Shopify Japan Co., Ltd. Shopify Japan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter referred to as Shopify), the Japanese subsidiary of the EC platform Shopify, which boasts the No. 1 share in the world, is an event that positions the full-scale implementation of Shopify in Japan on June 27, every year. We held "Unite" as a global conference for the first time in Japan, announced new features to partner companies in Japan, and announced the current state and future prospects of commerce. Unite announces new features focused on promoting sales, reducing work time, and leveraging the Shopify ecosystem to reduce operations for partner companies and businesses. While utilizing it as a tool to create future commerce, we have developed topics that support the retail industry and bring further economic effects to partner companies and businesses. Part 1 "Shopify's Expansion into Japan" ● Opening remarks by Ian Bernie, Ambassador of Canada to Japan ● Greetings from Country Manager Mark Wang of Shopify Japan Co., Ltd. ● Try using Shopify in practice ・ Tabio Co., Ltd. Project under the direct control of the president / Mr. Kazuhiro Takezawa, Head of Business Development, Part 2 "Unite Japan: The Future of Borderless Commerce in Japan and Cross-Border EC" ● How Shopify's new features will change Japan and global commerce ● How to expand your business as a partner (Plus) ● Experiences from Unite participants Part 3 “Partnership: Growing with the Community” ● Keynote by JECCICA ・ Visiting Lecturer of Japan E-Commerce Consultant Association / Takanobu Kono ● Current status and future of cross-border EC ● Trends in Japanese e-commerce from the perspective of Amazon Pay ・ General Manager of Amazon Pay Business Headquarters, Amazon Japan GK / Takuya Inogawa ● Panel discussion by Shopify partners (site construction / app In the first part of the development section, we started with a speech by Ambassador of Canada to Japan, Ian Bernie, and announced the global movement of Shopify Japan and the policy in the Japanese domestic market by country manager Mark Wang. While telling us that the idea of "supporting entrepreneurs and other people who manage their own business" is the first motivation for Shopify, Mr. Takezawa of Tabio Co., Ltd., a partner, said "Shopify". It's a platform that becomes easier to use over time. " In the second part, we will introduce the services that Shopify will develop as a cross-border EC in the future. In addition to the multi-currency payment function and SNS-linked services such as Instagram, we also introduced a consultation desk that responds to the needs and ideas of partners such as the Shopify service marketplace. Nowadays, "Checkoutless Checkout" that creates simple purchasing leads is the mainstream, so I also mentioned the need to make the leads to conversion for consumers as soon as possible. In the third and subsequent parts, I talked about how clothing and apparel transactions will be at the top through comparisons of the EC market and cross-border EC market in each country. Through the stories of people involved in the EC industry, we also mention consumer sentiment in cross-border EC. After that, a panel discussion was held with partners. Based on the experiences of store construction and app development, we will discuss the current situation and future prospects of Shopify, and discuss the difficulties in store construction and app development and what we want to challenge in the future, so that participants can shopify. It was an opportunity to showcase the functionality and potential of. [About Unite] Unite is Shopify's annual global commerce conference, an event that invites engineers and partners from around the world to celebrate business growth together, strengthen the community, and create the future of commerce as a whole. At Unite, at the same time as announcing new features, we will operate the store and provide solutions to problems in commerce as a whole. We shared about the position of Shopify. [About Shopify] Shopify is a cloud-based e-commerce platform that supports multi-channel sales. Easily create, customize, and manage online stores with multiple sales channels such as web, mobile, social media, marketplaces, and physical stores. The platform also has a powerful back office feature for store owners, and it's easy to centrally manage everything you need for online sales with Shopify. Shopify is designed with safety, reliability and ease of scale in mind, with world-class security, unbreakable servers, unlimited product registrations, and enterprises, regardless of business size, from individuals to large corporations. We provide technology. Founded in Canada in 2004, it has supported more than 600,000 stores in approximately 175 countries and is trusted by leading brands such as Google, Nestle, RedBull, Go Go Curry, Tabio and Budweiser.
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