Commerce

Commerce

Agent-ready experiences, powered by data and AI, turn every interaction into measurable conversion.

Commerce is no longer a destination. It’s a set of moments that happen wherever attention lives. While owned web journeys and physical stores still matter, they’re now joined by a growing mix of marketplaces, social platforms, influencers, apps and conversational assistants. 

 

The challenge for brands is knowing how to win across all of them, while strengthening the experiences they own and control. 

 

At Empathy Lab, we help you design, build, and run commerce as an integrated growth system. Seamlessly connecting transactions with marketing, loyalty and media.

 

Our solutions include ‘web channel recharge’ programs that turn owned channels into loyalty-led content hubs, composable commerce builds that reduce cost of change, AI-powered content supply chains, and shopping assistants.

We define the high‑value use cases (e.g. product discovery, guided selling, service, post‑purchase) and map which data, APIs, and integrations are required to deliver them. 
 
We then build the experience layer, personas, conversation patterns, and multimodal UX, alongside the engineering foundation (retrieval, product knowledge, offers, and orchestration). Critically, we design for transparency and human‑in‑the‑loop governance so customers stay in control and organizations stay compliant.

We help brands activate social and shoppable media as real revenue channels, not just awareness. That includes social commerce operating models, partner and marketplace integration, and content patterns that convert (short‑form video, live, creator collabs).

Under the hood, we connect these experiences to the marketing stack, catalog, pricing/promo, and fulfillment. From exposure to transaction, everything is measurable, and optimizable.

We reflect what makes your brand worth choosing, from category navigation and merchandizing to subscription, service, and care journeys.  

Using research and experimentation, we build experience systems that instantly adapt to context, channel, intent, loyalty status, inventory, and margin constraints, so customers get relevance without losing consistency. The result is stronger conversion and retention, plus a cleaner path to personalization at scale.

We help you develop loyalty strategy and program design, subscription models, delivery and returns optimization, and post‑purchase communications that reduce support load while improving satisfaction.

We connect operational signals (inventory, shipment status, service outcomes) to customer experience and marketing automation so you can proactively manage exceptions, protect margin and build trust. 

We help you unify customer, catalog, and operational data into governed, real‑time assets you can act on. This power personalization, merchandising, forecasting, and automation.

Visibility in an AI‑mediated world will depend on better product data, taxonomies and content quality. Assets include PIM/DAM and content governance, identity and consent patterns, data products, and analytics foundations that reduce silos and improve decision velocity. 

With the right data foundation, you can scale AI safely, so models are more accurate, automation is reliable, and insights are trusted.

"We help you prioritize the investments that drive ROI, modernize the platform and integration ecosystem behind your experiences, and build the data and content foundations that make you discoverable and trustworthy to humans and AI. 


Whatever your needs, we move you toward an agent-ready future, with governance, security, and human control designed in from day one."

Irina Yurevich

VP, Head of Consumer & Services, North America

Rapid Activation of Composable E-commerce (RACE) 

 

A fast‑track path for enterprise teams looking to launch or modernize D2C quickly. Built on commercetools, RACE can deliver a new commerce channel in as little as eight weeks, getting you to market fast without compromising future flexibility.

B2B(2C) Commerce Orchestrator

 

Accelerate B2B revenue growth by extending commercetools’ B2B capabilities to fit your strategy, improving functionality, reducing friction for buyers, and speeding the path to revenue.

Paul McCormick
Head of Digital Business, London

Paul is a strategy consultant with a 20-year track record in digital and data transformations across sectors.

Irina Yurevich
VP, Head of Consumer & Services, North America

Irina heads Consumer & Services at Empathy Lab, translating AI, commerce, and data strategy into growth for leading brands.

Kim Tielen
Manager in Digital, Amsterdam

Kim is a seasoned e-business specialist in the digital industry with expertise in program management, delivery management, project management and account management. Throughout her career, she has consistently demonstrated her ability to thrive in fast-paced environments and build meaningful relationships. With a sharp eye for detail and a commitment to precision, she always seeks out lasting solutions and maintains a solid, controlled approach to her work. Whether she's working independently or as part of a team, she always strives to be reliable, sharp, and smiling.

Rob Hoekman
Creative Digital Technologist, Amsterdam

Rob has worked in digital technology for over 20 years. He uses his strong engineering and design background to shape adaptive digital architectures for clients in consumer packed goods & retail that unlock avenues for growth. Jazzed about the convergence of real-time data, immersive experiences and compelling services powering the platforms of the future, he’s keen to paint and pave the paths that make these real. Outside of work, he attempts electronic side-projects, and writes about AI/ML & gen AI in relation to art history and creativity.

Nicolas Borgis
Senior Director, Digital Engagement, Paris

Nicolas leads digital transformation and strategy at EPAM France, specializing in data governance and emerging technologies.

Ksenia Sartori
Digital Engagement Consultant, Amsterdam

Ksenia Sartori is a results-driven brand marketer with 15 years of experience translating consumer insights into growth and impactful brand experiences.

Alexey Kozhemiakin
Technologist, Amsterdam

Alexey connects data, AI, and commerce to create smarter, scalable systems that shape the future of digital experiences.

Geoffrey Parsons
Senior Director, Retail & Consumer Experience Consulting, Amsterdam

Geoffrey drives value through omnichannel strategies, e-commerce transformation, and innovation, delivering tangible impact in retail and consumer goods.

Alex van Gestel
Vice President & Head of Consumer Products, London

Alex van Gestel is a global marketer and digital business leader with over 25 years experience fueling strategic growth, tech transformation and creative innovation. 

 

As VP and Head of Consumer Products at EPAM, he guides commercial operations, industry consulting, business transformation and digital product delivery across EMEA. His expertise spans marketing, media, commerce, data and AI, and he’s built high-performing teams within client organisations as well as top agencies and consultancies. 

 

Focused on expanding and deepening capabilities across UX/UI, digital media, loyalty, GenAI and Web3, Alex helps consumer brands navigate an ever-evolving digital landscape, turning insights into strategic participation platforms that truly resonate.

Our commerce capabilities span the value chain, from supply chain and strategic revenue management (SRM) to customer experience and service:

Commerce strategy & business design

North Star vision, ROI/value modelling, operating model, and phased roadmaps.

Business‑driven channel strategy

Decide where to differentiate vs where to buy/partner; ‘web channel recharge’ plays.

Experience & service design

Research, journey mapping, service blueprints, design systems.

Composable commerce engineering

Platform selection and implementation (D2C/B2B), API-first integration, performance.

Shoppable media, marketplaces & retail media

Channel activation, partner integrations, measurement from exposure-to-transaction.

AI-first content supply chain

Product content at scale, localization, governance, and LLM/agent discoverability.

Data foundations

Catalog and customer data products, identity & consent, taxonomy/vocabulary, real-time decisioning.

Personalization, pricing & promotions

Experimentation , rules + ML, margin-aware offers.

Post‑purchase & fulfillment experience

OMS/returns/service integration, subscriptions, customer comms.

Trust, security & compliance for AI

Human-in-the-loop, transparency, auditability, and control.

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