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  1. Owned Brands (Private Label)

FaceTime with the Content Guy: w/ Michael Sansolo, Reporting From PLMA

Michael Sansolo and I spent the end of last week in Bentonville, Arkansas, where we attended and facilitated sessions at the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA) Annual Meeting & Leadership Conference.  Afterwards, we found a quiet corner in the hotel/conference center to reflect on what we heard and learned, especially from keynoter Scott Morris, Senior […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

The State of Venture Capital & Private Equity with In/Organic Podcast’s Christian Hassold

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Christian Hasshold, host of the In/Organic Podcast and Managing Partner of Resilient Edge M&A Advisors. Follow Christian on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassold/ Follow the In/Organic podcast on Apple Podcasts at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inorganic-podcast/id1710070954 Follow the In/Organic podcast on Spotify at: https://open.spotify.com/show/0oa6R4M37vtys5II6clEfF?si=7fdee69be69747f4 Christian answers these questions: How do you distinguish […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

Commer Riff with Sri & PVSB – April 14, 2026

Each week, the CPG Guys will riff on the hottest topics in the world of omnichannel commerce.  This week’s topics: Unilever acquires GRÜNS Sazerac Counters Pernod Ricard for Brown-Forman Nutella in Space Upfront Season CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comSheCOMMERCE Website: https://shecommercepodcast.com/Rhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj in Katseye: https://www.katseye.world/ DISCLAIMER: The content in this […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The Innovation Conversation:  A Bias Toward Action

Tom Furphy and KC start out by addressing some of the assertions and plans laid out by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy in his annual letter to shareholders, and then pivot to a discussion of Amazon’s bias toward action, investment and innovation.  This cultural mandate informs Amazon’s approach to grocery retail and its commitment to AI […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Live from Shoptalk: Retail Rumble (Part 1) with Neil Saunders, R.J. Hottovy, Rachel Tipograph, Kiri Masters & Anne Mezzenga

This week Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc bring listeners a high-energy live episode from Shoptalk Las Vegas — Part 1 of the inaugural Retail Rumble. The episode opens with the week’s most important retail news. Levi Strauss delivers strong revenue growth driven by its expanding direct-to-consumer business, underscoring how its pivot away from wholesale dependency […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Anthropic’s Mythos is Here. Is OpenAI’s Spud Next?

After Anthropic’s introduction of Mythos — the mega-model it said is too dangerous to release to the public — OpenAI is poised for AI’s next big moment with “Spud.” “Spud” is a massive new base model that OpenAI President Greg Brockman recently told us is “a new pre-train” that can understand instructions and context better. […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Beyond the Doom Scroll: Why Brands Are Turning to Snapchat for Growth

If you still think Snapchat is just for teenagers, you may be missing one of the most underappreciated growth channels in digital advertising. In this episode of Retail Remix, host Nicole Silberstein speaks with Sidharth Malhotra, Global VP of SMB at Snap, about why Snapchat is becoming an increasingly important platform for small- and mid-sized […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Winning in Social Commerce with Gildan’s Jason O’Toole & Katie Tripodi

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Jason O’Toole, Head of Connected Commerce & Media, and Katie Tripodi, Director of US Digital Merchandising and eCommerce Expansion at Gildan, a leading manufacturer of everyday basic apparel. The Company’s product offering includes activewear, underwear, socks, and intimates sold to a broad range of customers, including […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Jason & Scot Show Episode EP337 – Agentic Commerce at Citi’s Global Consumer & Retail Conference

A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. Episode 337 is a panel discusion on the Future of Agentic Commerce from Citi’s Global Consumer & Retail Conference. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Podcast RSS SoundCloud TuneIn iHeartRadio Google Play Music Overcast Pocket Casts Facebook ????? Chapters 0:30 Welcome to the Jason and […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

Key Themes at SXSW 2026 with Omnicom’s Greg Brown

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Greg Brown, SVP of Innovation for the DAS Group of Agencies at Omnicom. Greg joins to share key themes coming from the 2026 SXSW which dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW® is best known for its […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

Commerce Riff with Sri & PVSB – April 7, 2026

Each week, the CPG Guys will riff on the hottest topics in the world of omnichannel commerce.  This week’s topics: Amazon FBA Surcharge Container Store gets a new owner Kristin Wolf promoted at Ulta Home Depot’s new CTO CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comSheCOMMERCE Website: https://shecommercepodcast.com/Rhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj in Katseye: https://www.katseye.world/ DISCLAIMER: […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Stitch Fix CEO Matt Baer, Nike’s Identify Crisis, Grocery’s Looming Collapse of the Middle, and Pets.Com: The Sequel

This week on The Remarkable Retail Podcast, Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc break down the forces reshaping retail before sitting down live at Shoptalk in Las Vegas with Matt Baer, CEO of Stitch Fix. The episode opens with a wide-ranging look at the macro pressures bearing down on the industry—geopolitical conflict, rising tariffs, and supply […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

KC/In Conversation:  Gary Hawkins, On Retail’s New “Age Of Bionic Orchestration”

Today, Gary Hawkins returns to MNB for a conversation about his newest white paper, “Retail 5.0: The Age of Bionic Orchestration,” which he subtitles, “The End Of Human Speed Retail.”  It is a fascinating and provocative piece of writing, positing that Retail 5.0 demands organizational integration, with an extraordinary upside:  “The move from siloed optimization […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Unbossing: Reed Hastings from the Mountaintop!

We have entered the age of Debossification. An age where zones of control are being replaced by zones of influence. Where the future does not fit in mindsets of the past. An era of where smart leaders acknowledge that every career has a midnight hour and one should exit at five to 12. It is […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Local Brand Building at Scale with Ace Hardware’s Kim Lefko

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Kim Lefko, SVP and Chief marketing Officer at Ace Hardware, which has over 5,000 stores around the world with the majority of those stores independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs.  Follow Kim Lefko on linkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimlefko/ Follow RedVest media on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/redvest-media/ Follow […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

KC/In Conversation:  The Intersection of Business & Technology

From Western Michigan University’s annual Food Marketing Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan … a wide-ranging panel discussion that I had the chance to facilitate last week about the impact of technology on various segments of the business.  The focus includes robotics, AI, Agentic commerce, and how a business needs to re-engineer its corporate DNA if it […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

AI becomes central to M&S technology transformation: these are the biggest retail stories from March

March is done and dusted, April is up and running, so let’s kick back and reflect on another eventful month for the retail technology space. Here’s your briefing on the most important stories from March, including VenHub Global, RTS 2026, Zalando, Nomagic, Co-op, VoCoVo, StrongPoint, Iceland Foods, AiFi, Boxbar Tech, Groupe Dynamite, and Manhattan Associates. […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The Future of Grocery: Introducing GroceryLab with FMI’s Doug Baker

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Doug Baker, VP of Industry Relations at the Food Marketing Institute. As the food industry association, FMI works with and on behalf of the entire industry to advance a safer, healthier and more efficient consumer food supply. FMI is a champion for the food industry and […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Is AI Retail’s New Front Door? with Bret Taylor (OpenAI Board Chair & Sierra CEO) and Guest Co-Host Neil Saunders

Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc are joined by guest co-host Neil Saunders, Managing Director and retail analyst at GlobalData, bringing his signature analytical rigour and on-the-ground store insights to a wide-ranging discussion of the week’s biggest retail developments and the future of AI-powered commerce. For our feature interview, Steve sits down live at ShopTalk with […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

Commerce Riff with Sri & PVSB – March 31, 2026

Each week, the CPG Guys will riff on the hottest topics in the world of omnichannel commerce.  This week’s topics: Dollar General getting new CEO Pernod Ricard / Brown-Forman merger talks Henkel buys OlaplexThe perils of AI-generated content CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comSheCOMMERCE Website: https://shecommercepodcast.com/Rhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj in Katseye: https://www.katseye.world/ DISCLAIMER: […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The Innovation Conversation:  From Vegas To Kalamazoo, A Focus On Tech (Part 2)

Today, Tom Furphy and KC engage in an extended debrief after their trips to a pair of innovation-focused  conferences – Tom to Shoptalk 2026 in Las Vegas, and KC to Western Michigan University’s Food Marketing Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Following up on last week’s conversation, they consider the two sides of a Shoptalk debate about […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Merchandising a Marketplace: The Magician Behind Etsy’s Curatorial Magic

With more than 120 million listings and millions of active sellers, Etsy operates one of the most unique marketplaces in retail. But surfacing the right products for the right buyers requires more than algorithms alone. In this episode of Retail Remix, host Nicole Silberstein speaks with Mary Andrews, Head of Global Merchandising at Etsy, about […]
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  1. Channel: Delivery

Advertising in Everyday Moments with DoorDash’s Vassili Samolis

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Vassili Samolis, Head of Ad Product at DoorDash, one of the world’s leading local commerce platforms that helps businesses of all kinds grow and innovate, connects consumers to the best of their neighborhoods, and gives people fast, flexible ways to earn.  Follow Vassili on LinkedIn at: […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Senator Mark Warner on AI’s Risks: “I Want To Be More Optimistic, But I Am Terrified.”

Senator Mark Warner seemed worried. Sitting in his office in Washington D.C., the three-term legislator from Virginia leaned forward, looked into his computer, and told me he didn’t believe the government, or anybody for that matter, was prepared for what might happen if AI reaches its potential. “I don’t think the government’s ready. I don’t […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The Innovation Conversation:  From Vegas To Kalamazoo, A Focus On Tech

Today, Tom Furphy and KC report from two different tech-centric conferences – Tomorrow from Shoptalk 2026 in Las Vegas, and KC from Western Michigan University’s Food Marketing Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan.  In the first of a two-part Innovation Conversation, they focus on the degree to which business leaders in the future will have to think […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

Commerce Riff with Sri & PVSB – March 24, 2026

Each week, the CPG Guys will riff on the hottest topics in the world of omnichannel commerce.  This week’s topics: GLP-1 McCormick to acquire Unilever Food Brands Last Mile Delivery General Mills woes CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comSheCOMMERCE Website: https://shecommercepodcast.com/Rhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj in Katseye: https://www.katseye.world/ DISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast […]
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  1. Department & Category

Lane Crawford’s CEO Jennifer Woo on Building a Different Kind of Department Store; Plus Lululemon Struggles, Macy’s Stalls, and Five Below Shines

This week on The Remarkable Retail podcast, Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc begin with a sweeping look at the key retail and macro stories of the week, then dive into a compelling interview with Jennifer Woo, Chairman and CEO of Hong Kong-based luxury retailer Lane Crawford. Woo shares her unusual path into retail leadership, from […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Anthropic Takes The Pentagon To Court This Week. Here’s What Could Happen.

On Tuesday, a federal judge in California will hear Anthropic’s argument to freeze the supply-chain risk designation the government slapped on it after it refused to grant the Pentagon the right to use its Claude models for domestic surveillance or autonomous warfare. The hearing is a key next step in Anthropic’s parallel lawsuits against the […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Scaling With Soul: Beyond Yoga’s Playbook for Authentic Growth

In the crowded activewear market, Beyond Yoga has built its brand around something deeper than product: comfort, body inclusivity and the belief that wellness should feel good — not unattainable. In this episode of Retail Remix, Nicole Silberstein speaks with Katie Babineau, CMO of Beyond Yoga, about how the brand has scaled its presence while […]
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  5. Associates & Employees
  6. Merchandising
  7. Stores & Formats

Walmart to Expand Digital Shelf Labels Chainwide

Walmart will deploy digital shelf labels (DSLs) chainwide this year, doubling the approximately 2,300 U.S. locations currently using the technology (Walmart U.S. operates more than 4,600 stores). With more than 120,000 items in a typical Walmart store, managing price changes manually requires significant associate hours. Additionally, these DSLs are equipped with LED lights that make […]
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