Social ecommerce specialist Dotbox has an excellent report on their blog: Industry pioneers discuss what “social commerce” means to the future of retail.
See also Melissa Hall's recap on StartupFashion.com.
The 3rd Social Retail Summit is on the calendar for July 26, coinciding with Nolcha's Independent Retailer Month.


Richard Guest is President of Tribal DDB's US operations and works with clients including Diageo, Johnson & Johnson, Hiscox, H&R Block, Merck and NBCUniversal.
Aliza Freud is the founder and CEO of SheSpeaks and the newly launched Cravebox, that help women discover, try and share products.
Marcus Whitney is the co-founder and CTO of Moontoast, the first social commerce platform that is socially distributable and facilitates engagement and monetization of fans and followers.
Andrew Ferenci was the co-founder and CEO of social commerce and analytics platform Spinback, acquired by Buddy Media in May 2011. Ferenci is now director of product development at Buddy Media.
Ashley John Heather is co-founder and CEO of dotbox, a New York-based agency that builds next-generation digital experiences at the intersection of ecommerce & social media.
Doug Stephens is a retail industry futurist who has worked for brands including Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Benjamin Moore and TD Bank.
Michelle Crames is founder and CEO of SkuLoop, a technology solution that empowers retailers to create promotions on their own terms.
Ryan O'Donnell is the co-founder of Let's Gift It, a social gifting platform. Prior Ryan held management positions at Right Media and Yahoo!
Bo Fishback is the Founder and CEO of Zaarly, a location-based, real-time commerce platform. Zaarly enables people to ask for anything from people nearby.
Matt Edelman is the CEO of ThisNext, the leading publisher of social shopping resources for women, operating the websites ThisNext, StyleHive and StyleDiary.
Divya Gugnani is co-founder and CEO of Send the Trend, which offers curated fashion accessories for women online.
Joshua Dern is co-founder and CEO of Reqoop, a new kind of fashion magazine, curated by users while they shop.
Kimberly Skelton is co-founder of Have to Have, a social commerce platform that is designed to save shoppers time and money.
Zoe Nightingale is the co-founder of The Monocle Order, a membership club for designer eyewear that integrates e-commerce, event marketing, and pop-up stores into a unified operation.
Rick Weinstein is VP Merchandising, Sales and Marketing at Searle, a half century old Madison Avenue retailer, designer and e-tailer.
Alexis Fenton is the CMO of Independent Retailer Month, an intitiative fom Nolcha, a promotional, events and retail platform specializing in independent fashion designers.











