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

EP097 - Industry News Congratulations to friend of the show Billy May, on his new appointment as CEO of Sur La Table .  Billy was a guest on episode 23. Amazon News Amazon Instant Pickup , allows pickup 2 minutes after ordering popular items, on 5 college campus's. Amazon stock briefly went down after President Trump attacked them on Twitter . Amazon Treasure Truck expanding to 5 new cities (Chica...

EP0096 - Listener Questions Part 2, and News Amazon News Amazon now showing pics of delivered packages in app AU fulfilment center Amazon hiring day (50k new jobs) Lots of new FCs coming Sears to sell Kenmore on Amazon and build Alexa into products New Amazon Hub Lockers Forcing Free Returns on 3p Sellers New Amazon  handbag private label launched - The Fix (Prime exclusive) Stripe processing some...

EP095- Listener Questions and Amazon Earnings http://jasonandscot.com Amazon Q2 2017 Earnings Summary ( PDF from Amazon ) Amazon reported a beat on revenue but a miss on earnings Revenue came in at $37.96 billion, beating street estimates of $37.18 billion. EPS was only 40 cents per share, missing street estimates of $1.42 per share. Listener Questions Kiri Masters: I'd love to hear Jason and Scot...

EP094 - News http://jasonandscot.com Amazon News Will regulators look at Amazon Whole Foods Acquisition? Scott Galloway says yes , Jason & Scot say no. Real reason Nike began selling on Amazon Amazon launches Spark visual discovery platform Jeff Wilke, Amazon CEO Worldwide Consumer gave rare public comments at Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference Amazon Meal Kits Rumor of Amazon "Anytime" messaging...

EP093 - Amazon Prime Day Hot Take Amazon Prime Day was July 11, 2017.  In this episode we give our hot take on this Amazon created sales holiday. Goals for Prime Day History of the Holiday Results for 2017 Prime Day Jason & Scot's conclusions from this years event Interview with Jamie Dooley Head of e-commerce at Dorel Juvenile Group to discuss their Prime Day experience Amazon Prime Day Recap pre...

EP092 - Artificial Intelligence Deep Dive   "We're in the middle of an obvious disruption right now: machine learning and artificial intelligence. It is a renaissance, it is a golden age. We are solving problems that were in the realm of science fiction for the last several decades." - Jeff Bezos This episode is a deep dive into all the use-cases for Artificial Intelligence and machine learning in...

EP091 - Boxed Wholesale Head of Reengagement Nitasha Mehta An interview with Nitasha Mehta , Head of Reengagement and Boxed Wholesale . Boxed is bringing the wholesale club experience to e-commerce, is based out of Edison, NJ and has raised $132m in capital. In this episode we discuss Amazon's Whole Foods acquisition, disruption of CPG, private label, mobile, customer acquisition tactics, and cust...

EP090 - Nordstrom.com Ken Worzel and Danny Ryder http://retailgeek.com/podcast An interview with Ken Worzel , President of Nordstrom.com and  Danny Ryder , EVP, Online Merchandising & Experience.  Nordstrom is the #17 retailer on the IR500 list.   They are one of the most storied retailers in North America, founded in 1901.  Today they have 354 stores in 40 states and Canada (including full-line s...

EP089 - Amazon acquires Whole Foods Hot Take Amazon agreed to spend $13.7 billion to buy the grocery store chain Whole Foods Market Inc., which has more than 450 stores.  The grocery category is a $795B opportunity in the US that has largely been untouched by digital.   Terms of the deal Wall Street reaction Impact on the grocery category Winners and Losers Amazon-Scape that Scot mentions on the s...

EP088 - PwC Partners Steven Barr and Byron Carlock Steve Barr  ( @Steven_J_Barr ) is a partner in the Consumer Markets practice at PwC ,  and sits on the NRF Board of Trustees.   Byron Carlock  is a partner who leads the Real Estate practice at PwC.  We sat down with Steve and Byron to talk about the current state of the US retail market and what the future may look like. In this interview, we dis...

EP087 - UBS Equity Research Analyst Michael Binetti An interview with Michael Binetti, Equity Research Analyst at UBS, covering apparel and footwear brands, department stores and speciality retailers.  His coverage universe includes:   Abercrombie & Fitch Co,, American Eagle Outfitters Inc, Chico's, Coach, Express Finish Line, Foot Locker Inc, Gap, Hanesbrands, J. Jill Inc, JC Penney Co ,Kohl's Co...

EP086 - Dorel Juvenile Group Bob Land and Jamie Dooley   An interview with  Bob Land is the VP Consumer Engagement and  Jamie Dooley  is the Head of E-Commerce at Dorel Juvenile Group .   Dorel Juvenile is the world's leading juvenile product company and has over 11k employees globally. They have a portfolio of 11 brands include Cosco and Safety 1st. In this interview, we discuss Dorel's to to mar...

EP085 - FutureCommerce Joint Podcast Part 2 Brian Lange  ( @brianjlangeand )  Phillip Jackson  ( @philwinkle ) are the hosts of futurecommerce podcast.  In this first of it's kind, Co-Podcast Jason & Scot team up with Phil & Brian to record a two-part podcast.   Part 1 can be heard on  futurecommerce .  This is part 2. Don't forget to like our  facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please...

EP084 - Amazon News, Walmart Earnings, Rumors Amazon News Prime day - 30 hours long, sometime the week of July 10t Amazon market cap crossed 2X Walmart 20yr anniversary of Amazon IPO - A $10K investment then would be worth $6,410,000 today 1 click patent expiring Amazon expanding into Pharmacy and Furniture Amazon B2B impacts Grainger ( Now predict that 80% of the sales by 2021 will be online) Bra...

EP083 - Andrea Leigh, selling on and negotiating with Amazon   Andrea Leigh  is the owner at Andrea K. Leigh Consulting, which helps clients sell on and negotiate with Amazon.  Andrea enjoyed a 10 year career at Amazon where she served in a number of Buying and Category Leadership roles.  Andrea is a recognized expert on Amazon, who has written a number of helpful articles about Amazon on linkedin...

EP082 - Amazon Earnings, Walmart and Other News Amazon News Amazon earnings call was a clean "beat and raise" exceeding analyst estimates for revenue and earned income.  That drove the stock up 4% (approx 960), putting Amazon in striking distance of the $1000 price (which would also make Jeff Bezos the most wealthy man in the world. Jeff Bezos comments were primarily focused on progress in India....

EP081 - Retail veteran, and O Alliance Founder Andrea Weiss Andrea Weiss  has a storied career that has included operating stints at Disney, Ann Taylor, Guess, L brands, and Delia's. She's served on many boards including GSI Commerce, and Pep Boys and is currently on the board of Cracker Barrel, Nutrisystem and Chico's. She also started The O Alliance and sits on the SAP NA advisory board. We spok...

EP080 - Accel Partners Brian O'Malley Brian O'Malley , is a partner at Accel Partners .   Accel is one of the top tier Venture Capital firms with offices in the Bay Area, London and Banglore. Some of the companies they have backed include Facebook, Dropbox, Jet.com, slack, flipkart and Spotify.  Brian has been at Accel for over 3 years and focuses on marketplaces and next-generation consumer-orien...

EP079 - Modcloth CEO, Matt Kaness Matt Kaness is the CEO of Modcloth  a digitally native vertically integrated apparel brand, that was recently acquired by Walmart.  Our conversation covers Matt's background, the Modcloth business, their brick and mortar FitShop concept, the future of commerce, and the Walmart acquisition. Don't forget to like our  facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode pl...

EP078 - Amazon News http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. In Episode 78, we catch up on a lot of the new Amazon news including: Amazon Bookstore opens in Chicago (ve...

EP077 - Kohls CEO Kevin Mansell Kevin Mansell is the the Chief Executive Officer and President of Kohl's Corporation and Kohl's Department Stores Inc. He joined Kohl's Corporation in 1982 as Divisional Merchandise Manager. Kevin sat down with us at Shoptalk to discuss a wide range of topics including the latest at Kohl's, the state of US Retail, Amazon, and the evolution of omni-channel. Don't for...

EP076 - MercadoLibre, Head of Marketplaces Leandro Soares Leandro Soares is the head of Marketplaces at  MercadoLibre.com .  MercardoLibre (or MercardoLivre in Portuguese) is the largest online marketplace in Latin America.  Our conversation covers the basic of the Latin American e-commerce market, the significant differences from country to country, and the evolution of e-commerce and marketplace...

Charlie Cole  ( @CharlieCole ) is Global Chief Ecommerce Officer at Tumi, and  Dan de Grandpre  ( @dan_degrandpre ) is CEO of Dealnews.  We caught up with both of them at a networking event hosted by Scot Silverman at ShopTalk. Don't forget to like our  facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 75 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live from Shop...

EP074 - Selling on Amazon with Melissa Burdick of The Mars Agency Melissa Burdick is the VP of E-Commerce for The Mars Agency, and a former Amazonian who was involved in Amazon's entry into the CPG space. We talked with Melissa about all things Amazon, including: Her background at Amazon, and the early days of Amazon's relationship with CPGs. How CPGs have evolved on the Amazon platform The differ...

EP073 - Evercore ISI Softlines Analyst Omar Saad Omar Saad is a Senior Managing Director and heads Evercore ISI 's Softlines, Luxury & Dept Stores team.  In February 2017, he published a report " Softline Wholesale Channel Must Evolve or Die ." (PDF Download). In the report, Omar predicted that one of the most pronounced effects of the digital disruption we are currently living through will be the...