Episodes

EP160 - CES 2019 Recap, and NRF Update Episode 160 is a recap of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show, and an update from the Nation Retail Federation Big Show. Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 160 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Monday, January 14th, 2019.

EP159 - 2019 Predictions and 2018 Recap Our annual predictions episode for 2019 and a recap of our 2018 predictions. 2018 Recap - Predictions made on episode 112 Scot Mallageddon 2.0 - We saw 7000 stores close in 2017, I think this accelerates in 2018 as the 30-40% of weak malls fail closures. YES Amazon will NOT buy another offline retailer, triples down on private label. YES Amazon will squarely get in the last mile business in 2018 and compete with FedEx and UPS. NO Amazon’s ad group will ...

EP158 - NYC Holiday Store Visits We're in the peak of the holiday season, which means Jason is going to be visiting stores. This year he went to NYC and visited 33 new or updated store concepts. If you'd like to follow the tour yourself, here the Retailgeek NYC Retail Map. Some favorites this year included: Nike Dyson Allbirds Amazon 4 Star Casper Covergirl FAO Schwarz Glossier Google Hardware Macy’s (especially the B8ta shop-in-shop) Showfields Some disappointments included: Rest...

EP157 - Bain and Company Partner Cesar Brea

EP156 - Profitero's Keith Anderson Holiday Recap Keith Anderson (@KeithAnderson) is the SVP of Strategy and Insights at Profitero. Profitero is a leading global provider of e-commerce analytics for brands and retailers. As head of strategy & insights for Profitero, Keith leads Profitero's product strategy and global analyst team. In this episode, we discuss Keith's insights around last weeks Cyber-5 as well as 2018 in general. Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this ep...

EP155 - 2018 Cyber-5 Recap w/ Adobe's Tamera Gaffney

EP154 - Turkey-5 2018 Recap Episode 154 is a quick recap of all the retail and e-commerce activity over the Turkey-5 weekend (Thanksgiving through CyberMonday). Jason interviewed by eMarketer about AmazonGo stores Jason article in Forbes "The Future of Brick-And-Mortar Retail is Mobile" Adobe Revenue YoY Growth Thurs $3,700,000,000 28.00% Friday $6,200,000,000 23.60% Sat $3,200,000,000 25.00% Sun $3,200,000,000 25.00% Monday $7,900,000,000 29.00% Turkey 5 $24,200,000,000 26.41% Nov-Dec $124,1...

EP153 - Pre-Thanksgiving Industry News and Listener Questions Thanksgiving road trips with Jason & Scot have become a tradition in the digital shopper marketing industry. Here is an hour of new and listener questions, to get you ready for the Turkey-5 holiday! Spiffy announces connected car initiative. The first connected car feature grants limited access to vehicles through OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) connected car capabilities. Eliminating the step of handing off keys prior to a se...

EP152 - Salesforce.com Shopper First Research with Rick Kenney Rick Kenney (@rickkenney) is Head of Consumer Insights at Salesforce. Rick recently completed a "Shopper First Retailing" study in conjunction with Publicis.Sapient. The study included data from: Shopper activity: Digital shopping behavior of 500+ million shoppers Consumer survey: Preferences of 6,000 global consumers Mystery shopping: 70 brick-and-mortar stores evaluated for consumer experience Don't forget to like our faceboo...

EP151 - Tyson Food E-Commerce VP Tim Madigan and Samir Bhavnani of 1010data Tim Madigan is the Vice President of eCommerce at Tyson Foods. Samir Bhavnani is the Vice President Consumer Insights at 1010data. We caught up with Tim and Samir at the 2018 GroceryShop tradeshow in Las Vegas. "The State of Grocery" PDF Report from 1010data Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 151 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on M...

EP150 - GroceryShop 2018 Recap

EP149 - Amazon Q3 Earnings, UPU Treaty, News

EP148- Amazon 4-Star Retail Concept Store Amazon 4-Star, Amazon’s latest brick and mortar retail concept, opened in the SOHO neighborhood of New York City on Thursday, September 27th. The premise that its assortment of merchandise available in the store is rated 4-star or higher, curated by customers, a top seller or is new and trending on Amazon. Jason was on-hand for the grand opening and gives a first-hand account. "What Competitors Are Missing About Amazon's New 4-Star Retail Concept" from ...

EP147- Industry News, Amazon, Apple, Recode, Shop.org, and holiday forecasts It's a news-a-palooza this week including including Amazon, Apple, Recode, Shop.org, and holiday forecasts and more. Scot and I get together in person in Chicago to discuss all the news an implications. Amazon News Amazon Go opens in Chicago and Jason has a trip report Bloomberg reports Amazon may have plans to open 3000 Amazon-Go stores Amazon Storefronts is a new feature for small businesses to curate collections ...

EP146 - Forrester Analyst Sucharita Kodali

EP145 - Industry News Amazon, Walmart, Apple Amazon News Amazon (briefly) passes $1 trillion market cap J-Crew selling on Amazon New Amazon Ad tracking pixel Amazon Go opens third store (with more announced openings in IL, CA, and NY) Apple News New iPhones being announced 9/12 iOS 12 Ipads/AppleWatch Other News Instagram Shopping App Kylie Cosmetics coming to Ulta Walmart Premium Outdoor Store Who will win holiday toys? Kroger Simple Truth expands to China Upcoming: Shop.org September 1...

EP144 - Tommy John founders Tom Patterson and Erin Fujimoto Erin Fujimoto and Tom Patterson are the founders of Tommy John, a vertically integrated consumer brand in the underwear category. They have recently expanded to include direct to consumer, woman's apparel and are now opening their own stores. In this interview, we cover a wide range of topics including the origin story, direct to consumer versus wholesale, the challenges and opportunities of being a digitally native brand, omni-channel...

EP143 - Dell head of digital transformation Sarika Puri Sarika Puri is a Senior Director and Head of Digital Transformation Acceleration Organization at Dell Technologies. In this interview, we cover Sarika's background and discuss Dell Technologies journey to digital transformation. Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 143 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Tuesday, August 7th from the eTail East tradeshow i...

EP142 - Industry News and Retail Earnings Scot Wingo Tarheel of the week. Amazon News Amazon licensing it’s Amazon Go “Just Walkout Technology” to Hundai in S. Korea Whole Foods now selling via Alexa Whole Foods offering 30-minute windows for curbside pickup Party City selling on Amazon Walmart News Earnings – Same Store Sales up 6% y/y (highest in 10 years) 40% E-Com Growth Traffic and Tickets up 2% in US Grocery pickup is now in more than 1,800 locations (40% of US Pop by EOY) “Clearly,...

EP141 - Liraz Margalit, Web Psychologist

EP140 - Stripe Head of Stripe Issuing, Lachy Groom Lachy Groom is the head of issuing at Stripe. Stripe is a payment processor that provides a set of tools to help businesses accept payment online. Their clients include Warby Parker, Wish, and Target. Lachy was the 30th employee at Stripe, he leads Stripe Issuing which is an end-to-end platform for quickly creating, distributing, and managing physical and virtual cards. In this interview, we cover Lachy's background, the range of Stripes serv...

EP139 - B8ta founder and CEO Vibhu Norby Vibhu Norby is the founder and CEO of b8ta. b8ta is a software-powered brick and mortar retailer designed to improve the customer and maker experience. They help people discover, try, and learn about new tech products while empowering makers with a simple retail-as-a-service model that puts them in control. In this interview, we cover Vibhu's background, how he came to the idea for B8ta, b8ta's retail partnerships (including Lowe's and Macy's), their un...

EP138 - Amazon Q2 2018 Earnings Hot Take This episode is a hot take on Amazon Q2 2018 earnings Amazon Q2 Earnings Highlights $52.9B, which is a 39% y/y increase $2.98B in operating income $21.8B in Free cash flow, less $11.4B in capex, $6.2B in lease repayments = Net $4.1B Free Cash Flow AWS had a material acceleration up 48% y/y constant currency and profits were $1.4b Amazon Web Services – came in at $6.1b – 49% y/y growth (an acceleration from last quarters 48% growth) North America – ...

EP137 - Amazon Prime Day and Listener Questions