Meet Magento India 2022 was everything we expected and more
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The Meet Magento event was a huge hit, full of learnings, experiences, and opportunities. International events like Meet Magento India 2022 bring business professionals from all over the world together, particularly in times of quarantine keeping people isolated and six feet apart. Though we streamed the event online, it didn’t dampen our spirits at all.
You’ve definitely missed out on a lot if you didn’t attend the biggest Magento event of the year. But, we’re not here to make you feel guilty about it. In this article, we’ll take you through the key highlights of different sessions from the best in their field.
Without further ado, let’s get started!
Key highlights from Meet Magento India 2022
Listing down the best of best sessions from Meet Magento India 2022:
Vijay Gilani and Brent Peterson started the event
First off, Vijay Gilani and Brent Peterson kick-started the event. They encouraged people to join the event and gave a sneak peek into the event.
Mr. @Vijaygolani and @brentwpeterson have kick-started the 5th annual @MeetMagentoIN event 2022. Become a part of upcoming sessions with one-on-one lounge meetings, participate in contests, and more.#MM22IN #MeetMagento #Magento pic.twitter.com/mIMhIO8Fys
— CedCommerce 🎯 (@cedcommerce) February 4, 2022
The future of Indian eCommerce
Secondly, we had an astonishing session with Emily Stannard, Senior Customer Success Manager at DotDigital, Matthew Mcclelland, Head of Growth at Dotdigital, and Gurpreet Singh Sr. Manager – Digital at Chessbazaar at Meet Magento India 2022 who talked about the future of Indian eCommerce.
- The Indian eCommerce market is expected to grow by 21.5% and hit $74.8 billion in 2022.
- The online shopper base in India is expected to be the 2nd largest in the world by 2030, with almost 500 to 600 million shoppers.
- The online food delivery market is expected to reach $8 billion by 2022, a growth of 50% from 2020.
Key highlights of the session from Emily Stannard, Matthew Mcclelland, and Gurpreet Singh
All about PWAs and headless stores
Sonal Puri, CEO of Webscale, talked about PWAs and headless stores.
- How Webscale is offering Magento security compliance for Magento and headless stores
- What developers demand from simplifying headless and PWA stores
Ms.@sonalpuri, CEO of Webscale, joined @MeetMagentoIN 2022 and shared insights on what developers are demanding for simplifying the #Headless/PWA stores.#MeetMagentoIndia #MM22IN #MeetMagento #PWA #headlesscommerce #PWAStudio pic.twitter.com/bQhSXAHQNW
— CedCommerce 🎯 (@cedcommerce) February 4, 2022
Sudhanshu Rawat talked about personalization and marketplaces
Then we had Sudhanshu Rawat, Magento Practice Head at McFadyen Digital, who had the following points to share.
- The benefits of a marketplace to brands, sellers, and customers
- How personalization can enhance customer experience
- A look into the user interface of a marketplace, focusing on relationship building and easy navigation
Magento Practice Head at @mcfadyendigital, Sudhanshu Rawat, shared insights on how marketplace benefit customers and suppliers-moving on to how personalization could improve #customerexperience and the look of UX/UI in the future. #OnlineMarketplace @MeetMagentoIN #MeetMagento pic.twitter.com/2Ipf4q1CND
— CedCommerce 🎯 (@cedcommerce) February 4, 2022
Covering the technical aspects, we had Chris Partica
Chris Partica, Product Manager, Integrations at Adobe Commerce, walked us through the following aspects in his session at Meet Magento India 2022.
- Presented a roadmap for GraphQL
- Reasons why investing in headless is worth it in the long run
- Factors to consider when opting for multichannel multi-experience
- The values APIs adds to headless commerce
- Everything you need to know about modern and extensible headless commerce
- Comprehensive ways of leveraging the rich API schema in GraphQL
We have @ChrisPartica, Product Manager, Integrations at @AdobeCommerce, who walked us through why headless is worth investing, API’s value in #headlesscommerce, new improvements to #PWA storefronts, and more.#MM22IN #MeetMagento #PWAStudio @MeetMagentoIN pic.twitter.com/fiTSWLkMNS
— CedCommerce 🎯 (@cedcommerce) February 4, 2022
The most awaited session on multichannel retail strategies
Then, we had Mr. Abhishek Jaiswal, the Co-Founder of CedCommerce, talking about ‘Multichannel retail strategies to scale your D2C eCommerce business.’
- How marketplaces have helped customers in discovering and comparing products
- Benefits of adding a new marketplace to your growth channel
- Retail strategies for multichannel success
- How multichannel and marketplaces will drive sales in the future
- Factors influencing the right choice of marketplace for your business
- The transformation journey of retail
- The difference between traditional retail, direct-to-consumer retail, and multichannel retail
Highlights from Abhishek Jaiswal’s session
Finally, the session we’ve all been excited about! @abhjaiswal27, the Co-Founder of @CedCommerce, shared insights on how to select the right marketplace, the transitional era of the retail sector, & more.#MM22IN #MeetMagentoIndia #Multichannel #D2C #D2Cecommerce @MeetMagentoIN pic.twitter.com/QHl3YcYGtS
— CedCommerce 🎯 (@cedcommerce) February 4, 2022
Different challenges facing Indian service companies
Mahadevan Gopalkrishnan, Director, Payoneer – South Asia Middle East at Payoneer, delivered an extensive session at Meet Magento India 2022, covering the following points.
- Common challenges facing the Indian services companies
- Challenges Indian companies face on export payments
Director, @Payoneer , South Asia Middle East, Mahadevan Gopalkrishnan, delivered a brilliant session, covering common challenges facing Indian companies and emphasizing #painpoints of export #payments . #MM22IN #MeetMagentoIndia @MeetMagentoIN pic.twitter.com/hjiOyQemPq
— CedCommerce 🎯 (@cedcommerce) February 4, 2022
Eye-opening session on digital catalogs
The session from Digital Catalogs at Retail Outlets Boosting Customer Experience & Sales, Kamlesh Sharma, was genuinely insightful.
- Introduction to digital catalogs
- The role of digital catalogs in transforming the shopping experience
- The difference between single, multi, and omnichannel
- Benefits of digital catalogs
- How digital catalogs in retail outlets are boost sales and customer experience
Highlight from Kamlesh Sharma’s session
Emphasizing the importance of meaningful content
Zenul Jinwala, Digital Marketing Head at Krish, had our heads nodding in agreement with the following points.
- The need for creating meaningful content for humans and not search engines
- Personalized messaging; customer-centric experiences
The contests we organized
We also organized a couple of interesting contests. Vijay Golani was one of our participants.
MM22IN Selfie Contest:
-Click your UNIQUE, FUN, OR Virtual selfie with your favorite speaker
-Post it on @MeetMagentoIN
community #Contest https://t.co/Q2Kf0kpYLD or on #Twitter
-Bonus points for awesome captions – Use #MM22IN and tag @MeetMagentoIN @cedcommerce pic.twitter.com/brQQp9iB5e— CedCommerce 🎯 (@cedcommerce) February 4, 2022
My photo with Meet Magento India 2022 setup #MM22IN @MeetMagentoIN @cedcommerce pic.twitter.com/krnjPCaEwV
— Vijay Golani (@Vijaygolani) February 4, 2022
Magento Development Tips/Tricks Contest:
-Submit #programming tips/tricks which are helpful for #Magento Developers to do smart programming and increase work efficiency.
-Post it as a Text, Photo, or Video on Twitter and use hashtag #MM22IN & tag @MeetMagentoIN @cedcommerce. pic.twitter.com/hUU7bK1dId— CedCommerce 🎯 (@cedcommerce) February 4, 2022
Highlights from when our developers joined the event
Fundamental steps to be a debugging detective…great session @swiftotter_joe @MeetMagentoIN #MM22IN #MeetMagento #Magento pic.twitter.com/1Nb0tNMIAb
— Vikalp Saxena (@vikalps) February 4, 2022
Can’t wait to try new open-source tool cum first-ever automated hybrid deployment for #Magento local installation by @GenkinAlfred @MeetMagentoIN #MM22IN #MeetMagento pic.twitter.com/3WvxfNB2d5
— Vikalp Saxena (@vikalps) February 4, 2022
Usage of Compatibility Tool and PHPStrom Plugin for smoother Adobe Commerce Upgrades session by @sergeivaschenko @MeetMagentoIN #MM22IN #MeetMagento #Magento pic.twitter.com/ags43s9rut
— Mallika Verma (@MallikaVerma15) February 4, 2022
Ms. @sonalpuri , CEO of Webscale, joined Meet Magento India 2022 and shared insights on Magento security compliance offered by Webscale for your Magento and headless stores and what developers are demanding in headless stores.@MeetMagentoIN#MM22IN #MeetMagento #Magento pic.twitter.com/BgPKzFVP1k
— Shikha Mishra (@shikhamishra03) February 4, 2022
Becoming an Expert Debugger by following tips given by @swiftotter_joe#MM22IN #magento #meetmagento@MeetMagentoIN
@Magento pic.twitter.com/l5n4F28OLt— Gaurav Agarwal (@gaurava1001) February 4, 2022
Concluding the event
Finally, Vijay Golani and Brent Peterson concluded the event on a high note.
- 26 exhibitors with 2500+ exhibitor visits
- 33 sessions with 5000+ session viewers
- 1000+ attendees with over 13000+ messages exchanged
Mr. @Vijaygolani and @brentwpeterson closed the @MeetMagentoIN 2022 event on a high note. We hope to meet all these extremely exceptional #business professionals in person in the next #MeetMagento.#MM22IN #MeetMagentoIndia #MagentoCommunity pic.twitter.com/m4AxaedBDP
— CedCommerce 🎯 (@cedcommerce) February 4, 2022
As the figures above suggest, the Meet Magento event engaged the business community in a refreshing way. The event brought forward budding and established entrepreneurs to share their experiences and ideas for the future.
We are already looking forward to the next Meet Magento event. But, we hope to meet all of these and other exemplary business professionals in person at Meet Magento India next year.
Tidings from previous years’ Meet Magento India
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