How will the consumers of the future discover the brands they love and buy? As a follow up to my recent Forbes article on the matter and Alpaca’s forthcoming Brand Discovery Report due out this month, we kicked off the year with a virtual panel digging into that very question…

Investigating the current and future state of global e-commerce supply chains. This post is part of a five-part Field Study by Alpaca exploring the current state of global e-commerce supply chains and the opportunities we see ahead. New to the series? Start here to read the complete study. Over the last year, our Field Study on the Global E-Commerce Supply Chain…

Investigating the current and future state of global e-commerce supply chains. This post is part of a five-part Field Study by Alpaca exploring the current state of global e-commerce supply chains and the opportunities we see ahead. New to the series? Start here to read the complete study. I recently spotted this on Twitter, and I couldn’t help but find it…

Authors: Aubrie Pagano and Alejandro Safdie Our exploration into decentralized autonomous organizations, on-chain organizations, and the tooling that powers them Web3 has given us a lot to talk about over the past couple of years. One of the hottest topics to occupy media and popular mindshare was Decentralized Autonomous Organizations…

During the pandemic, we began to see how fragile our global supply chain was. That set us off on a Global Supply Chain deep dive, where we uncovered several key issues surrounding shortages, replenishment, returns, secondary sourcing, transportation in the first and last miles, and cross-border fulfillment. What commonly tied…

Authors: Aubrie Pagano and Stefano Gabella During the summer of 2022, the severe droughts and heatwaves affecting virtually all corners of the world served as a stark reminder of the effects of climate change. While climate change itself has become a norm of global proportions, here’s what is surprising: With…

Investigating the current state and future of global e-commerce supply chains Buon Giorno dall’Italia! It took some time to get Part 3 written this summer (see Part 1 and Part 2), but now I am sipping espresso in my family’s house on the Amalfi Coast thinking about a supply chain…

Investigating the current state and future of global e-commerce supply chains. Read Part 1 here. I was visiting friends in the Finger Lakes region of New York this past weekend, which famously housed Mark Twain, Harriet Tubman, and the Erie Canal. Built in 1825 for $7.1M, the largest public works…

Investigating the current state and future of global e-commerce supply chains If I told you that this Field Study was completed over a year ago in May 2021, would you believe that the key takeaways are truer today than they were then? As I wrote about at the beginning of…