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Aug. 19, 2023

Customer-Centric Analytics & Intelligence with Albertsons’ Lisa Kinney

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Lisa Kinney, VP Customer Analytics & Market Intelligence at Albertsons Companies, one of the largest food & drug retailers in the United States. Follow Lisa Kinney on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-kinney-4499b12/ Follow Albertsons on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/albertsons/ Follow Albertsons online at: https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/ Lisa answers these questions: 1) Customer-centric insights & analytics are at th...
Guest: Lisa Kinney
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Aug. 12, 2023

The Full View of Consumer Behavior with NIQ’s Liz Buchanan & Troy Treangen

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Liz Buchanan, and Troy Treangen, Head of Global Product & Platforms at NielsenIQ, the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. This episode is sponsored by NielsenIQ. Follow Liz Buchanan on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-buchanan-35b2007 Follow Troy Treangen on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/troy-treangen-800a841 F...
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Aug. 9, 2023

Consumer-Centric Omnichannel Strategy with Coca-Cola's Simon Miles

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Simon Miles, VP Global Omnichannel Commercial Strategy at the Coca-Cola Company, Follow Simon Miles on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-miles-727290/ Follow Coca-Cola on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-coca-cola-company/ Follow Coca-Cola online at: https://www.coca-colacompany.com/ Simon answers these questions: 1) Let’s discuss the current state of digital commerce. Industry insiders talk about the “return to stores.”...
Guest: Simon Miles
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Aug. 5, 2023

Lifestyle Marketing with Macy’s Media Network’s Melanie Zimmermann

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Melanie Zimmermann, VP of Macy’s Media Network, the retail media division of Macy’s omnichannel department store. Follow Melanie Zimmermann on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-zimmermann-6637013a/ Follow Macy’s Media Network on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/macy/ Follow Macy’s Media Network online at: https://www.macysmedianetwork.com/ Melanie answers these questions: 1) What was your vision for Macy’s Media Network to...
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July 22, 2023

Targeting Shoppers by DIY Project with The Home Depot's Melanie Babcock-Brown

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Melanie Babcock-Brown, VP of Retail Media+ and Monetization at The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer with over 2,200 stores. Follow Melanie Babcock-Brown on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melaniebabcock/ Follow Home Depot on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-home-depot/ Follow Retail Media+ online at: https://www.homedepot.com/c/Retail_Media_Advertising_Solutions Melanie answers these questio...
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July 15, 2023

Retail Ad Tech Innovation with Kroger Precision Marketing's Cara Pratt

EPISODE 300 The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Cara Pratt, SVP of Kroger Precision Marketing at 84.51, the retail data science division of Kroger. Follow Cara Pratt on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cara-pratt-2429614/ Follow 84.51 on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/84-51/ Follow Kroger Precision Marketing online at: https://www.krogerprecisionmarketing.com/ Follow 84.51 online at: https://www.8451.com/ Cara answers these questions: 1) Most people think of ret...
Guest: Cara Pratt
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July 12, 2023

The Retail Media Revolution with NIQ's Jamie Clarke

The CPG GUYS are joined in this episode by head of North American retail at Nielsen IQ, the world’s leading consumer intelligence company. This episode is sponsored by NielsenIQ. Follow Jamie Clarke on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-clarke-20943125/ Follow NielsenIQ on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nielseniq/ Follow NielsenIQ at : https://nielseniq.com/global/en/ Jamie answers the following questions : Let's hit the hottest topic in CPG and retail land - our...
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July 8, 2023

Clean Rooms & Amazon Marketing Cloud with Ascential Digital Commerce's Keerat Sharma

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Keerat Sharma, EVP of Insights at Ascential Digital Commerce, the holding company that includes Flywheel, Spotlight, Edge, Whytespyder & Perpetua. Follow Keerat Sharma on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keerat/ Follow Ascential DIgital Commerce on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flywheel-digital/mycompany/ Follow Ascential DIgital Commerce online at: https://www.flywheeldigital.com/ Keerat answers these questions: 1) What is a ...
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July 1, 2023

Retail Media Summit 2023 Recap

The CPG Guys co-hosts PVSB and Bryan Gildenberg are joined by Allume Group CEO and #Fresh4 co-host Andrea Leigh recording in Chicago at the Path to Purchase Institute Retail Media Summit 2023. Follow Andrea Leigh on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreakleigh/ Follow Allume Group on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/allumegroup/ Follow Allume Group online at: https://allumegroup.com/ Follow the Path to Purchase Institute online at: http://p2pi.org Andrea, Bryan & PVSB rec...
Guest: Andrea Leigh
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June 28, 2023

Engineering Retail Media with Albertsons Media Collective's Sravanthi Muppidi

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Sravanthi Muppidi, VP of Engineering at Albertsons Media Collective, the retail media division of Albertsons Companies. Follow Sravanthi Muppidi on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sravanthi-muppidi/ Follow Albertsons Media Collective on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/albertsons-media-collective/ Follow Albertsons Media Collective online at: http://albertsonsmediacollective.com Sravanthi answers these questions: 1) The last 14 ...
June 24, 2023

Harnessing The Power of The Everyday Purchase with CVS Media Exchange's Parbinder Dhariwal

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Parbinder Dhariwal, VP & GM of CVS Media Exchange, the Retail Media arm of CVS Health which helps brands harness The power of the everyday purchase. Follow Parbinder Dhariwal on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parbinderdhariwal/ Follow CVS Media Exchange on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cvsmediaexchange/ Follow CVS Media Exchange online at: https://www.cvsmediaexchange.com/ Parbinder answers these questions: 1) Would you walk...
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June 21, 2023

Advertising to Luxury Shoppers with Nordstrom's Aaron Dunford

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Aaron Dunford, Senior Director of the Nordstrom Media Network, an advertising program enabling brands to share their stories with Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack customers via on- and off-site media campaigns. Follow Aaron Dunford on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarondunford/ Follow Nordstrom on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nordstrom/ Follow Nordstrom Media Network online at: https://www.nordstrom.com/browse/about/nordstrom-me...
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May 31, 2023

Digital Advertising On The Go with Uber Advertising's Dr. Mark Grether

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Dr. Mark Grether, VP & General Manager of Uber Advertising which includes all offerings to help merchants, brands, and other advertisers to reach its highly engaged user base across Mobility and Delivery in 32 markets. Follow Dr. Mark Grether on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgrether/ Follow Uber on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uber-com/ Follow Uber Advertising online at: https://www.uber.com/us/en/advertising/ Dr. Grether ...
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May 13, 2023

Shoptalk Europe 2023 Recap with Bryan & PVSB

In this episode, CPG Guys hosts Bryan & PVSB recap their impressions from attending Shoptalk Europe 2023 in Barcelona Spain. Topics the CPG Guys cover: 1) Generative AI & Chat GPT 2) Metaverse 3) Retail Media beyond Amazon 4) What happened to China as a focus market? 5) Shoptalk Meetups 6) Brands appeared in force 7) In-store Retail Media 8) Amazon's pan-European data lake 9) Sustainability 10) Supply Chain & 3P CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.com FMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.com CPG Sc...
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April 26, 2023

Building Collaborative Brand Media Plans with Albertsons Media Collective's Harvey Ma

The CPG Guys, PVSB and Sri are joined in this episode by Harvey Ma. Vice President at Albertsons Media Collective, the retail media arm for Albertsons Companies. Follow Harvey Ma on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harveyma8/ Follow Albertsons Media Collective on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/albertsons-media-collective/ Follow Albertsons Media Collective online at: http://albertsonsmediacollective.com Part I with Evan Hovorka - http://cpgguys.com/amc-pacvue/ Part II wi...
Guest: Harvey Ma
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April 12, 2023

The Rise of In-store Retail Media with Insider Intelligence's Andrew Lipsman

The CPG Guys are joined by Andrew Lipsman, Principal Analyst for Retail & eCommerce at Inside Intelligence, the leading research, data and insights provider that helps companies maximize revenue, optimize spend, and anticipate digital disruption today and in the years ahead. Follow Andrew Lipsman on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-lipsman-10b2162/ Follow Insider Intelligence on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insider-intelligence/ Follow Insider Intelligence onli...
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March 21, 2023

Reducing Friction in Ad Networks Performance Marketing with Pear Commerce's Eric Martell

The CPG Guys speak with Eric Martell, co-founder of Pear Commerce, the retail ecommerce platform that connects CPGs to retailers, converting shoppable media into actionable insights that fuel performance marketing. Pear partners with 4 of the top 6 grocery retailers in the U.S. to provide DTC-like full-funnel targeting capabilities with conversion metrics. Follow Eric Martell on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-martell/ Follow Pear Commerce on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/...
Guest: Eric Martell
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March 1, 2023

Commerce Marketing in the Era of Retail Media with Tyson Foods' Andrea McGovern Galo

The CPG Guys speak with Andrea McGovern Galo, Director of Commerce Marketing at Tyson Foods, one of the world's largest processors and marketers of chicken, beef, pork and plant-based protein food products. Follow Andrea McGovern Galo on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-mcgovern-galo-128296/ Follow Tyson Foods on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tyson-foods/ Follow Tyson Foods online at: https://www.tysonfoods.com/ Andrea answers these questions: 1) Andrea, what dr...
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Feb. 15, 2023

Building a Retail Media Business with Google's Shawn McGahee

The CPG Guys speak with Shawn McGahee, Head of Retail Media at Google. Follow Shawn McGahee on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smcgahee Contact Shawn at: smcgahee@google.com Learn about Google’s Retail Media solutions at: https://services.google.com/fh/files/blogs/building_a_retail_media_business_with_google.pdf Shawn answers these questions: 1) Would love to start with understanding your professional journey and some of the key pivot points that led you to your current role at Googl...
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Feb. 12, 2023

LA Confidential with The CPG Guys

Sri interviews Bryan & PVSB about current events in the CPG / Retail Industry. This was recorded together while they were all in LA attending the 2023 NAACP Image Awards Nominee Luncheon. Sri asked these questions: 1) Data: Everyone is chasing it...1P,3P and every other kind of data, myth or truth? 2) What is a clean room and why is it important for data? Should brands & retailers be chasing this? 3) What does ownership of data really mean? 4) What is the role of syndicated data n today's omni...
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Feb. 4, 2023

Consumer Loyalty & Engagement with Kearney’s Katherine Black

The CPG Guys speak with Katherine Black, Senior Partner at Kearney, a global consulting partnership with presence in 40 countries. Follow Katherine Black on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherine-p-black/ Follow Kearney on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kearney/ Follow Kearney online at: https://www.kearney.com/about/our-people/kearney-originals/article/-/insights/katherine-black Katherine answers these questions: 1) Let’s start with your professional background. I ...
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Feb. 1, 2023

Retail Media's Next Act with Albertsons Media Collective's Kristi Argyilan & Evan Hovorka

The CPG Guys, PVSB and Sri are joined in this episode by Kristi Argyilan, SVP & Evan Hovorka Head of Products & Innovation Management at Albertsons Media Collective, the retail media arm for Albertsons Companies. Follow Kristi Argyilan on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristiargyilan/ Follow Evan Hovorka on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evanhovorka/ Follow Albertsons Media Collective on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/albertsons-media-collective/ Follow Albert...
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Oct. 29, 2022

Member Access Platform with Sam's Club's Austin Leonard & Pacvue's Melissa Burdick

A deep dive into the Sam’s Club Member Access Platform (MAP) retail media solution with Sam’s Club’s Austin Leonard and Pacvue’s Melissa Burdick
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Oct. 8, 2022

Scaling a Consumer Engagement Platform with Fetch's Wes Schroll

The CPG Guys, PVSB and Sri are joined in this episode by Wes Schroll, co-founder & CEO of Fetch, America's leading mobile consumer engagement platform with over 18 million monthly active users. This episode was recorded at the 2022 Groceryshop conference in Las Vegas, NV Follow Wes Schroll on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wes-schroll-98164418/ Follow Fetch on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fetch-rewards Follow Fetch online at: http://partners.fetchrewards.com Wes a...