The Jason & Scot Show - E-Commerce And Retail News

Luke Rauch is the Sr. Director of Insights at Walgeens.  We caught up with Luke at the PathtoPurchase Summit , where he gave a key-note about how to success in the Age of Amazon..  We covered a variety of topics including: Unique assortments and customer expereince Loyalty Programs Omni-Channel Future of E-Commerce Don't forget to like our  facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please wri...

ShopTalk is an annual trade show held in Las Vegas focused on retail and e-commerce innovation.  In it's third year, it has become the fastest growing can't miss event in our industry.  This year 8,400 industry professionals attended the event (up from 5,400 last year).  The 2018 version took place March 18-21, 2018 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. There is so much content at the show, that we've div...

EP121 - Shoptalk 2018 Recap Part 1 ShopTalk is an annual trade show held in Las Vegas focused on retail and e-commerce innovation.  In it's third year, it has become the fastest growing can't miss event in our industry.  This year 8,400 industry professionals attended the event (up from 5,400 last year).  The 2018 version took place March 18-21, 2018 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. There is so much...

EP120 - Negotiating with Amazon with Andrea Leigh Andrea Leigh is the Vice President of Client Services at Ideoclick , Inc., an Amazon managed services agency.  Andrea enjoyed a 10 year career at Amazon where she served in a number of Buying and Category Leadership roles.  We caught up with Andrea at the PathtoPurchase Summit , where she gave a key-note on selling on Amazon.  We covered a variety...

EP119 - Amazon expert Melissa Burdick http://jasonandscot.com Melissa Burdick is the president of Pacvue , and a former Amazonian who was involved in Amazon's entry into the CPG space.  She's one of the most popular guests on the show, so with all the changes Amazon has been going through it's a great time to have her back. We caught up with Melissa at the PathtoPurchase Summit , where she gave a...

This episode catches up on the latest e-commerce news: Upcoming Industry Events Etail west 2/26 – 3/1 Palm Desert Path to Purchase Summit – March 12-14 – Chicago * IBM Think 3/19-22 Las Vegas ShopTalk 3/18-21 Las Vegas * Adobe 3/25-3/29 Las Vegas NPD Idea 5/15-17 Austin * SAP Sapphire June 5-7, Orlando IRCE, June 5-8 Chicago Shop.org, Sept 12-14, Las Vegas * * Denotes shows Scot and Jason will be...

EP117 - Listener Questions Amazon launches"Ship with Amazon" Listener Questions Q1: Amit Agarwal- Thanks for the amazing podcast. What is the future trend in pricing ? EDLP or coupon based pricing? Most new retailers will adopts EDLP, promotions aren't as effective in the age of transparency, but it's very hard for existing promotional retailer to switch.  Eventually we'll get to more dynamic, per...

EP116 - Industry News, Geek Week   SuperBowl News Ad Coverage Amazon won the Superbowl Nike Launched a new sneaker direct to consumer .  Nike's SNKRS site for new releases (who's name I couldn't remember during the recording, sorry Kevin). Amazon News SpaceX successfully launched it's first Falcon heavy rocket, and recovered two of the boosters.  The photos and video of the Tesla in space were ama...

  EP115 - Amazon Q4 2017 Earnings Hot Take This episode is a hot take of the Amazon Q4 2017 earnings Amazon Q4 2017 Earnings $60B Revenue =~ $129B GMV ($47B 1P + $82B 3P) New Amazon A+ Content Options Amazon, JPMorgan Chase Health Care Project Supreme Court to hear South Dakota sales tax collection case UPS - Amazon Problem eBay - PayPal breakup Don't forget to like our  facebook page, and if you...

EP114 - Great Retail Bifurcation, Kasey Lobaugh of Deloitte http://jasonandscot.com Kasey Lobaugh  is a Principal and Chief Retail Innovation Officer at Deloitte Consulting LLP, he first appeared on episode 68 .  You can follow him on twitter at @klobaugh .  Kasey and his team publish some of the most useful research in the industry including The New Digital Divide  which helps quantify the effect...

EP113 - NRF Preview http://jasonandscot.com Episode 113 is preview of the NRF Big Show 2018. Recap of CES 2018 Preview of NRF Big Show 2018 Retail News Don't forget to like our  facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of...

EP112 - Annual Predictions for 2018   2017 Recap – Predictions made on episode 64 Jason Retailers truly embrace Omni-channel  (Attribution/Inventory/promotion/pricing – YES A/I – Bots for Customer Service but probably not for transactions, lots of buzz on big data AI but no game changing new experience – No Personalization – to eliminate friction, not drive new demand.  Data integration not some n...

EP111- End of year news. Holiday Recap E-Commerce up approx 18%, total retail up 4.8% UPS Woes Amazon News Amazon Holiday Recap Amazon wins 50% of holiday sales !?!? WPP, Publcis, Omnicom  spend $800M on Amazon ads Other News Home Depot may buy XPO (large item logistics firm) Stitchfix first quarter post-IPO Michelle Gass takes over helm at Kolhs . (Episode 77 of the podcast featured outgoing CEO...

EP110 - Holiday 17 Hot Take with Rob Garf of Salesforce.com Rob Garf ( @retailrobgarf ), is the VP of Industry Strategy and insights at Salesforce Commerce Cloud.  His team has access to insights from all the Salesforce Commerce Cloud clients (formerly Demandware).  We have a broad ranging conversation about what he's seeing this holiday season and trends he expects for next year. You can read mor...

Tamara Gaffney  is the Director of the Strategic Insights Engagement Group at Adobe.  Tamera joins us to discuss the holiday e-commerce results from Black Friday through Cyber Monday (Cyber 5).  Tamera has access to anonymous, and aggregated data from more than 5,000 companies worldwide that use the Adobe Digital Marketing Cloud (including Adobe Analytics formerly known as Omniture), which represe...

EP107- Listener Questions   Listener Questions Q1: Brands selling direct on their own site Shawn Cheng What do u think about a brand to run their own brand store, not through market place such as eBay, Amazon or Alibaba? Jamie Dooley Hi Scot & Jason: Have you heard of any brands seeing true success building a D2C E-Comm business through their own websites? (On a path to do 10-20% of sales and/or 8...

EP106 - Amazon's Q3 Results Hot Take This episode is a hot take of the Amazon Q3 Results as well as a few misc pieces of news Apple opened it's new midwest flagship "town square" store in Chicago Amazon opened a new "Pickup and Return" retail concept in Chicago For those interested in todays update who want more, we have deep dive episodes on three topics: EP024 – Amazon Deep Dive EP089 – Amazon A...

EP0105 - Stitch Fix IPO Hot Take This episode is a hot take of the Stitch Fix IPO Filing: How IPO's Work / Jobs Act $1B Exits in E-Commerce Zappos - $850m 2009 Quidsi/diapers - $545m -2010 Kiva - $775b 2012 Trunk Club - $350m 2014 Jet.com - $4b  8/16 Dollar Shave club - $1b 7/16 Chewy.com - $3b 4/17 Zulily - went public with $2.7b Stitch Fix Background Offering History Financing History Stitch Fix...

An interview with Bryon Colby  ( @bcolby6 ), SVP of Digital Commerce at Cornerstone Brands. Cornerstone Brands is a billion-dollar omni-channel retailer comprised of multiple leading home and apparel brands including Frontgate, Ballard Designs, Garnet Hill, Chasing Fireflies, Grandin Road, Improvements, and TravelSmith. Cornerstone is a business unit of HSN, Inc. We spoke with Bryon about his back...

EP103 - Amazon Private Label Deep Dive This episode is a deep dive into Amazon's Private Label activities: Framework for Amazon Private Label Brands Amazon's History in Private Label Amazonscape Advice for Brands and Retailers Update on Amazon Private Label Marketshare from 1010data Mary Meeker State of the Internet  (slide 75 is the one discussed) Special thanks to Samir Bhavnani and Tim Wilson f...

EP102 - Code Commerce, Shop.org, and News  Code Commerce Code Commerce  (the first stand alone commerce event from Recode) was Sept 13 and 14 in New York City. Andy Dunn - CEO of Bonobos Laura Albert - CEO of Williams Sonoma   NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Fanatics Executive Chairman Michael Rubin Pinterest President Tim Kendall A Tour of an Amazon Prime Now facility in New York on West 34th Sh...

EP101 - Indochino CEO, Drew Green   An interview with Drew Green  ( @Drew_Green ), CEO and of Indochino .  Indochino is one of the largest made to measure menswear brands globally with active customers in 50 countries. We spoke with Drew about his previous e-commerce startup Shop. CA as well as Indochino's business model, Amazon strategy, and the future of the indsutry. Don't forget to like our  f...

EP100 - Get to Know Our Listeners To celebrate our 100th episode, we decided to put the focus on the most important element, the listeners.  So we invited three of our most active listeners to be on the show. Radz Mpofu @RadzMpofu Kevin Harmon   @imadness   Facebook   Ted Fifelski   @ted_gives Don't forget to like our  facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itun...

EP099 - Tulip Retail CEO Ali Asaria and News Amazon News Wholefoods - Amazon Day 1 buzz Amazon getting deeper into programmatic ads Amazon building a FC on top of what was once the largest mall in the US, in Randall, OH Amazon is #1 app with millennials  via Comscore Other news CPG's face the threat of digital disruption Warren Buffet - Retailers and Brands in an epic battle Walmart partners with...

EP098 - Zola CEO/Co-Founder Shan-Lyn Ma An interview with Shan Lyn Ma  ( @ shanlynm) , CEO and Co-Founder of Zola . Zola is re-inventing the Wedding Registry for the modern couple. In this episode we discuss Shan Lyn's previous experience including Yahoo and Gilt Group.  As well as Zola's business model and potential growth opportunities. Shan mentioned a recent article written by Zola investor, A...