Ex-eBay boss Simon Smith to launch online retail consultancy for Quantium

Tim Burrowes

August 9, 2011 6:00

Analytics firm Quantium is looking to capitalise on traditional retailers’ realisation that they need to be online with the creation of a new division focused on helping them make the most of their online data.

Quantium Online is to be headed by former eBay Australia MD Simon Smith.

He said: “The opportunity to help a range of clients use data driven insights to accelerate their growth online is very exciting. Bricks and mortar retailers are quickly looking to respond to the impact of eCommerce on their established operations, and businesses already trading online will need to continually innovate to stay ahead. Online trading generates a large amount of data on consumer behaviour which many firms struggle to use effectively.”

Before his current role, Smith was group GM of the workwear division of Pacific Brands for about a year and a half and before that with the company’s homewares division. Prior to that he was MD of eBay Australia for eight years.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.