[tc_aol_on code=”519360173″] Hello and welcome to Bullish , TechCrunch’s first talk show. This episode matters a bit more to me than usual, as it is the last week that I will host. After an amazing few years at TechCrunch, I’m changing jobs , which will make it ever so slightly harder to come in every week and put on the show.
All that aside, this week we dug into the American ecommerce market, a fine topic as we currently find ourselves deep in the holiday shopping cycle. You’ve probably already spent more money on presents than you wanted, and quite a lot of that online. What’s notable is that, while ecommerce continues to grow quickly, it comprises a relatively modest percentage of aggregate shopping in the United States — just over 7 percent. That figure surprised me. It’s a more than doubling since 2006, but that is only so impressive given the rise of companies like Amazon, and the entrance of well-funded rivals like Jet.com. To help us better understand the future of American ecommerce, we had the CEO of Touch of Modern , Jerry Hum come in. TechCrunch recently covered his company’s financial progress . The male-focused ecommerce company is now generating revenue on an annual pace of over $100 million. Hum was a good enough sport to do some projection work for us, so we have numbers to hold him hostage to. Hit play, and let’s do this one last time.
