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Founder & senior project manager
John is the project manager behind e-commerce successes such as NA-KD.com, Lyko.com and Coop.no's online grocery business. Alongside leading some of the Nordic region's most talked-about e-commerce projects, he has driven the product development of two separate frameworks on Episerver/Optimizely Commerce and commercetools. With more than 20 years of experience in software development, e-commerce project management, and organisational change, combined with an exceptional feel for building effective teams, John is an asset to any company that wants something more from its e-commerce operation.
Articles by John · 17
Finding great developers in today's market is a challenge, everyone is busy and rates are high, but where do you even start looking? I sat down and put together 3 different strategies for casting as wide a net as possible.
One thing I have been told over the years is that I often manage to put together good teams, teams that are efficient, that deliver, and that enjoy working together. What is the secret to building a team like that, and how do you do it?
The vendor of a new e-commerce system will hopefully ask you a few fundamental questions, and here are some tips on what you can prepare answers for to make the conversation better and give everyone a good chance to be relevant. Who knows, you might gain a few insights yourself along the way.
If you run both e-commerce and physical stores, there are a few relatively simple things you can do to connect the stores with your online business. It creates an omnichannel experience for the end customer, and promoting e-commerce in stores or the other way around creates synergies that can lift overall revenue.
At Commerce Mind we have talked to a few industry figures, and every day this week we will share their thoughts and ours on Black Friday. Follow along as we bring you takes and tips from Alexandra Dornérus (Head of Business Development, Ellos), Anders Halvarsson (CEO, Scandinavian Photo), André Ihlar (Online Sales Manager, Lyko), Andrew Golrang (Product Director, Voyado), Johanna Linder, Charlotte Elmquist and Anders Urhed (Proflow), and Victor Melander (Head of Communications, Instabox).
What even is an e-commerce project? The definition can be quite broad. It might be a platform replacement or entirely new functionality on the site, or replacing your logistics, or outsourcing customer service. In short, almost anything can be an e-commerce project. Let us for the moment just agree that your project in some way involves and affects your e-commerce.
Time and again I have seen e-commerce companies enter a platform replacement project completely unprepared for the most fundamental questions, which leads to problems in kick-off, execution and end result: time, quality and cost. Here are a few tips based on many years of experience running e-commerce platform migrations.
Is there anything that actually works somewhere? Probably, but does it work for everyone? No. Here is a short rant on the current state of the e-commerce systems landscape, written with a wink.
