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SCALE ISN’T A STRATEGY. IT’S AN OPERATING SYSTEM. 🔥 Everybody loves talking about growth. The revenue. The shiny new products. The AI. The partnerships. The big freaking number on the slide. But here’s the question nobody puts on the keynote stage: What happens underneath the business when all that growth actually shows up? This week on SHeCOMMERCE, we’re going behind the strategy deck with Laure...

🥂 This Sparkling Sips comes with bubbles, bite…and a few serious mic drops. We’re pouring one with Lydia Thacher, Vice President of Digital Commerce at Dollar General , for a conversation that goes way beyond “eCommerce strategy.” Because digital commerce isn’t about chasing the shiniest tech. It’s about solving real problems for real customers. Lydia takes us inside the thinking behind Dollar Ge...

Camera Ready, Career Ready: Jane Hanson on Finding Your Voice and Owning the Room AI can give you the words. It cannot outsource your credibility. And in a world of AI-generated everything, that may be your biggest competitive advantage. This week, Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Jane Hanson —nine-time Emmy Award-winning journalist, longtime NBC New York anchor and host, and now executive commun...

What if the future of retail media isn’t about getting people to click more — but making their attention worth something? In this Sparkling Sips episode, Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Ariel Bishop, Co-Founder of Downtime, to talk retail media, AI, loyalty, in-store engagement, and what happens when brands actually reward consumers for their attention. Downtime is building a rewarded media mode...

Loving Your Pause: Menopause, Medicine & Making Yourself Heard What happens when you know something is wrong with your body…but no one can—or will—tell you why? This week, we’re firmly on the SHe side of SHeCOMMERCE with a conversation women should be having long before menopause actually arrives. Our guest Erin Lovingfoss spent more than 20 years building her career in the beverage industry....

Don’t Upgrade Your Technology. Upgrade Yourself. AI is moving fast. Consumer behavior is shifting. Business models are being rewritten in real time. But Kirsten Stendevad believes the biggest upgrade leaders need to make right now isn’t technological. It’s human. In this deeply personal and thought-provoking episode of SHeCOMMERCE, Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Kirsten Stendevad, Founder of th...

Shelley Zalis: Make Good Trouble. Build New Rooms. Fix the System. There are women who get invited into powerful rooms. Shelley Zalis builds new ones. Then she holds the door open. This episode of SHeCOMMERCE was a full-circle moment for us. Shelley Zalis — Founder and CEO of The Female Quotient, entrepreneur, movement maker, co-creator of #SeeHer and proudly self-appointed Chief Troublemaker — ha...

What happens when SHeCOMMERCE goes Always Off Brand? Apparently… absolutely nothing is off limits. 🔥 In this special crossover episode, Cristina Marinucci and Jacqui Dynowski join Scott, Haley and Summer from the Always Off Brand podcast for a conversation that starts with commerce, takes a detour through Cannes, AI and retail media, goes deep on women and power—and eventually gets delightfully,...

Reinventing Iconic Brands, Women’s Health & the Power of Getting Your Hands Dirty with Laura Thompson of Bayer Canada How do you reinvent an iconic brand without losing the trust that made it iconic in the first place? In this episode of SHeCOMMERCE, Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Laura Thompson, Country Division Head of Consumer Health at Bayer Canada , for a conversation that moves from d...

Skincare should not require a chemistry degree, a 12-step routine, or a luxury-sized budget. In this episode of SHeCOMMERCE, Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Colette Laxton, co-founder of The INKEY List, to explore how consumer obsession, founder resilience, and ruthless commercial discipline helped build one of beauty’s most disruptive brands. Colette shares how the rise of Reddit became an earl...

Rooted in Purpose, Scaling with Precision: How Milo’s Tea and Dollar General Are Building a Modern Growth Story What happens when an 80-year-old beverage company with startup energy partners with a nearly 90-year-old retailer that is still finding new ways to innovate? You get a growth story built on shared values, customer obsession, disciplined experimentation—and proof that retail media can inf...

AI. Innovation. Female pleasure. Career pivots. Yep…we’re going there.  This week’s episode of SHeCOMMERCE doesn’t just push boundaries—it asks why they existed in the first place. Fractional CMO, Marketing AI Strategist and educator Alicja Spaulding joins Cristina and Jax for one of our boldest conversations yet. From surviving the music industry’s Napster disruption to helping launch products li...

Episode 31: Cannes Confidential with Liz Roche — AI, iROAS and the Future of Retail Media AI may be the loudest conversation at Cannes—but practical application is where the real retail media transformation begins. In this Cannes Confidential episode of SHeCOMMERCE, Cristina Marinucci and Jacqui Dynowski sit down with Liz Roche, VP of Media at Albertsons Media Collective , to explore how artificia...

AI isn’t coming for commerce—it’s already deciding what gets discovered, recommended, and purchased. In this special episode created in partnership with WIAB—Women in Amazon Business , Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Max Sinclair, founder and CEO of Azoma , to unpack the AI visibility revolution and what it means for brands, retailers, founders, and women shaping the future of commerce. Max spen...

Episode 29: Cannes Confidential with NIQ's Liz Buchanan & Emilie Darolles The Commerce Revolution: AI, Agentic Shopping & the Future of Global Retail The future of commerce isn't coming—it's already here. Recorded live from Cannes Lions as part of our Cannes Confidential series, Cristina and Jacqui sit down with two of the industry's most influential leaders: Liz Buchan...

From Ambition to Authority: Kelly Miller on Women, Commerce, and Owning the Room at ANY Age What happens when you're leading at the highest levels... before people think you're "old enough" to be there? In this episode of SHeCOMMERCE , Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Kelly Miller, SVP, EMEA at Flywheel , for an honest conversation about building authority, navigating bias, an...

🎙️ Canapés from Cannes: The Hot Takes Everyone Was Talking About What happens when you gather leaders from agencies, brands, financial services, and media coaching on the Croisette? You get a refreshingly honest pulse check on where our industry is headed. In this special Canapés from Cannes mini episode, Cristina and Jacqui caught up with Claudia Johnson and Sebastian Flynn from Omnicom, Marta Sa...

Episode 26: Retail Media 3.0 – Building the Infrastructure Behind the Future of Commerce Live from Cannes Lions with Regina Ye, Founder & CEO, Topsort Retail media has officially grown up—but is the industry ready for what comes next? Recorded live from Cannes Lions, Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Regina Ye , Founder & CEO of Topsort, to unpack what they believe is the next evolution of...

Own Your Audience: Why Brands Can't Rent Their Customers Anymore | Featuring Preeya Goenka, Chief Customer Officer at beehiv In a world where algorithms change overnight, AI is reshaping discovery, and social platforms control who sees your content, one question has never been more important: Who actually owns your customer relationship? Recorded live from Cannes, Cristina Marinucci and Jacqu...

What’s really holding brands back in modern commerce? According to Cara Pratt, it’s not a lack of data. It’s a lack of alignment. In this CANNES Confidential episode of SHeCOMMERCE , Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Cara Pratt, President of Global Retail & Media at Circana , for a candid conversation about the future of commerce, retail media, and what it actually takes to turn data into grow...

What happens when two ambitious people build careers, raise a family, chase big dreams, and somehow still genuinely like each other? In this candid and laugh-out-loud episode of SHeCOMMERCE, Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Danny and Mandy Silverman to unpack the real story behind the "power couple" label.  Spoiler alert: it's less about perfection and more about partnership. From...

🎙️ SHeCOMMERCE Podcast: Andrew Pearson on Fatherhood, Allyship, Creativity & the Future of Work In this special Father's Day episode of SHeCOMMERCE, Cristina and Jacqui welcome a guest who knows a thing or two about navigating strong women, bold opinions, and high-performance environments—both at work and at home. Joining us is Andrew Pearson, award-winning creative leader, content strate...

AI Isn't the Strategy. Reinvention Is. | Featuring Lauren Livak Gilbert What happens when one of the sharpest minds in digital commerce joins SHeCOMMERCE? You get a conversation that challenges the way we think about AI, organizational transformation, leadership, and the future of work. This week, Cristina and Jacqui kick off the episode with some real talk on leadership, ambition, and the do...

From Breastfeeding to Belonging: How Julie Talbot is Reinventing Parenthood, Leadership & Legacy Brands What happens when a 42-year-old brand built around breastfeeding evolves to meet the realities of modern parenting? In this episode of SHeCOMMERCE, Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Julie Talbot, CEO of Lansinoh Laboratories , to discuss how one of the most trusted names in maternal health i...

Sparkling Sips: Reading the Tea Leaves with Jessica Batty What if one of the biggest assumptions in commerce today is already outdated? In this episode of Sparkling Sips , Cristina and Jacqui sit down with Jessica Batty, SVP of Marketing at Fluent , to unpack a shift many marketers are feeling—but few are willing to say out loud: consumers are tired of social media. Jessica shares her perspective...