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June 21, 2025

Cannes Lions 2025 Recap with Amazon’s Jeff Cohen

Send us a text The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Jeff Cohen, Tech Evangelist at Amazon Ads as we discuss the key themes discussed at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Follow Jeff on LinkedIn at: http://linkedin.com/in/jeffreycohen Follow Amazon Ads Partners on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/amazon-ads-partners/ Follow Amazon Ads Partners online at: https://advertising.amazon.com/partners/network CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.com FMCG Guys ...
Guest: Jeffrey Cohen
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April 21, 2025

Amazon’s Omnichannel Grocery Strategy with Tomorrow’s Jordan Berke

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 ...
Guest: Jordan Berke
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April 19, 2025

Retail Leadership With Sam’s Club SVP eCommerce Greg Pulsifer

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...
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Dec. 28, 2024

2024 Omnichannel Retail Recap with Flywheel's Emma Irwin

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...
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Nov. 16, 2024

Retail Media Leadership in Canada with Loblaw's Lauren Steinberg

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...
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Oct. 12, 2024

From Walmart Luminate to Scintilla with Walmart Data Ventures SVP Mark Hardy

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Mark Hardy, SVP of Walmart Data Ventures. WDV recently announced the impending renaming of the Walmart Luminate platform to Scintilla. Data is the most valuable commodity today to build consumer trust and loyalty. Take business growth, with targeted consumer profiles and preferences, personalization is actually possible anchored on data. Find Mark Hardy on Linkedin here. Find Walmart Data Ventures on Linkedin here. Find Walmart Data Ventures online here...
Guest: Mark Hardy
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July 24, 2024

LIVE at Cannes Lions - AI & User Experiences with Amazon's Jay Richman

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/...
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June 26, 2024

Cannes Lions 2024 Recap

Sri & PVSB recap the highlights & insights from their trip to the 2024 Cannes Lion Festival of Creativity. Follow Cannes Lions on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cannes-lions-international-advertising-festival/ Follow Cannes Lions online at: https://www.canneslions.com/ CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.com FMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.com CPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.com NextUp Website: http://NextUpisnow.org/cpgguys RetailWit Website: http://retailwit.com Rhea Raj’s ...
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June 19, 2024

Applied Intelligence for CPG Brands with Reckitt's Imteaz Ahamed

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Imteaz Ahamed, Director of Performance Marketing, Nutrition at Reckitt & Host of the Applied Intelligence Podcast. This episode was recorded at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. Follow Imteaz on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imteaza/ Subscribe to the Applied Intelligence podcast on Apple or Spotify CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.com FMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.com CPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.com NextUp Website: http:...
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May 25, 2024

Consumer 360 Recap with NielsenIQ's Liz Buchanan

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Liz Buchanan, President, North America at NielsenIQ, the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and full retail tracking/measurement while revealing new pathways to growth. This episode is sponsored by NielsenIQ. Follow Liz Buchanan on LinkedIn at: Follow NielsenIQ on LinkedIn at: Follow NielsenIQ online at: Liz & Sri recap the key learnings from NIQ's recent Consumer 360 ...
Guest: Liz Buchanan
Oct. 4, 2023

Its All Artificial Intelligence aka AI with WorldQuant Predictive’s Rebecca Matthew & Dr. Thiam Lee

The CPG Guys are joined by Rebecca Mathew & Dr. Thiam Lee from WorldQuant Predictive. Follow Rebecca Mathew at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccamathew/ Follow Dr. Thiam Lee at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/thiam-l-3125001/ Follow World quant predictive at : https://www.linkedin.com/company/worldquant-predictive/ They answer the following questions : 1. Rebecca, the word is everywhere - everyone says words like generative AI, there’s predictive AI, there’s chat GPT. Decompose the word AI fo...
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Sept. 29, 2023

Groceryshop '23 Recap with Allume Group's Andrea K. Leigh & Melissa Ardavany

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...
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July 19, 2023

Generative AI with Applied Intelligence's Imteaz Ahamed

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Imteaz Ahamed, Host of the Applied Intelligence podcast which is at the intersection of AI, people and getting stuff done. Follow Imteaz Ahamed on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imteaza/ Subscribe to the Applied Intelligence Newsletter on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7058063714679152640/ Subscribe to Applied Intelligence on Apple Podcasts at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/applied-intelligence/id1692067628 Imteaz ...