Unpacking the Digital Shelf

Mar 03 2025 296 ep. 36 mins 24

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Let’s talk through the future of brand manufacturing in the digital age. Welcome to Unpacking the Digital Shelf. For more commerce content for all brands CPG & beyond, visit us at www.digitalshelfinstitute.org

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Riding the Waves of AI Innovation, with Brian Yamada, Chief Innovation Officer at VML

Mar 03 2025 27 mins

Brian Yamada, Chief Innovation Officer at VML, says this era of AI innovation could be best described using the title of the Oscar Winner for Best Picture at the 2023: Everything, Everywhere All at Once. So Brian joined the podcast to take some of the craziness out of it all by digging into the 3 waves of AI innovation - content, experience, and agents. How you should think about t

Creating A Global Approach to Omnichannel Execution Excellence with Local Control, with Vivian Valks, Global Ecommerce Acceleration Manager at Arla Foods

Feb 24 2025 33 mins

After a decade of rapid growth and experimentation, ecommerce for many is moving into a more mature phase, while of course still being incredibly dynamic. Many companies are finding that the new opportunities for category growth lie in establishing the best practices for omnichannel execution and then scaling those capabilities while adapting it to each local market. Vivian Valks,

35 Years of Leading Transformation at a Global CPG Powerhouse, with Angela Mangiapane, President, Mars Global Services

Feb 17 2025 50 mins

During her 35 years at Mars, Angela Mangiapane has been a leader in the front office, the middle office, and the back office, most recently as President of Mars Global Services for the last 9 years.. She has been a witness to, and a driver of, the digital era. And from those experiences come great wisdom and principles that should be guides to the coming generations of digital and

Limiting Beliefs Holding Back? You Can S.N.A.P. Out of It, with Erica Anderson Rooney, author of Glass Ceilings and Sticky Floors

Feb 10 2025 42 mins

I’m assuming all of you listening are human, so I also assume all of you, like me, struggle with beliefs about ourselves and our capabilities that hold us back from our full potential. If you’re not human, please connect up with me on LinkedIn, because I have questions. In the meantime, though, for us humans, and because of systemic barriers, particularly women, we need to find

That Social Commerce Thing is Really Going to Happen This Time, with Andrew Criezis, President at NIQ

Feb 03 2025 27 mins

When it comes to the promise of Social Commerce, we have the Social part down, but the Commerce part is still very much a work in progress. We have news on that front. Andrew Criezis, President at NIQ, recently returned from a trip to China with insights, data, and experiences that foretell new social commerce experiences and formats that might just make the leap across the pond th

The ENDCAPS: Celebrating Best-in-Class Digital Merchandising and PDP Activation

Jan 27 2025 38 mins

The best part of being in the digital commerce community is how we are all continuously sharing with, and learning from, each other. It’s especially helpful when an independent, unbiased organization like say, firstmovr, creates an opportunity to find the best and turn it into best practices. And then share freely. That’s why firstmovr’s Chief Learning Officer Chris Perry is

NRF 2025 Recap: Retail Innovation and the Trends Shaping 2025

Jan 20 2025 29 mins

Digital shelf talkers, virtual try-ons, AI warehouse robots - these were just some of the technology that Andrea K.Leigh and I saw at NRF 2025 last week. We are at a critical time in our industry where technology can fundamentally change how we do business and enhance the consumer experience. Tune in to hear how brands and retailers are using technology to create more personalized,

Navigating the Digital Data Ecosystem to Unlock Growth, Tim Caggiano, Head of eCommerce Reporting & Analytics at Nestle, Salim Bachatene, SVP Global Sales, Ecommerce NielsenIQ, Michael Nunes, Director of Product Strategy & Operations at Pacvue

Jan 13 2025 57 mins

The digital data ecosystem is constantly evolving and changing as new data sets become available and brands work to connect the dots between each piece of the ecosystem. The important element for brands is learning how to navigate the complexity, break down silos in their organizations and turn insights into action at every step on the consumer journey. This is an audio rebroadcast

The "X" Factor: Elevating Retailer eCommerce Through Experience-Driven Product Content, with Amanda Wolff, CRO at Jenda, and Bailie Duncan, Lead Product Owner at Jackson Family Wines

Jan 06 2025 59 mins

Technologists who work on DTC and retailer.com sites spend a lot of time doing things like building personas, creating customer journey maps and service blueprints, and conducting usability studies. But if you're a brand selling your products on a retailer's platform, you don't need to worry about that, right? After all, you don't control the user experience.... or do you? While it

Decoding Consumer Behaviors: Insights On How to Better Reach Your Consumer, with Jeriad Zoghby, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Interpublic Group (IPG)

Dec 30 2024 53 mins

Consumers' shopping behaviors are ever changing and they are rewriting the rules. Brands who understand their consumer preferences and desires, what channels they prefer and how they want to receive their products will be a step ahead. This is an audio rebroadcast of a webinar focused on just that, led by Lauren Livak Gilbert, with guest expert Jeriad Zoghby, Chief Commerce Strat