On the 11-12 October Bas Godska attended one of the largest e-commerce events in Russia and CIS states. E-commerce Russia & CIS - 2012 Conference produced by Oborot.ru - Russia`s most popular website for e-retailers brought together over 800 top-managers of leading e-commerce companies. Bas was invited to participate in the panel discussion about the current trends in internet marketing together with Jean-No?l Rivasseau (Kameleoon), Katrin Buckenmaier (Travelmenu), Leonid Dovladbegyan (220 Volt), Alexey Buhanov (Ozon.ru) and Vitaliy Panarin (Otto Group Russia). 

On the 24th of July East West Digital News published its international research study on Russian e-commerce. The 316-page research is based on interviews with 80 Russian and international market players, from eBay and DHL to local retailers Ozon.ru and KupiVip.ru.For the first time, international audiences are provided with reliable and precise data on the Russian market, which amounted to just $10.5 billion last year, but could reach some $50 billion before the end of the decade. Bas Godska as a founder of Acrobator.com and an e-commerce expert was one of the main contributors to the study. You are welcome to order the full version of the report on report@ewdn.com

Digital October hosted a series of events with the Geeks on a plane, including the conference Landing Page and Moscow Startup Mixer on the 20th and 22nd of September. The event brought together the best and the boldest English-speaking startups from Russia, so they could meet with the famous Geeks and get feedback from Dave McClure (500 Startups) himself. Bas Godska moderated a digital media panel on one of the conferences Landing Page with the participation of many rapidly growing Russian e-commerce companies.

In the photo: Bas Godska, Dave McClure, Igor Ryabenskiy

E-commerce, one of Russia's fastest growing, but often misunderstood markets, was the subject of a press event on the 14th of September in Moscow, following the release of EWDN's Russian E-Commerce Report. A bevy of experts and investors shared their views with 27 representatives of international and Russian media. Among them was Bas Godska, who noted in his speach a new trend in Russia: "Behavioral data and automation have become more relevant for many Russian internet shops. Customer segmentation, conversion optimization and real time bidding measures are implemented at a faster pace. And indeed, "the guy with the most data wins" if he uses it right!".

 EWDN - the first English-language resource dedicated to Russian IT - is conducting an international study on Russian e-commerce, which reached 320 billion rubles, a little more than $10 billion, last year. Bas Godska is contributing to its full version and it'll be posiible to download it in a meanwhile. For now you can get a free trial Executive Summary, visiting  this link .