Prof. Dr. Gerrit Heinemann is Professor of Business Administration, Management and Commerce as well as founder and head of the eWeb Research Center at Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences. Professor Heinemann was one of the first academics in Germany to address the topic of online commerce from the perspective of business administration. He has been one of the leading e-commerce researchers for years and is considered one of the most distinguished retail experts in the German-speaking world. He has already published more than 300 specialist articles and numerous specialist books on the topics of the future of retail, digitalisation, e-commerce and online and multi-channel retailing.