Ecommerce Braintrust

Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. We recorded this episode on June 29th, 2026, just after the dust had settled on Amazon Prime Day 2026. The initial numbers are starting to normalize, and we have brought together a great panel of internal experts to help us unpac...

🎙️Interview with Scott Ohsman, Adam Janecka, and Matt Rosenfeld Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. This week, we have something a little different for you. A few weeks ago, while attending the Digital Shelf Summit in Atlanta, we had the chance to join Scott Oshman...

🎙️News Review with Armin Alispahic and Pat Petriello DESCRIPTION Welcome to another edition of The Retail Round Up: your monthly recap of the biggest headlines and developments in the retail world.   We have a packed slate today. Joining us to break down all the madness are our resident experts: Pat Petriello on the media side, and Armin Alispahic covering operations and organic trends.   Let's ge...

🎙️News Review with Armin Alispahic and Pat Petriello DESCRIPTION Welcome to another edition of The Retail Round Up: your monthly recap of the biggest headlines and developments in the retail world.   We've got the full squad back together today. Armin Alispahic is here bringing his sharp eye to operations and organic industry trends. Pat Petriello is back to break down everything happening in medi...

🎙️Interview With Carel van Rooyen and Michael Childers DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. We're officially in the calm before the storm, recording this in April with one eye firmly fixed on the summer ahead. This episode is your comprehensive playbook...

🎙️Interview With Lauren Livak Gilbert of Digital Shelf Institute   DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management.   Today, we're excited to welcome back a returning guest and friend of the pod: Lauren Livak Gilbert, Executive Director of the Digital Shelf Institut...

DESCRIPTION Welcome to another edition of The Retail Round Up: your monthly recap of the biggest headlines and developments in the retail world.   Joining us as always is Armin Alispahic, our go-to expert for operations and organic industry trends. We've also got Pat Petriello back in the mix. He'll be weighing in on all things media.   One month. A lot happened. Let's get into it.    Quote: "With...

DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management.   Today's topic is one brands and advertisers aren't watching closely yet, but we think they should be. Amazon quietly added a "Prompts" report to Sponsored Products, and if this is as big as we think it is, it could...

🎙️News Review with Armin Alispahic and Pat Petriello DESCRIPTION Welcome to another edition of The Retail Round Up: your monthly recap of the biggest headlines and developments in the retail world.   As always, we have Armin Alispahic with us to dig into operations and organic industry trends. We're also thrilled to welcome Pat Petriello back to the show. He'll be sharing his takes on all things m...

🎙️Interview with Kiri Masters of The Retail Media Breakfast Club   DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. As we return from our holiday break, we're taking the opportunity to step back and reflect on where the ecommerce industry has been—and where it's hea...

Thank you for an incredible 2025! 🎉 We are grateful for such an engaged community of listeners. To celebrate, we're re-releasing 3 of our most popular episodes of the year. This week, we're bringing back "The Maturation of AMC for Sponsored Ads" with Ross Walker and Carlos Sastre. We hope you enjoy it!

Thank you for an incredible 2025! 🎉 We are grateful for such an engaged community of listeners. To celebrate, we're re-releasing 3 of our most popular episodes of the year. This week, we're bringing back "Winning Search, Unlocking Reviews, and the ROI of Content" with Mike Black. We hope you enjoy it!

Thank you for an incredible 2025! 🎉 We are grateful for such an engaged community of listeners. To celebrate, we're re-releasing 3 of our most popular episodes of the year. This week, we're bringing back "Vendor P&L Proliferation - Why It's Happening and Why It Matters" with Armin Alispahic. We hope you enjoy it!

🎙️News Review with Armin Alispahic and Ross Walker DESCRIPTION Welcome to another edition of The Retail Round Up: your monthly recap of the biggest headlines and developments in the retail world. Today, we're joined by Pat Petriello, Director of Retail Marketplace Strategy, who will be co-hosting this week. As always, we have Armin Alispahic here to dive deep into operations and organic industry t...

🎙️Interview with Ross Walker & Danilo Alvares of Acadia DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. We're diving into a big topic this week: programmatic media buying through Amazon DSP, and the many different ways brands can leverage it. If you've been wonderi...

🎙️Black Friday & Cyber Monday Data Breakdown With the Acadia Team   DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. We're coming to you late in the day on December 3rd, less than 48 hours after the whirlwind of Cyber Monday has wrapped up. The dust is barely settli...

DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. Today, we're excited to welcome back two familiar voices: Ross Walker, Director of Retail Media, and Pat Petriello, Director of Retail Marketplace Strategy.  They're here to help us unpack the wave of announcements th...

🎙️Live at unBoxed With Chris Conetta of Amazon    DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. In this special episode, we're coming to you live from Amazon unBoxed in Nashville, where we're sitting down with Chris Conetta, Director of Amazon DSP Supply.  Togeth...

🎙️Interview With Adam French of Acadia   DESCRIPTION   Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. Today, we're diving into one of the most quietly powerful and still widely underutilized growth levers on Amazon: Creator Connections. To help us unpack how brands can tap in...

🎙️News Review with Armin Alispahic and Pat Petriello DESCRIPTION Welcome to another edition of The Retail Round Up: your monthly recap of the biggest headlines and developments in the retail world.   This week, Pat Petriello is here to unpack everything happening in the world of ads, and Armin Alispahic will take us through the latest in operations and organic trends.   First up: Amazon fees. What...

🎙️Interview With Shahrez Anjum and Laurie Tovo of Acadia DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. Today we're joined by two fantastic guests from Acadia: Shahrez Anjum from our Account Management team and Laurie Tovo from our Retail Media team.  They're here...

🎙️Interview With Pat Petriello of Acadia   DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. Today, we're digging into how Amazon's DSP has expanded its streaming and connected TV media buying footprint through strategic partnerships with Netflix, Disney+, and Roku. ...

🎙️Prime Big Deal Days Data Breakdown With the Acadia Team   DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast! In this episode, Director of Retail Media at Acadia, Ross Walker, is joined by cohost and retail roundup resident expert, Armin Alispahic, stepping in for the show's regular hosts, Julie Spear and Jordan Ripley. Today's discussion dives into all the trends, data, and hot takes from...

🎙️News Review with Armin Alispahic and Ross Walker DESCRIPTION Welcome to another edition of The Retail Round Up: your monthly recap of the biggest headlines and developments in the retail world. As always, Ross Walker is here to unpack everything happening in the world of ads, and Armin Alispahic will take us through the latest in operations and organic trends. This month's lineup is packed: from...

🎙️Interview with Kelsey Knight of Slumberkins DESCRIPTION Welcome to The Ecommerce Braintrust podcast, brought to you by Julie Spear, Head of Retail Marketplace Services, and Jordan Ripley, Director of Retail Account Management. Today, we're excited to be joined by Kelsey Knight, Chief Commercial Officer at Slumberkins, an emotional learning brand dedicated to helping children grow into caring, co...