Episodes

Recorded live from NRF Nexus, Jason and Scot sit down with Josh Krepon, President of U.S. D2C and Global Digital at Steve Madden. Josh shares his path through Ralph Lauren, Victoria's Secret, Tory Burch and Cole Haan, and what it takes to operate inside founder-led companies. At Steve Madden, a $3 billion business with an in-house sample factory and brands including Dolce Vita, Betsey Johnson and Kurt Geiger, his remit covers stores, e-commerce and marketing under one P&L. He makes the case that...

EP344 - How Brooklinen Is Preparing for Agentic Commerce Live from NRF Nexus in Colorado Springs, Jason and Scot sit down with Abbie Weiss, SVP of Digital & E-Commerce at Brooklinen, to talk digital-first retail, changing discovery, customer experience, and preparing for agentic commerce. Abbie shares how Brooklinen is expanding across retail, B2B, and the design trade while keeping customer experience, and “ease, at the center of its strategy. They also explore the changing role of discovery,...

n this episode, Jason and Scot reunite after seeing each other in person, sharing stories from recent conferences and discussing how social media, micro-influencers, and AI-powered shopping agents are reshaping the way consumers discover and book travel. The main event, though, is Amazon's Q2 earnings. They break down AWS's continued growth, stronger margins, and Wall Street's reaction to Amazon's aggressive AI investments. From retail performance and gains in everyday essentials to robotics, c...

Recorded live from NRF Nexus in Colorado Springs, Jason and Scot sit down with keynote speaker Mitch Joel. His core thesis is that the attention economy is over and we're entering the intimacy economy, where the winning brands make every customer feel like the experience was built just for them. From there the conversation covers why digital commerce broke serendipity and discovery, how curation becomes a competitive edge once AI can scale it, whether agentic shopping is actually what shoppers w...

Jason and Scot introduce their first video recording and speak with Travis Hess, CEO of Commerce, about the company and the state of e-commerce. Travis discusses his background in services, the rebrand from BigCommerce to Commerce, and current work on B2B capabilities, AI features, and easier launches. Check out the FIRST video podcast episode:

We're unapologetic fanboys of Apple and great retail experiences on this show, so for Apple's 50th anniversary — and the 25th anniversary of the first Apple Store — we brought on the person who actually created the modern Apple Store concept: Ron Johnson. Ron built his career in 10-year cycles, and each one changed retail. At Target, he dreamed up the first designer collaboration in retail history (Michael Graves) and helped turn a Midwest discounter into a place people bragged about shopping. ...

Greetings Jason and Scot show listeners! We hope you're enjoying the new pods and we have another Jason and Scot show on the way, but until then I wanted to share a new podcast we're launching called RetailPlaybook. Andrew Bell is the top expert in optimizing your product catalog and PDP for maximum sales on Alexa for Shopping (Rufus), Sparky and Target Shopping Assistant. In his new podcast Andrew will be discussing all the news and best practices. If you are a 1P/3P brand or seller that cares...

EP339 - The Non-Agentic Episode In this episode, we challenge Scot to talk about all the interesting things happening in the commerce indsutry, without talking about Agentic Commerce. Including USDC Sales Data, Q1 Earnings Reports, upcoming Prime Day, and the latest on Direct to Consumer from China models from Tik Tok Shop, Shein, and Temu. Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of ReFiBuy.AI and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor ...

EP338 - Amazon Q1 2026 Earnings Chapters Welcome to the Jason and Scott Show Spring Break Reflections Upcoming Events and Workshops Healthcare Insights Amazon's Prime Day Changes Amazon's Q1 Earnings Overview Amazon's Retail Performance...

**The Future of Agentic Commerce** In Episode 337 of the Jason & Scot Show, recorded on March 10th, 2026, hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg and Scot Wingo explore the transformative impact of agentic commerce, as discussed during a panel at Citi's 2026 Global Consumer and Retail Conference. Joined by experts Ron Josey and Paul Lejuez, they examine how AI technologies are reshaping retail, leading to impressive traffic growth for companies like Target and Amazon. The discussion highlights the ba...

EP336 - Amazon Q4 Earnings Chapters Welcome to the Jason and Scott Show NRF Highlights and Personal Updates Upcoming Conferences and Events Anthropic's Super Bowl Ads Claude Bot and Agentic Technology Amazon Earnings Overview Meta's...

EP335 - Kevin Ertell The Strategy Trap In this electrifying episode of the Jason & Scot Show, recorded on Friday, October 10th, 2025, hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg and Scot\t Wingo welcome a very special guest and longtime friend, Kevin...

For this episode we have an experiment for you. The NRF big show concluded Tuesday Jan 13th and Jason was invited to ‘tie the bow’ on the conference in the last keynote: Commerce Disrupted: Rise of the AI Native Consumer. For this podcast, we recorded the keynote's audio so you can experience the keynote. If you'd like to see the video we shot as well as the audio it's available here-> https://www.youtube.com/@Retailgentic The slides are available for you to download in PDF Format here.

EP333 - Jason Del Rey The Aisle Chapters Welcome to the Json and Scott Show The Amazon Book Debate Inside Jason's Media Journey Jason's New Venture Launching The Aisle The Name Game Blocking Bots on The Aisle Sneak Peek of Upcoming...

EP327 - Kelly Goetsch Order Network eXchange (onX) Standard In this episode of the Jason & Scot Show, recorded on Thursday, November 6th, hosts Jason Goldberg and Scot Wingo welcome back Kelly Goetsch, now the President of Pipe17. They dive deep...

EP331 - E.L.F. Beauty CDO, Ekta Chopra Welcome to the Jason and Scott Show Live from Las Vegas Guest Introduction: Ekta Chopra The Best Panel Ever Ekta's Journey to Elf Beauty Understanding Elf Beauty From Cosmetics to Multi-Channel AI in...

EP330 - GroceryShop and ChatGPT Instant Checkout Welcome to the Json and Scott Show Catching Up After Two Months Insights from NRF Europe Retail Club Experience Key Takeaways from Grocery Shop Sampling Experiences at Grocery Shop AI Trends in...

EP329 - Amazon Q2 2025 Results Welcome to the Jason and Scott Show Amazon's Mixed Earnings Report The Impact of AWS on Retail AWS Performance and AI Concerns Amazon's Advertising Strategy Amazon's Relationship with Google The Future of AI...

Brittain Ladd worked at Amazon and helped them conceive of a model that was both cheaper than traditional package delivery and more convenient as well. The goal? To help Amazon (2.5% share) grocery catch-up and ultimately beat Wal-mart in grocery (25% share). It starts with grocery distribution centers that are fully robotic/automated called Local Vending Machines (LVMs) instead of stores. These LVMS can fill traditional Prime vans with product, or they can fill 'cartridges' that then fit in a ...

EP328 - Navigating E-commerce News and Innovations in AI Answer Engines for Commerce 0:36 Welcome to the Jason and Scot Show 4:53 Consumer Trends in Retail 5:03 Upcoming Retail Events 8:42 Insights on E-commerce Growth 10:35 Earnings Season Insights 44:13 Amazon Prime Day Analysis 51:30 New Developments with Alexa 56:00 Predictions for the Holiday Season In this episode of the Jason and Scot Show, recorded on Thursday, July 23rd, Jason and Scot delve into the latest shifts within the e-commerc...

EP327 - Agentic Commerce Happy Fathers Day! In this exciting episode of the Jason & Scot Show, recorded on Friday, June 6th, 2025, hosts Jason Goldberg and Scot Wingo dive into the latest happenings and insights in the world of strategic e-commerce, AI technologies, and retail innovations. This episode picks up where Episode 326 left off, continuing the engaging conversation sparked by their recent discussions around AI and its implications for the retail sector. Kicking off, the duo discusse...

EP326 - Are Retail Media Networks Mid? Happy Fathers Day! In our previous episode (326) Jason made a comment about retail media networks sometimes being over-hyped. In response, Scot recruited all his friendsd in the the industry and inticed Kiri Masters to make a rebutle. Which she did via two part linked-in post and a podcast. So in this episode Jason doubles down and defends his position on retail media networks. In addition to covering the state of retail media networks, Scot introduces h...

In this episode, Scot Wingo is joined by Forrester retail analyst Sucharita Kodali to dive into the emerging world of agentic shopping and the growing influence of generative AI in commerce. They cover: - The explosion of retail media networks - Why marketplaces are making a comeback - OpenAI’s retail ambitions (and that Instacart CEO hire) - GenAI adoption across retail use cases - The rising threat to Google from TikTok and AI search - What’s actually agentic vs. “faugentic” ⏱ Notable Timest...

Greetings Jason and Scot show listeners, here's another Retailgentic episode to hold you over until Jason and I can get our schedules to line up. Today on the Retailgentic pod, we’re excited to share our discussion with Michelle Grant, Director of Strategy & Insights for Retail and Consumer Goods at Salesforce, to explore how AI agents are already reshaping retail, both online and in-store. Reminder to subscribe to the retailgentic pod here-> https://retailgentic.transistor.fm/ The retailgenti...