Coffee, Commerce & Cabernet

We're recapping Cannes Lions 2026 from the French Riviera, this time skipping the Cabernet in favor of some far more heat-approved glasses of rosé in hand. This week on Coffee, Commerce & Cabernet, Destaney and Gabi sit down with Laura, VP of Retail Media at BTR Media, for her first ever Cannes experience. They dig into how AI conversations at Cannes have evolved year over year, why the be...

Carolyn Sarnoff spent 13 years at Amazon before stepping into the role of Chief Marketing Officer at Pattern where she helped shape the company’s marketing and brand strategy leading up to their IPO in late 2025. In this episode of Coffee, Commerce & Cabernet, Carolyn shares the lessons that shaped her perspective on career growth, culture, and how strong teams are built. The conversation expl...

On today's episode of Coffee, Commerce & Cabernet, Gabi and Destaney chat with Daneel Steinmann, Founder and CEO of Old School - one of South Africa's largest, and arguably most culturally influential, clothing merch brands in South Africa - now with global success! We're filming this one straight from the source in Cape Town, South Africa, to talk with Daneel about what it actuall...

In this episode of Coffee, Commerce & Cabernet, Destaney and Gabi sit down to explore how athletics shaped the women, leaders, and professionals they are today and why so many of those lessons continue to show up far beyond sport. From representing a country on the world stage to grinding through early morning practices, uneven conditions, and relentless repetition, they reflect on what sport...

Recorded straight from the conference floor in Nashville at Amazon UnBoxed conference. In this episode of Coffee, Commerce & Cabernet, Destaney and Gabi break down the announcements that matter most from the new Creative Studio upgrades, to evolving Rufus search behavior, to the rapid rise of natural-language tools inside Ad Console. They unpack what these updates actually mean for brands &amp...

A comment sparks a raw, honest conversation between co-hosts Destaney Wishon and Gabi Viljoen about what it really means to be a woman in leadership today. From being told to “soften your tone” to being judged by appearance on stage, they dive deep into the double standards women face in eCommerce & Entrepreneurship and how they have aimed to navigate them with confidence, empathy, and grace....

In this episode of Coffee, Commerce & Cabernet , co-hosts Gabi Viljoen and Destaney Wishon pour a glass of South African Chenin Blanc and dive into a conversation on self-awareness: why it matters, how to cultivate it, and how it shapes leadership, careers, and personal growth. They share personal stories of burnout, overachievement, and the unconscious patterns that drive behavior, showing ho...

Welcome to Coffee, Commerce & Cabernet 🍷 We started this podcast to have real conversations about growth, business, and life the kind of honest talks that usually happen behind the scenes. Over the years, we’ve both built careers, faced plenty of challenges, and learned a lot through trial and error. What’s carried us forward has been sharing those lessons with each other — and now we’re shar...