Gelato featured in eCommerce FASTLANE podcast
Sell Globally, produce locally: Unlocking the speed, reach and scale of local on-demand production and distribution
Providing a link to more than 130 production hubs across 32 countries, Gelato empowers entrepreneurs, artists, merchants, and creators to produce locally, on-demand customized items such as art, books, and clothing.
In a recent episode of the eCommerce Fastlane Podcast, Gelato founder and CEO, Henrik Müller-Hansen shares how Gelato is transforming global ecommerce. Gelato's model speeds up delivery times and reduces costs, waste, and carbon emissions. By producing orders in the recipient’s country, Gelato manages to cut down on the transportation distances that usually plague ecommerce.
In this episode, you will learn:
The challenges that established brands face when it comes to global platforms.
The importance of sustainability in ecommerce, including reducing transportation distances and the environmental impact of mass-produced products.
How established brands can use Gelato to expand into new verticals and address quality considerations such as delivery time, materials, sustainability, and packaging.
Listen to the full podcast below.
About Gelato
Gelato is a software company on a mission to redefine global manufacturing for people and the planet. Through its network of 150+ local production partners in 32 countries, Gelato provides the operating system for local manufacturing,
GelatoConnect. It consolidates every element of digital print production into a single platform, driving profitable growth, efficiency and control.
GelatoCreate, empowers creators and ecommerce entrepreneurs to reach customers anywhere in the world without the burden of inventory, upfront costs, or long-haul shipping. Orders are automatically routed to local production hubs, ensuring products are made closer to the end customer, reducing costs, transportation distances, and waste caused by overproduction. The result is a more streamlined supply chain and new way of manufacturing and distributing products—better for people and the planet.
Gelato was founded by CEO Henrik Müller-Hansen in 2007 and consists of GelatoConnect, GelatoCreate, and GelatoConsumer, operating under the Optimalprint brand. Backed by Insight Partners, Dawn Capital, SoftBank, and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Gelato is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with 16 offices worldwide, including in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Pakistan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the UK, the US, and Vietnam.
To learn more about Gelato, visit Gelato.com. For career opportunities, visit Gelato’s careers page.
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