The Jason & Scot Show - E-Commerce And Retail News

The Jason & Scot Show - E-Commerce And Retail News

EP202b - Cyber 5 Recap with Adobe’s Taylor Schreiner (audio repaired)

Dec 5 • 36 min

Reuploaded Episode with Repaired Audio Taylor Schreiner is the Director of Adobe Digital Insights. He uses Adobe’s data to give us a recap of the Cyber 5 (the five shopping days from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, this year Nov 29 - Dec 2).

EP202 - Cyber 5 Recap with Adobe’s Taylor Schreiner

Dec 4 • 36 min

Taylor Schreiner is the Director of Adobe Digital Insights. He uses Adobe’s data to give us a recap of the Cyber 5 (the five shopping days from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, this year Nov 29 - Dec 2).

EP201 - Cyber5 2019 Hot Take

Dec 3 • 29 min

Cyber 5 is the five shopping days from Black Friday through Cyber Monday (this year Nov 29 - Dec 2). This is a hot-take of the retail and online results for this all important shopping period.

EP200 - Walmart Chief Customer Officer Janey Whiteside

Nov 26 • 68 min

Episode 200 is our 4 year anniversary, featuring an interview with Janey Whiteside, EVP and Chief Customer Officer at Walmart.

EP199 - Dreamforce and Retail Earnings

Nov 21 • 54 min

2019 Dreamforce Conference as well as this weeks news including Walmart and Target earnings reports, PayPal acquiring Honey, and Amazon Grocery.

EP198 - Holiday Forecasts

Nov 12 • 57 min

2019 holiday forecasts, store visits to Nordstrom NYC Flagship, Macy’s Holiday Story, Starbucks Pickup Online, Showfields, Remodeled Amazon Books, and industry news.

EP197 - Personalization Deep Dive

Nov 7 • 62 min

This episode is a deep dive into Personalization. Definition and Level Setting Best Commerce Practices Future Opportunities Conclusion and Recommendations

EP196 - Apple Flagship, News, and Listener Questions

Nov 4 • 66 min

A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. Episode 1946 covers a visit to Apple’s new flagship on 5th Ave in NYC, recent industry news, and listener questions.

EP195 - Coca-Cola VP of Shopper Marketing April Carlisle

Oct 31 • 45 min

April Carlisle, VP of Shopper Marketing National Retail Sales, The Coca-Cola Company. In this broad-ranging interview, we discuss Coca-Cola’s digital footprint and strategy, digital shopper marketing, the evolution of e-commerce for consumables and…

EP194 - Amazon Q3 2019 Earnings and News

Oct 25 • 45 min

A recap of Amazon’s Q3 2019 earnings report and recent Amazon News.

EP193 - Hershey’s CDO Doug Straton

Oct 23 • 49 min

Doug Straton, Chief Digital Officer at The Hershey Company. In this broad-ranging interview, we discuss Hershey’s digital footprint, the challenges of temperature-sensitive products, incumbents versus challenger brands, Amazon, Hershey’s data strategy,…

EP192 - Macy’s VP of Innovation Parinda Muley

Oct 17 • 35 min

Parinda Muley (@parinda), the VP of Innovation and Business Development at Macy’s. In this broad-ranging interview, we discuss a number of Macy’s innovation initiatives including ThredUp, Macy’s Market @ Macy’s, B8ta, Story, and Style Crew. We also talk…

EP191 - UNTUCKit Chief Digital Officer Lockie Andrews

Oct 10 • 36 min

Lockie Andrews is the Chief Digital Officer of UNTUCKit (@untuckit). In this broad-ranging interview, we discuss UNTUCKit origin, Omni-Channel strategy, customer acquisition, Amazon, and challenges and opportunities of scaling a direct to consumer…

EP190 - Marketplaces Deep Dive

Oct 4 • 58 min

This episode is a deep dive into Marketplaces. Background Product Marketplaces Today Trends in Product Marketplaces Trends in Non-Product Marketplaces Recommended Resources Action Items

EP189 - Code Commerce and Grocery Shop

Sep 27 • 51 min

A recap of the Code Commerce and GroceryShop tradeshows, as well as some industry news.

EP188 - CarMax CMO Jim Lyski

Sep 20 • 38 min

Jim Lyski is the CMO of CarMax. In this broad-ranging interview, we discuss the keynote Jim delivered at EtailEast, “CarMax Goes All-In On Omni-Channel: Building, Scaling And Deploying With Speed”, as well as discussing the digital disruption of the…

EP187 - Euromonitor Michelle Evans - Commerce 2040

Sep 12 • 49 min

Michelle Evans (@mevans14) is the Senior Head of Global Digital Consumer Research at Euromonitor Intl. She recently published a new report, “Commerce 2040: Revolutionary Tech Will Boost Consumer Engagement.”

EP186 - BottleKeeper CEO Adam Callinan

Sep 5 • 49 min

Adam Callinan is the co-founder and CEO of Bottlekeeper (@thebottlekeeper). In this broad-ranging interview, we discuss Bottlekeepers origin, their experience on Shark Tank, Amazon strategy, protecting intellectual property, and challenges and…

EP185 - Birchbox Chief Customer Officer Amanda Tolleson

Aug 27 • 44 min

Amanda Tolleson, the Chief Customer Officer at Birchbox. In this broad-ranging interview, we discuss Birchbox’s core business, their price increase, their personalization strategy, and their new partnership with Walgreens.

EP184 - Tapestry CDO Noam Paransky

Aug 21 • 46 min

Noam Paransky is the Chief Digital Officer at Tapestry, the parent company of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. In this broad ranging interview we discuss Tapestry’s vision for a Global Digital Experience, some of the challenges with global…

EP183 - Jason Del Rey Land of The Giants Podcast

Aug 12 • 63 min

We catch up with Jason Del Rey (@DelRey) Senior Correspondent, Commerce at Recode. Jason was last on episode 67. We discuss some recent industry events and get update on this two big projects: Code Commerce September 9 and 10, in New York City. Land of…

EP182 - Amazon Q2 Earnings and News

Aug 5 • 55 min

We discuss Amazon’s 2019 Q2 Earnings report as well as some industry news.

EP181 -‘Think Like Amazon’ Author John Rossman

Jul 29 • 61 min

John Rossman is a former Amazon executive who helped launched and scale the Amazon Marketplace, and he’s the author of “Think Like Amazon: 50 1/2 Ideas to Become a Digital Leader”.In this wide ranging interview we cover some of the 50 ideas from the book…

EP180 - Deloitte’s Kasey Lobaugh, Surprising Consumer Changes

Jul 4 • 59 min

Kasey Lobaugh, Chief Retail Innovation Officer at Deloitte is back discussing his latest research “The consumer is changing, but perhaps not how you think.”

EP179 - Edge Ascential VP Chris Perry

Jun 28 • 66 min

Chris Perry is the Vice President of Global Executive Education for Edge by Ascential. Topics covered: Digitally Native Brands Brands Going Direct Crazy things CGP executives say Amazon

EP178 - Chewy IPO and Listener Questions Part 2

Jun 20 • 75 min

discussion of the Chewy IPO, as well as Part 2 of Listener Questions.

EP177 - Internet Trends 2019 and Listener Questions Part 1

Jun 17 • 66 min

A recap of Code Conference and Mary Meekers Internet Trends 2019 Presentation, as well as Part 1 of Listener Questions.

EP176 - Tuft & Needle Co-Founder JT Marino

Jun 4 • 46 min

Tuft & Needle (@tuftandneedle) is the original digitally native direct to consumer mattress brand (founded in 2012). In 2018 they merged with Serta Simmons Bedding company. JT Marino is a co-founder of Tuft & Needle, now Chief Strategy Officer for Serta.

EP175 - Hudson Yards and retail earning news

May 23 • 49 min

Review of Hudson Yards mixed used shopping development in NYC (thye don’t like to call it a mall). Upcoming Shows: Code 6/10 RetailX 6/25 NRF NXT 7/22 Etail East 8/19 Grocery Shop 9/15 Walmart, Macy’s, Kohls earning reports. Direct to Consumer Valuations…

EP174 - Direct to Consumer with Web Smith of 2PM

May 16 • 53 min

Web Smith (@web) is the Founder and Editor-in-chief of 2pm, a curated, subscription-based media company. We cover a wide variety of topics around digitally native vertical brands, including the recent Harry’s acquisition, and Away investment.

EP173 - Live show from ChannelAdvisor Connect

May 9 • 56 min

This is a live presentation from the ChannelAdvisor Connect show in Austin, Texas.

EP172 - Amazon Shareholder Letter and Q1 Results

Apr 30 • 48 min

A discussion of the 2018 Amazon Shareholder Letter and Q1 Results.

EP171 - DTC brands physical experiences

Apr 24 • 32 min

A discussion of Direct-To-Consumer brands physical retail experiences, recorded live fromThe Domain mall in Austin. Jason & Scot were in Austin to speak at the annual ChannelAdvisor Connect conference, and took time out to do store visits at The Domain

EP170 - ThredUp President Anthony Marino

Apr 9 • 42 min

Anthony Marino (@amarino) is the President of thredUp (@thredup), the nation’s leading online marketplace for women’s and kids’​ like-new apparel. In this interview, we cover the basic thredUp value proposition, challenges and opportunities for the…

EP169 - GGV Capital Principal Robin Li

Apr 4 • 32 min

Robin Li is a principal at GVV Capital, a global venture capital firm that focuses on seed-to-growth stage investments across Consumer/New Retail, Social/Digital & Internet, Enterprise/Cloud and Frontier Tech sectors. In this interview, we cover a wide…

EP168 - Bombas founder David Heath

Mar 27 • 55 min

David Heath is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bombas, a fast growing, energetic e-commerce apparel company. In this interview, we cover a wide range of topics including the Bombas founding story, their SharkTank experience, the DTC business model and growth…

EP167 - Instagram Checkout Hot Take

Mar 21 • 38 min

This episode is a hot take on Checkout on Instagram feature. We cover the main features, details about the closed beta, potential pros and cons, and a recommendation for brands thinking about selling on Instagram.

EP166 - Shipsi CEO Chelsie Lee

Mar 18 • 34 min

Chelsie Lee (@ChelsieAnnLee) is the CEO and Co-Founder of Shipsi, a software solution for aggregating and managing last mile delivery services. In this interview, we cover a wide range of topics including last mile solutions, curbside pickup versus…

EP165 - Amazon Alexa’s David Isbitski

Mar 13 • 51 min

David Isbitski (@thedavedev)is the Chief Evangelist for Alexa at Amazon. In this interview, we cover a wide range of topics including the growth of the Alexa platform, the evolution of the developer community, the future of voice, and voice commerce…

EP164 - News live from ICSC OAC

Mar 1 • 35 min

Jason & Scot gave a presentation at the International Council of Shopping Centers Open Air Centers show in Austin Texas and got together afterward to record a news update.

EP163 - Digital Alcohol with Diageo and Drizly

Feb 12 • 54 min

A deep dive into the digital alcohol market with Diageo and Drizly.

EP162 - Amazon Q4 2018 Earnings Hot Take

Feb 1 • 30 min

This episode is a hot take on Amazon Q4 2018 earnings Jason & Scot will be podcasting live from the eTail West which is held Feb 19-22 in sunny Palm Springs, CA. As a special gift to listeners, you can use the code JASONSCOT for 20% off.

EP161 - Verizon Enterprise Solutions GVP, Michele Dupre

Jan 29 • 27 min

An interview with Michele Dupre, GVP of Verizon Enterprise Solutions, live the National Retail Federation Big Show. We cover a variety of topics including: Verizon’s Holiday Retail Index Findings 5G and it’s likely impact on commerce Security

EP160 - CES 2019 Recap, and NRF Update

Jan 19 • 59 min

A recap of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show, and an update from the Nation Retail Federation Big Show.

EP159 - 2019 Predictions and 2018 Recap

Jan 9 • 69 min

Our annual predictions episode for 2019 and a recap of our 2018 predictions.

EP158 - NYC Holiday Store Visits

Dec 20, 2018 • 72 min

We’re in the peak of the holiday season, which means Jason is going to be visiting stores. This year he went to NYC and visited 33 new or updated store concepts. If you’d like to follow the tour yourself, here the Retailgeek NYC Retail Map.

EP157 - Bain and Company Partner Cesar Brea

Dec 17, 2018 • 51 min

Ceasar Brea (@cesarbrea) is a partner at Bain & Company, focused in the Advanced Analytics and Marketing practices. We cover a variety of topics related to the disruption and future of commerce.

EP156 - Profitero’s Keith Anderson Holiday Recap

Dec 4, 2018 • 52 min

Keith Anderson (@KeithAnderson) is the SVP of Strategy and Insights at Profitero. Profitero is a leading global provider of e-commerce analytics for brands and retailers. As head of strategy & insights for Profitero, Keith leads Profitero’s product…

EP155 - 2018 Cyber-5 Recap w/ Adobe’s Tamera Gaffney

Nov 29, 2018 • 35 min

Tamara Gaffney (@tamarag) is the Adobe’s Principal Analyst, Experience Index. Tamera joins us to discuss the holiday e-commerce results from Black Friday through Cyber Monday (Cyber 5). Tamera has access to anonymous, and aggregated data from more than…

EP154 - Turkey-5 2018 Recap

Nov 28, 2018 • 34 min

Episode 154 is a quick recap of all the retail and e-commerce activity over the Turkey-5 weekend (Thanksgiving through CyberMonday).

EP153 - Pre-Thanksgiving Industry News and Listener Questions

Nov 21, 2018 • 62 min

Thanksgiving road trips with Jason & Scot have become a tradition in the digital shopper marketing industry. Here is an hour of new and listener questions, to get you ready for the Turkey-5 holiday!

EP152 - Salesforce.com Shopper First Research with Rick Kenney

Nov 19, 2018 • 55 min

ick Kenney (@rickkenney) is Head of Consumer Insights at Salesforce. Rick recently completed a “Shopper First Retailing” study in conjunction with Publicis.Sapient. The study included data from: Shopper activity: Digital shopping behavior of 500+ million…

EP151 - Tyson Food E-Commerce VP Tim Madigan and Samir Bhavnani of 1010data

Nov 14, 2018 • 41 min

Tim Madigan is the Vice President of eCommerce at Tyson Foods. Samir Bhavnani is the Vice President Consumer Insights at 1010data. We caught up with Tim and Samir at the 2018 GroceryShop tradeshow in Las Vegas.

EP150 - GroceryShop 2018 Recap

Nov 6, 2018 • 49 min

GroceryShop is the first year of a new show focused on disruptive trends, technologies and business models in grocery & CPG that includes both established and startup CPG brands, supermarkets, c-stores, drug stores, discount stores, ecommerce players,…

EP149 - Amazon Q3 Earnings, UPU Treaty, News

Oct 26, 2018 • 54 min

A recap about Amazon’s Q3 2018 earnings, as well as implications from pulling out of the United Postal Union Treaty, and Sears bankruptcy.

EP148- Amazon 4-Star Retail Concept Store

Oct 3, 2018 • 42 min

Amazon 4-Star, Amazon’s latest brick and mortar retail concept, opened in the SOHO neighborhood of New York City on Thursday, September 27th. The premise that its assortment of merchandise available in the store is rated 4-star or higher, curated by…

EP147- Industry News, Amazon, Apple, Recode, Shop.org, and holiday forecasts

Sep 26, 2018 • 68 min

It’s a news-a-palooza this week including including Amazon, Apple, Recode, Shop.org, and holiday forecasts and more. Scot and I get together in person in Chicago to discuss all the news an implications.

EP146 - Forrester Analyst Sucharita Kodali

Sep 23, 2018 • 54 min

Sucharita (Mulpuru) Kodali @smulpuru is the Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research covering retail and e-commerce. She has previously worked at Saks Fifth Ave, Toys R Us, and Walt Disney Company. In this interview, we cover a wide…

EP145 - Industry News Amazon, Walmart, Apple

Sep 10, 2018 • 43 min

An overview of the week’s e-commerce news including Amazon, Walmart, and new iPhone’s coming from Apple.

EP144 - Tommy John founders Tom Patterson and Erin Fujimoto

Sep 6, 2018 • 52 min

Erin Fujimoto and Tom Patterson are the founders of Tommy John, a vertically integrated consumer brand in the underwear category. They have recently expanded to include direct to consumer, woman’s apparel and are now opening their own stores. In this…

EP143 - Dell head of digital transformation Sarika Puri

Sep 2, 2018 • 46 min

Sarika Puri is a Senior Director and Head of Digital Transformation Acceleration Organization at Dell Technologies. In this interview, we cover Sarika’s background and discuss Dell Technologies journey to digital transformation.

EP142 - Industry News and Retail Earnings

Aug 27, 2018 • 48 min

An overview of the week’s industry news and retail earnings reports including Amazon, Walmart, and Target.

EP141 - Liraz Margalit, Web Psychologist

Aug 22, 2018 • 42 min

Liraz Margalit, PhD, is a Web Psychologist, a Keynote Speaker and Head of Behavioral Research at Clicktale. She integrates Cognitive Psychology and Behavioral Economic perspectives to analyzes online consumer behavior and delivers actionable insights for…

EP140 - Stripe Head of Stripe Issuing, Lachy Groom

Aug 10, 2018 • 32 min

Lachy Groom is the head of issuing at Stripe. In this interview, we cover Lachy’s background, the range of Stripes services, the state of online payments, mobile payment best practices, digital wallets, and marketplaces.

EP139 - B8ta founder and CEO Vibhu Norby

Aug 7, 2018 • 53 min

Vibhu Norby is the founder and CEO of b8ta. b8ta is a software-powered brick and mortar retailer designed to improve the customer and maker experience. In this interview, we cover Vibhu’s background, how he came to the idea for B8ta, b8ta’s retail…

EP138 - Amazon Q2 2018 Earnings Hot Take

Jul 31, 2018 • 52 min

This episode is a hot take on Amazon Q2 2018 earnings.

EP137 - Amazon Prime Day and Listener Questions

Jul 20, 2018 • 51 min

Recap of Amazon Prime Day 2018, and answers to listener questions.

EP136 - Amazon News, SCOTUS Tax ruling, Listener Questions

Jun 29, 2018 • 65 min

Episode 136 covers Amazon News, US Supreme Court Ruling on E-Commerce Sales Tax, and Listener Question

EP135 - Prodege CEO Chuck Davis

Jun 17, 2018 • 39 min

Chuck Davis is the CEO of Prodege (Swagbucks, MyPoints, and Shopathome), a leading rewards discovery site. Bill was the first President of E-Commerce for the Walt Disney Company, former CEO for ShopZilla, former CEO of Fandango, and is a former Shop.org…

EP134 - News and Mary Meeker Internet Trends 2018

Jun 5, 2018 • 50 min

Episode 134 is a recap of Mary Meekers “Internet Trends 2018” report, and the weeks news. Industry News Walmart Shareholder Meeting Walmart Launches JetBlack Ulta, Sears, Macys, Target report quarterly earnings Apple WWDC Mary Meeker, State of the…

EP133 - Hot Take: Adobe acquires Magento

May 22, 2018 • 26 min

Adobe announced that they are acquiring Magento commerce for $1.68b. It was disclosed as part of the deal that last year magento’s revenues were $150m, so that’s a 11X multiple which is pretty awesome. Adobe’s largest deal in decade.

EP132 - NPD Idea 2018 Recap

May 22, 2018 • 61 min

NPD held it’s semi-annual customer conference, Idea in Austin Texas on May 16th and 17th. Jason and Scot both presented content at the show. This weeks episode is a recap of the show.

EP131 - Industry News, Walmart, FlipKart, Amazon

May 12, 2018 • 52 min

This episode catches up on the latest e-commerce news: Walmart Acquires 77% of India E-Commerce Site FlipKart AllswellHome.com launch Walmart Website Redesign New Walmart Delivery Partners Doordash, Postmates Amazon Sears Tire Partnership Kohls traffic is…

EP130 - Comcast Ventures Daniel Gulati

May 7, 2018 • 53 min

We caught up with Daniel Gulati (@DanielGulati) at ShopTalk 2018. Daniel is a partner at Comcast Ventures a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage consumer internet investing. Comcast Ventures was an early investor in Away, MealPal, and recently…

EP129 - Amazon Q1 2018 Earnings Hot Take

May 1, 2018 • 49 min

This episode is a hot take of the Amazon Q1 2018 earnings

EP128 - TopHatter CEO Ashvin Kumar

Apr 18, 2018 • 45 min

We caught up with Ashvin Kumar at the ShopTalk 2018. Ashvin is the co-founder and CEO at Tophatter an innovative live action site for mobile shoppers. With the engagement and psychology of a game and the economics of a marketplace, Tophatter generated…

EP127 - Sabon NYC E-commerce Director Katya Ermak

Apr 16, 2018 • 28 min

Episode 127 is an interview with Katya Ermak, Director of E-Commerce and Digital Marketing at Sabon NYC. We caught up with Katya Ermak at the ShopTalk 2018. Katya is the director of E-commerce at Sabon NYC. We talked with her about how Vertically…

EP126 - American Eagle former CDO Joe Megibow

Apr 9, 2018 • 37 min

We caught up with Joe Megibow at the RetailNext party at ShopTalk this year. Joe is the former chief digital officer at American Eagle Outfitters, he’s also served as President at Joyous.com and General Manager for Expedia.com. We talked with Joe about…

EP125 - Johnson and Johnson E-Com VP Sri Rajagopalan and Samir Bhavnani of 1010data

Apr 4, 2018 • 41 min

EP125 - Johnson & Johnson E-Com VP Sri Rajagopalan and Samir Bhavnani of 1010data We caught up with Samir Bhavnani of 1010data (previous appeared on Amazon Private Label Deep Dive Episode 103) at ShopTalk this year and he brought Sri Rajagopalan, VP of…

EP124 - eBay Bob Kupbens

Mar 30, 2018 • 32 min

Bob Kupbens is the VP of B2C and seller experience at eBay. He’s has previously been responsible for E-Commerce at Target, Delta Airlines, and Apple. We covered a variety of topics including the latest innovations at eBay, as well as if and how brands…

EP123 - Walgreens Luke Rauch

Mar 27, 2018 • 31 min

Luke Rauch is the Sr. Director of Insights at Walgeens. We caught up with Luke at the PathtoPurchase Summit, where he gave a key-note about how to success in the Age of Amazon.. We covered a variety of topics including: Unique assortments and customer…

EP122 - ShopTalk 2018 Recap Part 2

Mar 24, 2018 • 81 min

EP122 - ShopTalk 2018 Recap Part 2

EP121 - Shoptalk 2018 Recap Part 1

Mar 22, 2018 • 73 min

EP121 - Shoptalk 2018 Recap Part 1

EP120 - Negotiating with Amazon with Andrea Leigh

Mar 21, 2018 • 35 min

EP120 - Negotiating with Amazon with Andrea Leigh

EP119 - Amazon expert Melissa Burdick

Mar 17, 2018 • 47 min

EP119 - Amazon expert Melissa Burdick

EP118 - Commerce Industry News

Feb 28, 2018 • 47 min

EP118 - Commerce Industry News

EP117 - Listener Questions

Feb 17, 2018 • 59 min

Listener Questions Q1: Amit Agarwal- Pricing EDLP vs Promotional? Q2: Kiri Masters - State of Voice Commerce? Q3: Patrick Paroline - How fast is e-commerce growing (other than Amazon and Walmart)? Q4: Ari Nahmani - What’s the latest in mobile payments?

EP116 - Industry News, Geek Week

Feb 9, 2018 • 61 min

A recap of all the industries e-commerce news including the SuperBowl, Amazon, Walmart, Drug, and more.

EP115 - Amazon Q4 2017 Earnings Hot Take

Feb 2, 2018 • 45 min

This episode is a hot take of the Amazon Q4 2017 earnings Amazon Q4 2017 Earnings $60B Revenue =~ $129B GMV ($47B 1P + $82B 3P) New Amazon A+ Content Options Amazon, JPMorgan Chase Health Care Project Supreme Court to hear South Dakota sales tax…

EP114 - Great Retail Bifurcation, Kasey Lobaugh of Deloitte

Jan 26, 2018 • 55 min

Kasey Lobaugh is a Principal and Chief Retail Innovation Officer at Deloitte Consulting LLP. Kasey sat down for an interview live from the NRF Big Show to discuss some new research he’ll be publishing in March at ShopTalk. Kasey is giving our listeners an…

EP113 - NRF Preview

Jan 15, 2018 • 51 min

Episode 113 is preview of the NRF Big Show 2018. Recap of CES 2018 Preview of NRF Big Show 2018 Retail News

EP112 - 2018 Predictions

Jan 13, 2018 • 51 min

A recap of our 2017 predictions, and our new predictions for 2018.

EP111 - End of year news

Jan 3, 2018 • 49 min

A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. In episode 111 is a recap of Decembers news events. Holiday Recap E-Commerce up approx 18%, total retail up 4.8% UPS Woes Amazon News Amazon Holiday Recap Amazon wins 50% of holiday sales !?!?…

EP110 - Holiday 2017 Hot Take with Rob Garf of Salesforce.com

Dec 18, 2017 • 55 min

Rob Garf (@retailrobgarf), is the VP of Industry Strategy and insights at Salesforce Commerce Cloud. His team has access to insights from all the Salesforce Commerce Cloud clients (formerly Demandware). We have a broad ranging conversation about what he’s…

EP109 - Cyber 5 Recap with Adobe’s Tamara Gaffney

Dec 5, 2017 • 56 min

Tamara Gaffney is the Director of the Strategic Insights Engagement Group at Adobe. Tamera joins us to discuss the holiday e-commerce results from Black Friday through Cyber Monday (Cyber 5). Tamera has access to anonymous, and aggregated data from more…

EP107 - Listener Questions and Amazon News

Nov 11, 2017 • 73 min

We answer listener questions and cover some recent Amazon news. Q1: Brands selling direct on their own site Q2 Mobile Conversion Gap Q3: Omni-Channel Fulfillment Q4: Singles Day in the US Q5: Toys R Us impact on Holiday Promotions

EP106 - Amazon’s Q3 Results Hot Take

Oct 31, 2017 • 79 min

This episode is a hot take of the Amazon Q3 Results as well as a few misc pieces of news. New Apple Flagship store in Chicago New Amazon Pickup Locations Amazon Rx news Breakdown of Q3 Results Core commerce/marketplace Forecast going forward International…

EP0105 - Stitch Fix IPO Hot Take

Oct 24, 2017 • 74 min

A hot take on Stitch Fix IPO filling, and a deep dive into the subscription commerce model. Covering how IPO’s work, the history of $1B e-commerce exits, Stitch Fix background, business model, and financial performance, customer value/churn,…

EP104 - Cornerstone Brands SVP Digital, Bryon Colby

Oct 18, 2017 • 60 min

An interview with Bryon Colby, SVP of Digital Commerce at Cornerstone Brands. Cornerstone Brands is a billion-dollar omni-channel retailer comprised of multiple leading home and apparel brands. We spoke with Bryon about his background, where digital…

EP103 - Amazon Private Label Deep Dive

Oct 12, 2017 • 79 min

This episode is a deep dive into Amazon’s Private Label activities: Framework for Amazon Private Label Brands Amazon’s History in Private Label Advice for Brands and Retailers Update on Amazon Private Label Marketshare from 1010data

EP102 - Code Commerce, Shop.org, and News

Oct 7, 2017 • 59 min

EP102 - Code Commerce, Shop.org, and News

EP101 - Indochino CEO, Drew Green

Sep 22, 2017 • 33 min

EP101 - Indochino CEO, Drew Green

EP100 - Get to Know Our Listeners

Sep 17, 2017 • 76 min

EP100 - Get to Know Our Listeners

EP099 - Tulip Retail CEO Ali Asaria and News

Sep 8, 2017 • 74 min

Digital Retail Newsmaker segment with Tulip Retail CEO Ali Asaria, as well as a weekly news update.

EP098 - Zola CEO/Co-Founder Shan-Lyn Ma

Aug 29, 2017 • 57 min

An interview with Shan Lyn Ma (@shanlynm), CEO and Co-Founder of Zola. Zola is re-inventing the Wedding Registry for the modern couple. In this episode we discuss Shan Lyn’s previous experience including Yahoo and Gilt Group. As well as Zola’s business…

EP097 - Industry News

Aug 21, 2017 • 48 min

EP097 - Industry News Congratulations to friend of the show Billy May, on his new appointment as CEO of Sur La Table. Billy was a guest on episode 23. Amazon News Amazon Instant Pickup, allows pickup 2 minutes after ordering popular items, on 5…

EP0096 - Listener Questions Part 2, and News

Aug 4, 2017 • 56 min

EP0096 - Listener Questions Part 2, and News

EP095 - Listener Questions and Amazon Earnings

Jul 30, 2017 • 64 min

EP095 - Listener Questions and Amazon Earnings

EP094 - News

Jul 23, 2017 • 62 min

EP094 - News

EP093 - Amazon Prime Day Hot Take

Jul 13, 2017 • 60 min

EP093 - Amazon Prime Day Hot Take

EP092 - Artificial Intelligence Deep Dive

Jul 12, 2017 • 71 min

EP092 - Artificial Intelligence Deep Dive

EP091 - Boxed Wholesale Head of Reengagement Nitasha Mehta

Jun 29, 2017 • 49 min

EP091 - Boxed Wholesale Head of Reengagement Nitasha Mehta

EP090 - Nordstrom.com Ken Worzel and Danny Ryder

Jun 22, 2017 • 68 min

EP090 - Nordstrom.com Ken Worzel and Danny Ryder

EP089 - Amazon acquires Whole Foods Hot Take

Jun 17, 2017 • 56 min

EP089 - Amazon acquires Whole Foods Hot Take

EP088 - PwC Partners Steven Barr and Byron Carlock

Jun 16, 2017 • 52 min

EP088 - PwC Partners Steven Barr and Byron Carlock

EP087 - UBS Equity Research Analyst Michael Binetti

Jun 9, 2017 • 66 min

EP087 - UBS Equity Research Analyst Michael Binetti

EP086 - Dorel Juvenile Group Bob Land and Jamie Dooley

Jun 2, 2017 • 66 min

EP086 - Dorel Juvenile Group Bob Land and Jamie Dooley

EP085 - FutureCommerce Joint Podcast Part 2

May 25, 2017 • 62 min

EP085 - FutureCommerce Joint Podcast Part 2

EP084 - Amazon News, Walmart Earnings, Rumors

May 20, 2017 • 62 min

EP084 - Amazon News, Walmart Earnings, Rumors

EP083 - Andrea Leigh, selling on and negotiating with Amazon

May 11, 2017 • 63 min

EP083 - Andrea Leigh, selling on and negotiating with Amazon

EP082 - Amazon Earnings, Walmart and Other News

Apr 30, 2017 • 56 min

EP082 - Amazon Earnings, Walmart and Other News Amazon News Amazon earnings call was a clean “beat and raise” exceeding analyst estimates for revenue and earned income. That drove the stock up 4% (approx 960), putting Amazon in striking…

EP081 - Retail veteran, and O Alliance Founder Andrea Weiss

Apr 25, 2017 • 39 min

EP081 - Retail veteran, and O Alliance Founder Andrea Weiss

EP080 - Accel Partners Brian O’Malley

Apr 19, 2017 • 45 min

EP080 - Accel Partners Brian O’Malley

EP079 - Modcloth CEO, Matt Kaness

Apr 14, 2017 • 55 min

EP079 - Modcloth CEO, Matt Kaness

EP078 - Amazon News

Apr 11, 2017 • 67 min

EP078 - Amazon News

EP077 - Kohls CEO Kevin Mansell

Apr 6, 2017 • 37 min

EP077 - Kohls CEO Kevin Mansell

EP076 - MercadoLibre, Head of Marketplaces Leandro Soares

Mar 31, 2017 • 44 min

EP076 - MercadoLibre, Head of Marketplaces Leandro Soares

EP075 - Tumi & DealNews live from ShopTalk

Mar 22, 2017 • 53 min

EP075 - Tumi & DealNews live from ShopTalk

EP074 - Selling on Amazon with Melissa Burdick of The Mars Agency

Mar 14, 2017 • 66 min

EP074 - Selling on Amazon with Melissa Burdick of The Mars Agency

EP073 - Evercore ISI Softlines Analyst Omar Saad

Mar 8, 2017 • 59 min

EP073 - Evercore ISI Softlines Analyst Omar Saad

EP072 - RetailDIVE Editor Jason Ankeny

Mar 4, 2017 • 51 min

EP072 - RetailDIVE Editor Jason Ankeny

EP071 - News Update, Amazon, Walmart, and Dept Stores

Feb 28, 2017 • 60 min

EP071 - News Update, Amazon, Walmart, and Dept Stores

EP070 - Bonobos, Chief Experience Officer Dominique Essig

Feb 23, 2017 • 50 min

EP070 - Bonobos, Chief Experience Officer Dominique Essig

EP069 - Touch of Modern, CEO and Founder Jerry Hum

Feb 20, 2017 • 33 min

EP069 - Touch of Modern, CEO and Founder Jerry Hum

EP068 - Deloitte Chief Retail Innovation Officer, Kasey Lobaugh

Feb 6, 2017 • 58 min

EP068 - Deloitte Chief Retail Innovation Officer, Kasey Lobaugh

EP067 - Recode’s Jason Del Rey

Feb 3, 2017 • 53 min

EP067 - Recode’s Jason Del Rey

EP066 - Scott Silverman Interview

Jan 24, 2017 • 49 min

EP066 - Scott Silverman Interview

EP065 - CES 2017 Recap

Jan 16, 2017 • 55 min

EP065 - CES 2017 Recap

EP064 - 2017 Predictions & 2016 Review

Jan 9, 2017 • 58 min

EP064 - 2017 Predictions & 2016 Review

EP063 - GGP EVP Scott Morey

Jan 3, 2017 • 54 min

EP063 - GGP EVP Scott Morey

EP062 - Deep Dive Amazon-Go Store Concept

Dec 8, 2016 • 58 min

EP062 - Deep Dive Amazon-Go Store Concept

EP061 - Cyber 5 Holiday Recap 2016

Nov 30, 2016 • 57 min

EP061 - Cyber 5 Holiday Recap 2016

EP060 - Holiday Preview w/ Adobe’s Tamara Gaffney

Nov 22, 2016 • 51 min

EP060 - Holiday Preview w/ Adobe’s Tamara Gaffney

EP059 - Double11 Recap with Andrea Wasserman, 1 Year Anniversary!

Nov 20, 2016 • 70 min

EP059 - Double11 Recap with Andrea Wasserman, 1 Year Anniversary!

EP058 - Puma VP of E-commerce, Chris Hardisty

Nov 11, 2016 • 73 min

EP058 - Puma VP of E-commerce, Chris Hardisty

EP057 - CDW VP and GM of E-Commerce, John Seebeck

Nov 8, 2016 • 41 min

EP057 - CDW VP and GM of E-Commerce, John Seebeck

EP056 - Steve Madden, President of E-Commerce Mark Friedman

Nov 7, 2016 • 53 min

EP056 - Steve Madden, President of E-Commerce Mark Friedman

EP055 - Uncommon Goods, CEO David Bolotsky

Nov 4, 2016 • 44 min

EP055 - Uncommon Goods, CEO David Bolotsky

EP054 - Amazon Q3 Results, Money2020, IBM World of Watson

Oct 28, 2016 • 43 min

EP054 - Amazon Q3 Results, Money2020, IBM World of Watson

EP053 - News Google Pop-Up, Amazon, EBay

Oct 26, 2016 • 79 min

EP053 - News Google Pop-Up, Amazon, EBay

EP052 - Talbots, SVP Ecommerce Rob Schmults

Oct 20, 2016 • 41 min

EP052 - Talbots, SVP Ecommerce Rob Schmults

EP051 - Facebook’s retail team members Nicolas Franchet & Maz Sharafi

Oct 18, 2016 • 65 min

EP051 - Facebook’s retail team members Nicolas Franchet & Maz Sharafi

EP050 - Magento’s Mark Lavelle CEO, and Peter Sheldon VP Strategy

Oct 12, 2016 • 60 min

EP050 - Guests Mark Lavelle CEO, and Peter Sheldon VP Strategy at Magento Commerce

EP049 - HBC, Milton Pappas, SVP Digital Marketing

Oct 10, 2016 • 33 min

EP049 - Guest Milton Pappas, SVP Digital Marketing at HBC Digital

EP048 - REI, Brad Brown, SVP Digital Retail

Oct 7, 2016 • 45 min

EP048 - Guest Brad Brown, SVP Digital Retail at REI

EP047 - Shop.org 2016 Day 2 Recap

Sep 29, 2016 • 29 min

EP047 - Shop.org 2016 Day 2 Recap

EP046 - NRFs Matt Shay, CEO & Shop.org 2016 Day Recap

Sep 28, 2016 • 44 min

EP046 - Shop.org 2016 Day Recap w/ Matt Shay

EP045 - Apple & Amazon News, Listener Questions

Sep 15, 2016 • 69 min

EP045 - Apple & Amazon News, Listener Questions

EP044 - Iphone 7, Amazon News, Shop.org Preview

Sep 9, 2016 • 70 min

EP044 - Iphone 7, Amazon News, Shop.org Preview

EP043 - Walmart, Seth Beal, SVP Global Marketplace

Sep 1, 2016 • 57 min

EP043 - Seth Beal, SVP Global Marketplace at Walmart eCommerce

EP042 - News, Amazon Grocery Pickup

Aug 26, 2016 • 60 min

EP042 - News, Amazon Grocery Pickup

EP041 - Digital Payments Deep Dive

Aug 18, 2016 • 65 min

EP041 - Digital Payments Deep Dive

EP040 - Jet.com and Dollar Shave Club Acquisitions

Aug 12, 2016 • 55 min

EP040 - Jet.com and Dollar Shave Club Acquisitions

EP039 - Staples, Faisal Masud Chief Digital Officer

Aug 4, 2016 • 57 min

EP039 - Interview Faisal Masud, CDO of Staples

EP038 - Pokemon GO DeepDive

Jul 27, 2016 • 43 min

EP038 - Pokemon GO DeepDive

EP037 - Amazon Prime Day Recap

Jul 14, 2016 • 51 min

EP037 - Amazon Prime Day Recap

EP036 - Mondelez, Neil Ackerman, Global E-Commerce Director

Jul 14, 2016 • 66 min

EP036 - Interview with Neil Ackerman, Global E-Commerce Director at Mondelez

EP035 - E-Commerce Deadly Sins

Jul 13, 2016 • 70 min

EP035 - E-Commerce Deadly Sins

EP034 - Euromonitor, Michelle Grant, Head of Retailing

Jul 10, 2016 • 57 min

EP034 - Interview with Michelle Grant, Head of Retailing at Euromonitor International

EP033 - On Demand Economy (ODE) Deep Dive

Jun 27, 2016 • 64 min

EP033 - On Demand Economy (ODE) Deep Dive

EP032 - VF Corporation, Greg Pulsifer VP, Digital Development

Jun 20, 2016 • 63 min

EP032 - Interview with Greg Pulsifer of VF Corporation

EP031 - Under Armour, Sid Jatia VP Digital

Jun 13, 2016 • 46 min

EP031 - Sid Jatia VP Digital at Under Armour

EP030 - Mary Meeker, Comscore, Demandware and Amazon News

Jun 6, 2016 • 69 min

EP030 - Mary Meeker, Comscore, Demandware and Amazon News

EP029 - Ferrara Candy, Amanda Greenberg Sr. Director, eCommerce

May 30, 2016 • 49 min

EP029 - Interview with Amanda Greenberg of Ferrara Candy

EP028 - ShopTalk Recap

May 29, 2016 • 56 min

EP028 - ShopTalk Recap

EP027 - Iterate Studios, Jon Nordmark, Co-Founder

May 22, 2016 • 60 min

EP027 - Guest Jon Nordmark, Co-Founder of Iterate Studios

EP026 - Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Deep Dive

May 15, 2016 • 81 min

EP026 - Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Deep Dive

EP025 - Retail Apocalypse, NY Store Visits, and Other News

May 8, 2016 • 54 min

EP025 - Retail Apocalypse, NY Store Visits, and Other News

EP024 - Amazon Deep Dive

May 2, 2016 • 72 min

EP024 - Amazon Deep Dive

EP023 - Abercrombie and Fitch, Billy May SVP Digital & E-Commerce

Apr 20, 2016 • 57 min

EP023 - Billy May SVP Digital & E-Commerce at Abercrombie and Fitch

EP022 - Facebook F8, Channel Advisor Catalyst, Magento Imagine, and Echo Dot review

Apr 15, 2016 • 45 min

EP022 - Facebook F8, Channel Advisor Catalyst, Magento Imagine, and Echo Dot review

EP021 - Local SEO, Amazon Shareholder Letter and eBay Seller Release

Apr 9, 2016 • 50 min

EP021 - Local SEO, Amazon Shareholder Letter and eBay Seller Release

EP020 - Sur La Table Kevin Ertell, SVP Digital

Apr 1, 2016 • 52 min

EP020 - Guest Kevin Ertell, SVP Sur La Table

EP019 - Grocery Commerce, Adobe & Bronto Summits, Apple Pay News and More

Mar 26, 2016 • 49 min

EP019 - Grocery Commerce, Adobe & Bronto Summits, Apple Pay News and More

EP018 - Target “Goldfish”, Instacart, and Amazon Peeves

Mar 18, 2016 • 49 min

EP018 - Target “Goldfish”, Instacart, and Amazon Peeves

EP017 - JCP, Gap, CostCo, URBN News, February Same Store Sales, Search & Category Page Usability, and Upcoming Events

Mar 12, 2016 • 53 min

EP017 - JCP, Gap, CostCo, URBN News, February Same Store Sales, Search & Category Page Usability, and Upcoming Events

EP016 - Mobile World Congress, Target Earnings, Sports Authority Chapter 11, and Book Recommendations

Mar 3, 2016 • 47 min

EP016 - Mobile World Congress, Target Earnings, Sports Authority Chapter 11, and Book Recommendations

EP015 - eBags Peter Cobb, Co-Founder

Feb 24, 2016 • 52 min

EP015 - eBags co-founder Peter Cobb, Google SERPs and Amazon

EP014 - Walmart E-Com, NYC Retail, Amazon Apparel

Feb 21, 2016 • 53 min

EP014 - Walmart E-Com, NYC Retail, Amazon Apparel

EP013 - SuperBowl, VR, future of malls, and why responsive design is a bad idea

Feb 11, 2016 • 53 min

EP013 - SuperBowl, VR, future of malls, and why responsive design is a bad idea

EP012 - Amazon Retail Stores, Google Earnings, Subscriptions, and Marketplaces

Feb 4, 2016 • 42 min

EP012 - Amazon Retail Stores, Google Earnings, Subscriptions, and Marketplaces

EP011 - E-commerce Companies Q4 Earnings Recap

Jan 29, 2016 • 50 min

EP011 - E-commerce Companies Q4 Earnings Recap

EP010 - NRF Big Show Recap

Jan 21, 2016 • 39 min

EP010 - NRF Big Show Recap, Amazon Updates, and new Google PLA format

EP009 - CES Recap, NRF Preview, #RIPPurePlay, Amazon, Holiday Recap

Jan 16, 2016 • 33 min

EP009 - CES Recap, NRF Preview, #RIPPurePlay, Amazon, Holiday Recap

EP008 - Predictions for 2016

Jan 7, 2016 • 39 min

Episode 8 covers Jason & Scot’s predictions for 2016, as well as Scots recent visit to the Amazon store, and Jason’t visit to the CES show.

EP007 - Holiday sales and shipping woes, how big Amazon really is

Dec 24, 2015 • 38 min

Episode 7 covers an update on brick and mortar holiday sales. The top 5 online shopping days. Shipping woes for UPS, Fedex, and Jet. Is e-commerce at a tipping point in-terms of overtaking brick and mortar sales? And a discussion about how large Amazon re

EP006 - Korea Commerce, Holiday Update, Daily Deal Sites, Nordstrom Investments

Dec 17, 2015 • 30 min

EP006 - Korea Commerce, Holiday Update, Daily Deal Sites, Nordstrom Investments

EP005 - Chat Commerce, Gen Z, New Retail, and Walmart Payments.

Dec 11, 2015 • 59 min

EP005 - Chat Commerce, Gen Z, New Retail, and Walmart Payments.

EP004 - Post holiday recap, mobile, top products, Amazon news

Dec 3, 2015 • 45 min

EP004 - Post holiday recap, mobile, top products, Amazon news

EP003 - Holiday Edition, Comscore Q3 Report, Same Store Sales Results, Holiday Forecasts, Benchmarking data, Amazon News

Nov 25, 2015 • 40 min

EP003 - Holiday Edition, Comscore Q3 Report, Same Store Sales Results, Holiday Forecasts, Benchmarking data, Amazon News

EP002 - Holiday Pricing Survey, Death of Retail, and Robots!

Nov 19, 2015 • 35 min

Episode 2 covers the Merrill Lynch Bank of America Internet/E-commerce 10th Annual Holiday Pricing Survey, a discussion about the future of retail, and how robots are improving the retail experience.

EP001 - Double 11 Singles Day, Same Store Sales data, Personalization, Holiday, Money2020

Nov 12, 2015 • 33 min

This episodes covers singles day, the personalization paradox, Channel Advisor SSS report, holiday promotions trends, and digital wallet news