Ecom North | LA Summit
Ecom North LA Summit 2026 — September 17, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA
The Ecom North LA Summit event for entrepreneurs, creators, and ambitious builders, brought you to by Ecom North
🌊 The Next Wave. The emerging trends, tactics, and operating frameworks defining how ecommerce brands scale 7 to 8 figures in 2026 and beyond. Topics include retention, CAC, LTV, profitability, AI-driven tools, omnichannel growth, acquisition, creative strategy, and loyalty.
Ecom North LA Summit is a one-day, application-only e-commerce summit for 6 to 7-figure+ DTC founders and operators. Every speaker is a vetted operator with $1M+ in annual revenue, and every conversation is built for founders scaling from 7 to 8 figures and beyond. If you think in CAC, LTV, retention, and profit this is your room.
🎙️ Speaker lineup (so far)
Bill Hudak — Former VP of Ecom, Dollar Shave Club
Harilaos Skourtis —Founder, HexClad
Heather Marx — Temu, Marketplace & Social-Commerce Strategy
Eric Siu — Founder, Single Grain; host of Marketing School & Leveling Up — on the AI operating system for 10x growth
Michelle Razavi — Founder & CEO, ELAVI; Inc. Female Founders 250
Rytis Lauris — Co-Founder & CEO, Omnisend (Title Sponsor); email & SMS built for ecommerce
Jamil Bhuya — Co-Founder, Otherhalf Studio; founder of BFF and Yellow Beauty
Freya Seeger — Digital Growth Leader, Windsor Store
Norman Chu — Founder/VP, Digital AgenZ & Kahi
Thomas Ma — Founder, Sapphire Studios; $100M+ in TikTok revenue, exited founder
Yiqi Wu — Founder, Aimerce; ex-Meta & Reddit engineer; first-party data for Shopify
Michael Mckerracher — GTM Engineer, the Fountainhead
…& more to be announced 🚀
📅 Programming
Wed, Sept 16 · Speaker & VIP Dinner (kickoff) — 6–9pm
Thurs, Sept 17 · The Summit — 9am-5pm
📍 Location
City Market Social House — 1145 San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
An open-air venue with a main stage, breakout areas, and sponsor lounges. Food trucks on-site for lunch, brand activations throughout.
✅ Why you should attend
Build a high-signal network of $1M–$100M+ DTC founders — not a trade-show crowd
Get tactical on what's actually working now: retention, CAC, LTV, and profitable scaling
Learn the AI tools and workflows reshaping ecommerce operations
Hear real 7-to-8-figure (and 8-to-9-figure) growth stories from operators who've done it
Master acquisition, creative strategy, loyalty, and omnichannel growth
Make the connection that becomes your next partner, hire, or investor
🎤 What to expect
💡 Insightful Keynotes — powerful talks from founders and operators on building, scaling, and sustaining profitable DTC brands.
🛠️ Interactive Sessions — tactical panels and intimate fireside chats where top operators share the lessons and frameworks that move the needle.
🤝 Curated Connections — an application-only room of sharp founders and operators, built for real operator-to-operator conversations (not pitches).
🎉 Outdoor Energy & Surprises — food trucks, brand activations, a VIP dinner the night before.
👋 About Ecom North
Ecom North is North America's fast-growing e-commerce community, built by founders, for founders. Our conference series runs across LA, Toronto, Singapore bringing together DTC founders, operators, ecommerce leaders, investors, and partners for practical conversations, curated networking, and real growth strategy.
We're not a trade show. We're a community of $1M–$100M+ brands focused on candid, operator-to-operator learning, the kind of room we wished existed when we were scaling our own brands.
🙋 Who it's for
DTC founders and operators doing $1M+ in annual revenue
Brands scaling on Shopify and beyond
Growth, retention, and marketing leaders
Brand owners scaling from 6 to 8 figures
Investors and partners supporting ecommerce brands
🤝 Title Sponsor: Omnisend — the email & SMS marketing platform built specifically for ecommerce, helping merchants market like the giants.
More questions? Email us at [email protected].