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  1. Media & Marketing

The Fundamentals of eCommerce with Jelmar’s Valeria Shumaker

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Valeria Shumaker, Director of eCommerce at Jelmar LLC, manufacturer of CLR & Tarn-X brands. Follow Valeria Shumaker on LinkedIn at:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeriashumaker/Follow Jelmar on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jelmar/Follow Jelmar online at: https://clrbrands.com/ Valeria answers these questions: Please walk us through pivotal roles in your professional career that have […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

ThirdLove’s Co-Founder Shares the Brand’s Customer Acquisition and Retention Approach

In episode 445 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews David Spector, co-founder and chairman of ThirdLove, a women’s intimates and lifestyle brand. Listen in as Spector shares the genesis of the company (0:45), his professional background prior to co-founding the company (4:20), his current role at the business (6:10), and how ThirdLove approaches […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

How Roku is Shaping the Shoppable Content Era

Connected TV (CTV) is becoming a central marketing and advertising channel for brands as streaming networks bolster their subscription offerings. They’re becoming a conduit for delivering engaging, personalized campaigns that drive brand awareness, product discovery, in-store traffic and conversions.  Roku is helping drive this new era of shoppable content by providing the streaming devices consumers […]
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  1. Data & Insights

What Brands Need To Know To Build a Healthy D2C Strategy DSI

“Long term, definitely, you want to be able to get to that point of direct to consumer because of the wealth of data that you get … [and] that control as well … And you can see many brands out there are all testing the water, so you don’t want to be the last one […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

Shoptalk 2024 Recap

The CPG Guys are joined by Justin Honaman, Host of the ContentCast podcast and Head of Worldwide CPG & Retail Go-To-Market at Amazon Web Services as they recap the key themes discussed at the 2024 Shoptalk Conference which took place in Las Vegas Sept 17-20, 2024. Follow Justin Honaman on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinhonamanFollow The Contendercast […]
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  1. Channel: Grocery

Disruptive Retail Media with Hy-Vee’s Kayla Winstead

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Kayla Winstead, VP of Retail Media at Hy-Vee, the Iowa-based grocery retailer with over 280 large-format grocery stores in 8 states. Hy-Vee’s Retail Media Platform in known as Red Media. Follow Kayla Winstead on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaylabasart/ Follow Hy-Vee on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hy-vee/ Follow Hy-Vee Red […]
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  1. Data & Insights

How Unleashed Brands Connects With Families Across its Portfolio

In episode 444 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Michael Browning, co-founder and CEO of Unleashed Brands, a portfolio of innovative brands that help kids learn, play and grow, including Urban Air, Snapology, and The Little Gym. Listen in as Browning provides an overview of Unleashed Brands (0:55), discusses why he launched the […]
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  1. Merchandising

Speak the CFO’s Language To Grow Digital Shelf Investments DSI

“A lot of business cases, they depend on internal efficiency gains. But if you don’t measure this … then it will never lead to project success or success on the digital shelf … Have a measuring mindset.”            — Ilse Goverts-van Kesteren, Lead Business Consultant, Wunderman Thompson When Wunderman Thompson asked […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Jason & Scot Show: Temu Deep Dive with Earnest Analytics

Michael Maloof, Head of Marketing for Earnest Analytics, joined Jason Goldberg and Scot Wingo on the latest episode of the Jason & Scot Show, a weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. The topic of discussion was Temu, the online marketplace operated by the Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings, which has become the […]
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  1. Retail Operations

Investigating the Evolved Customer Journey: Trends, Challenges & Priorities

Retailers know that digital influences the customer journey, from initial awareness to post-purchase. So why is there still such a staggering divide between consumers’ digital and physical brand experiences? We explore the gaps, challenges and opportunities on this week’s Retail Remix with Justin Racine and Zach Zalowitz of Perficient. Together with host Alicia Esposito, they […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Talking Technology 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. Technology & Innovation

Will Search Engine Traffic Really Drop 25% by 2026, As Gartner Predicts?

Late last month, Gartner made a stunning prediction, forecasting an imminent and dramatic decline in search engine traffic. “By 2026, traditional search engine volume will drop 25%,” the research firm said. “with search marketing losing market share to AI chatbots and other virtual agents.” The prediction seemed aggressive, especially given that Microsoft Bing — with its […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Affordable Last Mile Groceries Delivery with Buncha’s Bharat Pulgam

The CPG Guys are joined in this episodee by Bharat Pulgam, Founder & CEO of Buncha, a last-mile technology company that uses W2 shoppers and refrigerated vehiclesto provide best in class service. With a unique batching system, Buncha is able to work with retailers to maximize deliveries in a reliable and efficient manner. What sets […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

Finding Your Passionate Core Customer

This week we explore some of the content from Steve’s forthcoming book Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Speed of Disruption, which is now available for pre-order at book retailers worldwide.  In particular, we go deep on a strategy of being “Special, Not Big” by significantly narrowing the aim of the customers you serve […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

HSN Evolves Video Commerce Across Channels, From Cable to TikTok

In episode 443 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Rob Robillard, chief merchandising officer of HSN, a leading interactive and lifestyle retailer that is part of Qurate Retail Group. Listen in as Robillard provides an overview of HSN’s history in enabling video commerce and live shopping (1:00), the retailer’s increased focus on streaming […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Using In-Depth Retail Media Analytics To Refine DSP Performance DSI

“A big trap that a lot of brands fall into is, they may have some growth goals … but they’re overly focused on bottom-of-funnel metrics like ROAS [return on investment]. And that is just going to kill any innovation that you might have.” — Kiri Masters, Head of Retail Marketplace Strategy, Acadia Measuring Amazon Deliver Service […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Command Your Brand with PriceSpider’s Brett Banner & Rae Guimond

We are partnering on today’s episode with Pricespider, who helps the world’s brands, big and small, to enrich the consumer journey and build long-lasting relationships with their shoppers, resulting in more revenue and higher profit margins.  The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by SVP of strategy & Director of strategy for PriceSpider – […]
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  1. Data & Insights

The Innovation Conversation:  Data Illuminated

The continuing goal of “The Innovation Conversation” is to explore some facet of the fast-changing, technology-driven retail landscape and how it affects businesses and consumers. It is, we think, fertile territory … and one that Tom Furphy – a former Amazon executive who led the team that developed Amazon Fresh, and currently CEO and Managing […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Retailing in a Time of Mass Distraction with Andrea Dorigo, Adidas Head of Global Retail

Our guest this week is Andrea Dorigo Head of Global Retail for Adidas. Andrea shares many strategic leadership lessons gleaned from his  incredibly deep and diverse experience working across a spectrum of international brands. Now he leads a network of more than 2,000 stores for one of the world’s most iconic vertically integrated brands. We […]
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  1. Data & Insights

How To Maintain Dominance on the Amazon Retail Media Network With Advanced Data Analytics DSI

“If you have top organic placement, having always-on paid is probably not the best use of dollars. But what happens if you don’t is, you’ll see your organic ranks start to come down … a slow in and out strategy is actually how you can keep your balloon up in the air.” — Aisha Khan, […]
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  1. Retail Ecosystem

Celebrating 200 Episodes: Our Top 5 Geek-Out Moments

Four years and 200 episodes later, we’re celebrating how far the retail industry and the Retail Remix podcast have come! What better way to do that than to listen back to the conversations that sparked some of the show’s top geek-out moments? Listen to find out which guests drove some of our most thought-provoking conversations […]
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  1. Media & Marketing

Prof G Markets: What Killed the Apple Car? Shein Eyes a London IPO, and The Granolas

Scott shares his thoughts on what might have been the final nail in the coffin for the decade-long effort to build an Apple car. He also discusses what it means for Shein to explore an IPO in the UK instead of the U.S., and explains why he’d still like to invest in the company. Finally, […]
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  1. Data & Insights

4 Key Point-of-Sale Trends for 2024

The point-of-sale (POS) system has always been the one truly indispensable technology for any merchant, large or small. The centrality of the POS has led both retailers and solution providers to integrate it with other fundamental operational systems, from inventory and order management to customer relationship management (CRM) and, of course, payments. As if this […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

Inside the Crisis at Google

It’s not like artificial intelligence caught Sundar Pichai off guard. I remember sitting in the audience in January 2018 when the Google CEO said it was as profound as electricity and fire. His proclamation stunned the San Francisco audience that day, so bullish it still seems a bit absurd, and it underscores how bizarre it […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Using Science to Do Good with Consumer Reports’ Former Chief Scientific Officer James Dickerson

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by James H. Dickerson, PhD, former Chief Scientific Officer at Consumer Reports. Follow James on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-h-dickerson-phd/ James answers these questions: Would you walk our audience through some of the pivotal professional experiences in your career that have led you to AMTIL? Can you share your […]
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  1. Operations & Supply Chain

How Alibaba is Powering Sustainable Supply Chains for B2B Sellers

In episode 441 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Yikun Shao, head of supply chain, North America at Alibaba.com, a leading platform for global B2B e-commerce. Listen in as Shao discusses his professional background and current role at Alibaba.com (0:55), leveraging the organization’s supply chain capabilities to empower small businesses (3:45), the adoption […]
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  1. Corporate Strategy

Tractor Supply’s Remarkable “Life Out Here” Growth Story with CEO Hal Lawton (E)

This week we’re reprising our November 2022 interview with Hal Lawton, President & CEO of Tractor Supply Co, a truly remarkable retailer that has delivered some of the strongest results of any brand during the past five years.   We explore Hal’s diverse journey from McKinsey, to Home Depot, to eBay, to Macy’s and on to Tennesee-based […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

How Stitch Fix Blends the Art and Science of Merchandising

Stitch Fix has access to rich data and insights to understand consumers’ wants, needs and behaviors. Additionally, it harnesses the unique knowledge and expertise of its styling and merchandising teams to ensure it is striking the right balance between personalized service and surprise and delight.  During this episode of Retail Remix, Loretta Choy, Chief Merchandising […]
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Download full TikTok Shop report Access TikTok and Panel data in Dash. TikTok Shop customers spent 26% of their apparel wallet on Off-Price Department Stores and 11% on Fast Fashion in the 12-months ended February 2024, compared to 24% and 7% for the average shopper. Conversely, TikTok Shop users spent less than their peers at […]
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