor Corporation provides technology and services that enable leading online retailers to maximize their products across multiple e-commerce marketplaces such as eBay, Amazon.com and Overstock.com, comparison shopping engines such as Shopping.com, Shopzilla, Nextag and Google Product Search and search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and MSN. In 2006, ChannelAdvisor managed over $1.6 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) on behalf of its customers. ChannelAdvisor solutions combine best practices, on-demand software and integration technology to help retailers sell more products, faster, by automating labor-intensive, manual functions so they spend less time optimizing campaigns and more time solving marketing and business issues. ChannelAdvisor's customers include, GSI Commerce, Sears, Brookstone, Abebooks and Motorola. ChannelAdvisor Corporation is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC with offices in Seattle, the United Kingdom and Germany. For more information, visit http://www.channeladvisor.com/.
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