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Al Gerrie

Founder and CEO, ZigZag Global. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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In 2015, Gerrie founded ZigZag Global, a SaaS returns-management platform connecting global retailers to a warehouse and carrier network. Prior to ZigZag, he accumulated over two decades of retail logistics experience, holding e-commerce and multichannel leadership roles at Mountain Warehouse, Office Shoes, and We Are Pentagon.

1shows
1appearances
15statements
4resolved
3supported
0contradicted
75%fully supported

Everything Al Gerrie said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gerrie: ZigZag acquires customers for under 10% of annual contract value
“Less than 10%.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 14:28 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Gerrie: E-commerce return rates reach 25% in UK, 70% in Germany
“In somewhere like the UK that rates about 25% in Germany, There might be 70% returns rate,”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 6:22 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
Gerrie: E-commerce shoppers now routinely buy six items and return four
“Customer expectation has changed over the last few years from what was normal to maybe return a couple of items. Now it's normal to buy five or six items and return three or four.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 10:10 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Gerrie: Maersk has invested in ZigZag and joined its board
“So Maersk have invested in in Zigzag and also joined, joined the board as well.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 15:26 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Gerrie: ZigZag works with Topshop, Selfridges, Superdry, Gant
“And we're working with a number of different both national and international retailers like Topshop, Selfridges, Superdry, Gantt.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 3:02 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gerrie: 30% of ZigZag revenue is recurring SaaS subscriptions
“The majority of our revenue is in transaction fees as we're growing every month with the more fees that we do. But about 30% of what we do is recurring.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 3:52 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Gerrie: ZigZag has raised over £5M in total funding
“So we've raised over five million today.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 8:11 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Gerrie: ZigZag is totally asset-light with zero warehouses or vehicles
“We're totally asset light. So we don't own any vehicles. We don't own any warehouses. We're not a carrier.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 8:24 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Gerrie: ZigZag uses under five sales reps, relying on carrier resellers
“So, we've got less than five sales reps, so we are quite light in, in that respect, and we work with partners, so, so we'll, we'll plug into somebody like DHL or Skynet, for instance, various large carriers. And leverage our technology and allow our partners t…”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 8:56 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gerrie: ZigZag achieves 30% to 40% annual customer expansion revenue
“It's about 30 to 40%.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 12:46 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gerrie: ZigZag retailers onboard in an hour to two weeks
“Technical onboarding takes anything from an hour to a couple of weeks, depending on the size of the retailer. So it can be very quick to get a retailer live and they're transactional within the first month.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 14:02 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Gerrie: ZigZag revenue peaks a month after Black Friday
“Black Friday, obviously we will get the peak of Black Friday a month later because that's when people are returning.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 20:32 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Partly supported
Gerrie: Fashion has highest return rate in retail
“Fashion has the highest returns. Percentage of all types of retail.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 2:57 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gerrie: ZigZag has roughly 100 total enterprise and retail customers
“You know, we've got about a hundred customers in total, but there are four different sizes.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 5:14 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Gerrie: ZigZag spent around £1M building its MVP before launch
“I guess the region of a million pounds.”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 7:37 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Al's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

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