Clare Adams Derric Haynie James Gurd

Tech Stack Optimisation. How to do it for Growth and Profits.

A Talk by James Gurd , Derric Haynie and Clare Adams

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About this Talk

There's a LOT of talk about the skill of "Tech Stack Optimisation" at the moment, and the trend of "Tech Stack Consolidation".

But what does it all actually mean for you, the retailer?

And how can you learn from this to find ways to grow store and increase profits?

That's what Chloe and our expert panel will be discussing in this session.

This session is for you if:

• You're eager to understand how to use Tech Stack Optimisation to improve your business

• You want to make to improve company efficiency AND improve customer experience

• You want to cut through the hype and get to the good stuff

Tune in to find out:

• The best ways to optimise your tech stack

• The optimisations everyone else is doing

• How to make it all work for you

What we discussed - so you can dive straight into the replay:

6:00 Complete this sentence… “The best way to improve your tech stack in eCommerce in 2025 is…”

14:00 Internal impacts, and cross-team risk management

18:00 Monitoring tool productivity

21:00 “You can have all the sexy front end tech you like, but if your databases are inadequate you’re not getting the benefits.” 

29:00 “The growth in AI, APIs, and nocode/lowcode solutions are changing the roles of the eCommerce team” 

40:00 Derric's key takeaway - leading to a MACH discussion

50:00 Complete this sentence… “The question I’m getting asked about eCommerce Tech Stack Optimisation the most at the moment is….”

54:00 Do I need to replatform?

56:00 Final thoughts from James and Clare

Our host

The whole session is introduced and moderated by Chloe Thomas, who is sharing her own advice too.

Don't know who Chloe is?

• She's the host of the eCommerce MasterPlan and Keep Optimising Podcasts

• Editor-in-Chief at eCommerce Tech

• She's been in eCommerce for 20 years, including 10 years running a marketing agency

• She's a LinkedIn Retail Top Voice

• And has written 5 bestselling books about eCommerce marketing and success


About The Speakers

James Gurd

James Gurd

Owner & Ecommerce Replatforming Consultant, Digital Juggler

Fractional Ecommerce Director + Ecommerce Strategy + Replatforming Consultant + Host of Inside Commerce Podcast

James Gurd

Derric Haynie

Derric Haynie

ex-ecommerce tech, eCommerce Tech

Helping Commerce Enablement Leaders with their Go-To Market Strategy


Clare Adams

Clare Adams

Chief Growth Officer, Start with Data

Chief Growth Officer at Start with Data | PIM and eCommerce merchandising experts

Clare Adams

Moderators

Chloe Thomas

Chloe Thomas

Podcast Host & Host of the Summit, eCommerce MasterPlan

Award-winning podcast host, bestselling author, and Editor-in-Chief of eCommerce Tech.