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Industry Veteran Ray Shikatani Steps In as Ross Amyot Retires

November 24, 2021 – Juniper has announced the hiring of Ray Shikatani, a 30-year veteran of Canada’s gift and home B2B industry, as its new Country Manager for Canada. This new role, which blends responsibilities formerly held by Ross Amyot – who retires after nearly 50 years in the industry – with new elements specific to development of omnichannel business-to-business opportunities, is effective immediately.

Juniper today announced the appointment of Justin Jackson as Chief Revenue Officer with responsibility for helping customers optimize and expand their use of the Juniper platform to grow their business and expand their customer base. Jackson, a specialist in driving growth through sales leadership and customer collaboration, will oversee Juniper’s Sales and Customer Success teams reporting directly to Bill Furlong, Juniper CEO.

With just weeks until the launch of JuniperMarket, a new B2B e-commerce marketplace powered by International Market Centers (IMC), the in-house team is working around the clock to onboard tens of thousands of SKUs per day from industry-leading gift, home and lifestyle sellers, and to accommodate the growing pipeline of brands eager to join the platform.

September 9, 2021 — Juniper by IMC has launched the JuniperCommerce blog for sharing news and information with the gift, home and apparel industries. With subject matter covering news, tips and trends, the blog will inform and engage wholesale industry sellers on a regular basis. To subscribe, visit https://www.junipercommerce.com/blog.