Wade Gerten

Retek, Inc. provides end-to-end solution covers all areas of the retail cycle, from understanding the marketplace and consumers, to planning, producing and designing, buying, moving, and selling, through to supporting the retail organization. These retail-specific solutions are available as packaged software, as electronic services or via an ASP model, depending upon the needs of the retailer. It is located in Minneapolis, MN.

8thBridge, Inc. had provided an online platform for digital retail. Its social commerce platform Graphite enabled brands to integrate social commerce into existing channels and supporting systems. The firm had provided social commerce technology that merchants use to create social shopping experiences for customers including websites and mobile applications. The company was founded by Lou Abramowski and Wade Gerten in 2008 and was headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.