Digital Shelf Episodes

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Heather Land, Senior Director of Grocery Merchandising at Dollar General which strives to make shopping hassle-free and affordable with more than 20,000 convenient, easy-to-shop stores in 48 states. Follow Heather on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-land-97382817/ Follow Dollar General on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dollar-general/ Follow Dollar General online at: https://www.dollargeneral.com/ Heather answers these ...

In this episode, Sri interviews Jordan Berke, founder & CEO of TOMORROW, a leading digital retail advisory firm, enabling global retailers to accelerate growth through digitization. Sri and Jordan tour an Amazon Fresh store as Jordan offers his expert analysis of how this brick & mortar format is performing. Find Jordan on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-berke-tomorrow/ Find TOMORROW on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tomorrow-retail-consulting/ Find TOMORROW ...

In this episode, the CPG Guys are joined by Greg Pulsifer, SVP of eCommerce at Sam’s Club, the club format division of Walmart. Find Greg on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregpulsifer/ Find Sam’s Club on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sam's-club/ Find Sam’s Club online at: https://corporate.walmart.com/about/samsclub/sams-club-suppliers? Greg answers these questions: Tell us about you the person? Take us through your career growth journey in digital and ecommerce...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Emma Irwin from Flywheel digital to recap all things omnichannel & retail in 2024. Emma is also host of the podcast 'Commerce collective'. Find Emma Irwin on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-irwin-b950a397/ Find Flywheel on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flywheel-digital/posts/?feedView=all Find Flywheel online: https://www.flywheeldigital.com/ Find the 'Commerce collective' podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comme...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by industry analyst Andrew Lipsman. With a decade plus of observing and analyzing the omnichannel market and retail transformation, he is arguably one of the most revered analysts of our time. We have a deep dialogue on the year that passed us by and who the retail media winners were and how they ascended to leadership. Follow Andrew Lipsman on Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-lipsman-10b2162/ Follow Media, Ads and Commerce on Linkedin : http...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Michael Mosser, VP of Categories at Walmart Marketplace, Sarah Ray CEO or Arbitrage Ave & Charles Leslie CEO or Side Hustle Network. This episode from recorded at the 2024 Walmart Marketplace Seller Summit. Follow Michael Mosser on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmosser/ Follow Walmart Marketplace on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/walmart-marketplace/ Follow Walmart Marketplace online here: https://marketplace.walmar...

The CPG Guys are joined by Lauren Steinberg, SVP of Media, Loyalty & Digital at Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, the nation’s largest retailer, and the majority unit holder of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Loblaw – and its portfolio of grocery, health and beauty, financial services and apparel businesses – provides Canadians with an unparalleled mix of value, assortment and convenience, and offers Canadians two of the country’s most recognized brands...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Gabriel Dillon, bringing you the ongoing value proposition of contentful. He is the Principal, Strategic Alliance Manager, and is back at Contentful after a stint and ninetailed, bringing his expertise in personalization and testing to the world's largest composable content ecosystem. Before this, he led partnerships at Ninetailed. He also founded a Y Combinator-backed startup, successfully scaling it with top-tier venture capital. Gabriel was Algolia’s ...

Sri speaks with PVSB about his recent trip to Austin TX where he attended the 2024 Amazon unBoxed conference which showcases all of the new advertising capabilities being introduced by the world’s leading retail media platform. #fullfunnel #retailmedia #unBoxed2024 For the Cornell University Retail Media Strategy Program, click here For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click here For the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : ema...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Jonathan Phillips (or JP), Senior Manager of Solution Engineering at Contentful. a company on the mission of ‘content : from anywhere to everywhere and to rapidly build experiences customers crave.’ Simply put, content is now a hot hot topic. This is episode 2, episode 1 with them was released with Yann from VML and Nicole from Contentful. Be sure to go to www.cpgguys.com or your favorite platform and search for cpgguys podcast Yann or Nicole. This epis...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Yann Gautier from VML and Nicole France from Contentful. Today’s CPG landscape has accelerated a decade in the last 4 years since the beginning of the pandemic as far as omnichannel retail is concerned. A whole maturity with the digital shopper, habits and how to build a path to purchase is emerging in the CPG industry. One of the areas that requires profound transformation is engaging customer content. AI is at the forefront making the possibility of si...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Patrick Miller, co-founder of Flywheel, a division of Omnicom. Joining Peter to co-host the program is Flywheel's Jacqui Dynowski. Patrick discusses "The Big Shift" white paper which he co-wrote with Katie Box. Follow Patrick Miller on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickgmiller/ Follow Flywheel on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flywheel-digital/ Follow Jacqui Dynowski on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacqueline-dy...

In our 400th episode, the CPG Guys are joined by Seth Dallaire, Chief Revenue Officer at Walmart. The episode was recorded at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. This episode is sponsored by the 2024 DSN Issue Summit, December 4 in New York City. To learn more, visit: https://events.drugstorenews.com/issuesummit CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.com FMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.com CPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.com RetailWit Website: http://retailwit.com Rhea Raj’s...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Jay Richman, VP of product & technology for Amazon. This episode was recorded LIVE at Cannes, France during the Cannes Lions festival of creativity in June 2024. Customer obsession, experimenting with new technology are at the core of Amazon. In this episode, we discuss everything from today's artificial intelligence trends to user experience improvements and of course creativity. Follow Jay Richman on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jrichman/...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Marco Steinsieck, Head of Sephora Media Network, the retail media division of Sephora, a global omnichannel beauty care retailer. Follow Marco Steinsieck on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcosteinsieck/ Follow Sephora on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sephora/ Follow Sephora online at: https://www.inside-sephora.com/en/about-sephora Marco answers these questions: Can you share some highlights of your journey to becoming ...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Abi Subramanian, Group VP of Customer Loyalty, Marketing at the Walgreens Advertising Group. Follow Abi Subramanian on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abishake/ Follow Walgreens advertising group on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/walgreens/ Abi answers the following questions : 1. Welcome back, since we last had you, here you are at Walgreens. What are your early observations on Walgreens RMN? 2. How have your past experiences...

Sri & PVSB recap the highlights of their tip to Las Vegas for CES 2024. This episode is sponsored by Cornell University's Johnson School of Business "Omnichannel Leadership Program" being held June 13-15 at Cornell Tech in New York City. Learn more about the program here: http://tinyurl.com/cornellomni Topics they cover include: CES established as THE place where Retail Media rules the conversation Walmart Keynote - AI-enhanced home - The world’s largest retailer shares plans for adapt...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Ajay Sharma, North America VP of eCommerce & Omnichannel for Bayer Consumer Health, manufacturer of iconic brands like One-A-Day, Claritin, Alka-Seltzer, & Miralax.

It’s women's month on the CPGGGUYS. Every year in November we feature only female executives, startup founders and leaders from CPG brands and retail on the podcast. This is episode one for the cpg guys women’s month 2023. We’re happy to be formal sponsors of NextUp whose mission is to advance all women in business. We are giving away memberships to this prestigious network and organization so drop us a line at contact@cpgguys.com to learn more and take advantage of what NextUp has to offer. T...

The CPG Guys are joined by Dave Pollet, CEO and Skye Frontier, Chief Growth Officer for Incremental which helps brands unlock incremental growth through cross-channel predictive analytics with the Science of More. This episode is sponsored by Incremental. Follow Dave on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidpollet/ Follow Skye on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skyefrontier/ Follow Incremenetal on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/incrementalinc/ Follow Incremental...

The CPG Guys are joined by Alister Greenwood, Global Head of eCommerce Analytics & Insights at Mondelez International. Follow Alister on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alister-greenwood-2363b915/ Follow Mondelez on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mondelezinternational/ Follow Mondelez online at: https://www.mondelezinternational.com Alister answers the following questions: In the age of omnichannel, is the marketing funnel still applicable? How can brands create a s...

PVSB is joined in this episode by Allume Group's CEO Andrea K. Leigh & VP of Operations Melissa Ardavany as they recap the recent 2023 Groceryshop industry event. Follow Andrea on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreakleigh/ Follow Melissa on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-ardavany/ Follow Allume Group on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allumegroup/ Follow Allume Group online at: http://allumegroup.com CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.com FMCG Guys Web...

The CPG Guys are joined by Neel Arora, Global Head of eCommerce at Nestlé, the world's largest food & beverage consumer goods manufacturer. Follow Neel on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neel-arora-60912130/ Follow Nestlé on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nestle-s-a-/ Follow Nestlé online at: https://www.nestle.com/ Listen to Neel's colleague Veeral Shah on the CPG Guys at: http://cpgguys.com/veeralshah Neel answers the following questions: How are you thinking abo...

The CPG Guys are joined by Katie Stratton, Chief Growth Officer at Shipt which provides personal shopping and delivery and is available to 80% of households in more than 5,000 U.S. cities. Follow Katie Stratton on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katieserkinstratton Follow Shipt on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shipt/ Follow Shipt online at: http://shipt.com Katie answers the following questions: Can you tell us about your journey to becoming the Chief Growth Office...