The CPG Guys

The CPG Guys are joined by Paula Despins, VP of Campaign Measurement, Planning & Amazon Marketing Cloud at Amazon Ads. This episode was recorded in Austin Texas during the annual Amazon unBoxed event. Follow Paula Despins on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-despins-4274a78/ Follow Amazon Ads on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/amazonadvertising/ Follow Amazon Ads on...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Mark Baum, Chief Collaboration Officer at FMI, the Food Industry Association and Liz Buchanan, North America President of NielsenIQ. FMI & NielsenIQ are collectively performing a joint research along with Thinkblue LLC - a consulting powerhouse that includes our co-host Sri, on the latest in retail media. They are interviewing brands, retailers and se...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Gabriel Dillon,  bringing you the ongoing value proposition of contentful. He is the Principal, Strategic Alliance Manager, and is back at Contentful after a stint and ninetailed, bringing his expertise in personalization and testing to the world's largest composable content ecosystem. Before this, he led partnerships at Ninetailed. He also founded a...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Rick Swinkels, CEO of TCC, which creates high participation, high engagement loyalty campaigns and platforms that influence, recognise and reward shopper behaviour in-store and online. An industry leader for more than 30 years, active in 70 countries and over 8,000 campaigns successfully delivered. This episode is sponsored by TCC Global. Follow Rick on L...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by David McIntosh, Chief Connected Stores Officer at Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores...

 The CPG GUYS are joined in this episode by Wiley Jones, Co-founder and CEO of Doss, ARP—a lightweight ERP system focused on building tools for teams that work in the real world. Wiley has worked in product design and hardware engineering at companies like Athelas and Verkada. From designing toys in factories in China to leading hardware projects for medical devices in Silicon Valley, Wiley has be...

Sri speaks with PVSB about his recent trip to Austin TX where he attended the 2024 Amazon unBoxed conference which showcases all of the new advertising capabilities being introduced by the world’s leading retail media platform. #fullfunnel #retailmedia #unBoxed2024 For the Cornell University Retail Media Strategy Program, click here For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorshi...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by 3 leaders from NielsenIQ to discuss modern Marketing Effectiveness as today’s consumer is fragmented across channels, has traded to private label in many categories for opening price points and is omnichannelretail in nature. The consumer is picky in terms of choices and has a plethora of choices both online and offline. This episode is sponsored by Nielse...

In this episode, the CPG Guys recap their recent trip to the 2024 Groceryshop conference. For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click here For the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email contact@cpgguys.com or click here For the Cornell Retail Media Strategy Executive Education program, click here CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Mark Hardy, SVP of Walmart Data Ventures. WDV recently announced the impending renaming of the Walmart Luminate platform to Scintilla. Data is the most valuable commodity today to build consumer trust and loyalty. Take business growth, with targeted consumer profiles and preferences, personalization is actually possible anchored on data. Find Mark Hardy on...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Matt Tilley, the Vice President of Growth Marketing for RR Donnelley, a trusted global provider of marketing, packaging, print and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. He works behind the scenes crafting marketing campaigns and on stages and screens presenting or conducting interviews. This episode is sponsor...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Mark Edwards, founder & CEO of 345 Global, which markets store planning, merchandising, sales & marketing into one cloud-based platform. Also, Parag Shah Chief Growth Officer at Think Blue. This episode is sponsored by 345 Global. Follow Mark Edward on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-edwards-51713b4/ Follow 345 Global on LinkedIn at:...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Jake Piasecki from none other than streaming TV and content leader Roku. The Roku team will be on the ground at Groceryshop in Las Vegas October 7th-9th to answer all your streaming TV questions. Drop Jake a note directly on LinkedIn to get in touch. Roku has been on the show 2 years ago in 2022 and since then a lot of advancements at Roku as well as strea...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Jonathan Phillips (or JP), Senior Manager of Solution Engineering at Contentful. a company on the mission of ‘content : from anywhere to everywhere and to rapidly build experiences customers crave.’ Simply put, content is now a hot hot topic. This is episode 2, episode 1 with them was released with Yann from VML and Nicole from Contentful. Be sure to go to...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Dave Peterson, GM & global head of retail media at Epsilon, where he is responsible for unifying Epsilon’s global retail media assets and teams to accelerate retailer and brand adoption of the company’s unified retail media platform around the world . This episode is sponsored by Epsilon. Find Dave on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pete...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Sheila Narayanan, founder of Simply Masala - a corporate career than spanned decades at GE, Rolls Royce, Mastercard, Readers Digest and even the Cub Scout, pivoted to starting a grassroots made at home, Indian meal cooking kit of spices. Find Sheila on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilanarayanan/ Find Simply masala on Linkedin at : https://ww...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Bobby Watts, SVP AD Media of ADUSA and Stephen Rivera from ROKT. The discussion is all about user experience, path to purchase journey's and personalization. This episode is sponsored by ROKT. Find Bobby Watts on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-watts-48571b74/ Find ADUSA on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ahold-delhaize-us...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Jamie Williams, Sr Mgr. Media at Glanbia nutrition. This is a discussion anchored on retail media, especially Amazon ad management and measurement.  Find Jamie Williams on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiestrothmann/ Find Glanbia nutrition on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glanbiaperformancenutrition/ Find Glanbia nutrition onli...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Niccolo Gloazzo from Kettle & Fire who represents one the fastest growing bone broths in the category. We met Niccolo at shoptalk Barcelona out in Spain and a casual conversation led to a podcast on omnichannel leadership and what's needed for today's media mastery including winning and retaining customers and households. Find Niccolo Gloazzo...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Courtney McCants, Director of digital product sales, emerging tech at RR Donnelley. She  is driven by a passion for innovative solutions and emerging technologies, and spearheads RRD’s Emerging Technology Product sales team. With 15 years of experience in media and advertising, Courtney has partnered with retailers and CPGs to craft strategies that authent...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Paul Wright, head of international at Uber advertising. This episode originated during Shoptalk Europe back in June at Barcelona. Needless to say, the last 4 years have seen a whirlwind change in retail media across the board. I’m talking 60+ RMN’s in the US, huge media budget shifts to sales and lower funnel but yet instore media not penetrated at all. In...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Yann Gautier from VML and Nicole France from Contentful. Today’s CPG landscape has accelerated a decade in the last 4 years since the beginning of the pandemic as far as omnichannel retail is concerned. One of the areas that requires profound transformation is engaging customer content. AI is at the forefront making the possibility of significantly scaling...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Steve Zurek, VP of thought leadership at NielsenIQ. Sri and Steve have a debate and dialogue on private label leadership, the current inflationary trends and the display pressure of the store environment and a reality check on what's really true at retail vs sensationalizing the outcomes. Find Steve Zurek on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/s...

THE CPGGUYS are joined in this episode LIVE from the Cannes Lions international festival of creativity at the Amazon pod - by Anastasia Leng, CEO of CreativeX. It's a conversation centered around the immense power of AI and how digital creative is changing by the hour. We are joined by special guest Ajay Sharma, VP at Bayer, who has also been our special guest interviewer on a previous episod...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Jeff Bustos, VP Measurement addressability data to discuss retail media performance and standards. Jeff has spent a lifetime in media greatness and is the absolute authority to hold brands and retailer accountable on this journey. Find Jeff Bustos on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bustosjeffrey/ Find IAB on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/c...