Episodes

EP136 - Amazon News, SCOTUS Tax ruling, Listener Questions

EP135 - Prodege CEO Chuck Davis

EP134 - News and Mary Meeker Internet Trends 2018

EP133 - Hot Take: Adobe acquires Magento Adobe announced that they are acquiring Magento commerce for $1.68b. It was disclosed as part of the deal that last year magento’s revenues were $150m, so that’s a 11X multiple which is pretty awesome. Adobe’s largest deal in decade. Adobe announcement Magento Blog Mark Lavelle, CEO, and Peter Sheldon VP Strategy at Magento Commerce were on Episode 50 of the Jason & Scot Show. Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode plea...

EP132 - NPD Idea 2018 Recap NPD held it's semi-annual customer conference, Idea in Austin Texas on May 16th and 17th. Jason and Scot both presented content at the show. This weeks episode is a recap of the show. Target CEO Brian Cornell Keynote Google X, Captain of Moonshots, Astro Teller Keynote Author Michael Dart Keynote (Retail's Seismic Shift: How to Shift Faster, Respond Better, and Win Customer Loyalty) Scot Wingo "MarketPlace Madness" (PDF) NPD Retail Trends Don Unser, Group Presid...

EP131 - Industry News, Walmart, FlipKart, Amazon

EP130 - Comcast Ventures Daniel Gulati We caught up with Daniel Gulati (@DanielGulati) at ShopTalk 2018. Daniel is a partner at Comcast Ventures a venture capital firm that focus on early stage consumer internet investing. Comcast Ventures was an early investor in Away, MealPal, and recently invested in Zola (hear Zola founder Shan Lyn in episode 98). We spoke with Daniel about his background, his book, Passion and Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders, his portfo...

EP129 - Amazon Q1 2018 Earnings Hot Take

EP128 - TopHatter CEO Ashvin Kumar We caught up with Ashvin Kumar at the ShopTalk 2018. Ashvin is the co-founder and CEO at Tophatter an innovative live action site for mobile shoppers. With the engagement and psychology of a game and the economics of a marketplace, Tophatter generated over $300 million of GMV in 2017 (100% up on 2016) and sells 100,000+ items every single day. We talked with Ashvin about his background, including his previous start-up Blippy. The pros and cons of various aucti...

EP127 - Sabon NYC E-commerce Director Katya Ermak

EP126 - American Eagle former CDO Joe Megibow We caught up with Joe Megibow at the RetailNext party at ShopTalk this year. Joe is the former chief digital officer at American Eagle Outfitters, he's also served as President at Joyous.com and General Manager for Expedia.com. We talked with Joe about his impression of ShopTalk this year, his early experiences in the e-commerce industry (including at TeaLeaf which was acquired by IBM), how American Eagle thinks about Omni-Channel. About RetailNext...

EP125 - Johnson and Johnson E-Com VP Sri Rajagopalan and Samir Bhavnani of 1010data

EP124 - eBay Bob Kupbens

EP123 - Walgreens Luke Rauch

EP122 - ShopTalk 2018 Recap Part 2

EP121 - Shoptalk 2018 Recap Part 1 ShopTalk is an annual trade show held in Las Vegas focused on retail and e-commerce innovation. In it's third year, it has become the fastest growing can't miss event in our industry. This year 8,400 industry professionals attended the event (up from 5,400 last year). The 2018 version took place March 18-21, 2018 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. There is so much content at the show, that we've divided our recap into two parts. In Part 1 we cover: Macy's Keynote...

EP120 - Negotiating with Amazon with Andrea Leigh Andrea Leigh is the Vice President of Client Services at Ideoclick, Inc., an Amazon managed services agency. Andrea enjoyed a 10 year career at Amazon where she served in a number of Buying and Category Leadership roles. We caught up with Andrea at the PathtoPurchase Summit, where she gave a key-note on selling on Amazon. We covered a variety of topics including: Andrea's new role at Ideoclick. Amazon's presence in grocery and relationship wit...

EP119 - Amazon expert Melissa Burdick http://jasonandscot.com Melissa Burdick is the president of Pacvue, and a former Amazonian who was involved in Amazon’s entry into the CPG space. She’s one of the most popular guests on the show, so with all the changes Amazon has been going through it’s a great time to have her back. We caught up with Melissa at the PathtoPurchase Summit, where she gave a key-note on selling on Amazon. We covered a variety of topics including: Melissa’s new company Pacvu...

EP118 - Commerce Industry News

EP117 - Listener Questions Amazon launches"Ship with Amazon" Listener Questions Q1: Amit Agarwal- Thanks for the amazing podcast. What is the future trend in pricing ? EDLP or coupon based pricing? Most new retailers will adopts EDLP, promotions aren't as effective in the age of transparency, but it's very hard for existing promotional retailer to switch. Eventually we'll get to more dynamic, personalzied pricing. Every Nanosecond Low Pricing #ENLP! Q2: Kiri Masters - What are the coolest or ...

EP116 - Industry News, Geek Week SuperBowl News Ad Coverage Amazon won the Superbowl Nike Launched a new sneaker direct to consumer. Nike’s SNKRS site for new releases (who’s name I couldn’t remember during the recording, sorry Kevin). Amazon News SpaceX successfully launched it’s first Falcon heavy rocket, and recovered two of the boosters. The photos and video of the Tesla in space were amazing. And there appears to be a thawing of relations between Jeff Bezos and Elan Musk. Prime Now deli...

EP115 - Amazon Q4 2017 Earnings Hot Take This episode is a hot take of the Amazon Q4 2017 earnings Amazon Q4 2017 Earnings $60B Revenue =~ $129B GMV ($47B 1P + $82B 3P) New Amazon A+ Content Options Amazon, JPMorgan Chase Health Care Project Supreme Court to hear South Dakota sales tax collection case UPS - Amazon Problem eBay - PayPal breakup Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 115 of the Jason & Scot show was re...

EP114 - Great Retail Bifurcation, Kasey Lobaugh of Deloitte http://jasonandscot.com Kasey Lobaugh is a Principal and Chief Retail Innovation Officer at Deloitte Consulting LLP, he first appeared on episode 68. You can follow him on twitter at @klobaugh. Kasey and his team publish some of the most useful research in the industry including The New Digital Divide which helps quantify the effect of digital on in-store purchases, and the Deloitte Retail Volatility Index which measures disruption in ...

EP113 - NRF Preview http://jasonandscot.com Episode 113 is preview of the NRF Big Show 2018. Recap of CES 2018 Preview of NRF Big Show 2018 Retail News Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, 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...