Episodes

Amazon released an outstanding Q4 with strong growth in sales and profitability driving a huge uptick in their share price. In this episode Bryan and Andrea break down the drivers of that performance as well as key attribute...

In this episode Bryan Gildenberg does a guest stint on High Impact's "The Retail Journey" podcast (link to audio and YouTube to subscribe below) In this podcast, Bryan, James and Charles discuss why a digital-first approach ...

In this episode Bryan Gildenberg and MAS Commerce founder Matthew Smith talk about Matthew's new venture and how it plans to help companies embrace, harness and develop the promise of AI into practical business results. You w...

In this episode Bryan Gildenberg and Andrea Leigh tackle a few key issues that Amazon's Q3 results highlighted after a quick review of their actual performance. In particular they focus the conversation on 5 key changes for ...

This episode celebrates the holiday season in style with a conversation about the evolution of digital commerce in a notoriously tricky environment - the alcoholic beverage category! We discuss the following areas: 1) Swiftl...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Kevin Yu, the founder & CEO of SideChef, an all-in-one home cooking platform. Follow Kevin Yu on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinyuarts/ Follow SideChef on LinkedIn at: ...

Bryan & PVSB are joined in the October monthly recap by John carroll, President of Digital Commerce & Advanced Analytics at Acosta Group. Follow John on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnccarrolljr/ We discuss the ...

The CPG Guys in Partnership with Brave Commerce feature Commerce Cares, an effort to provide humanitarian relief to Israel. This one hour LinkedIn Live event featured a number of industry luminaries along with people dedicate...

Bryan & PVSB are joined in the September monthly recap by Scott Benedict, Affiliate Partner at McMillanDolittle. Follow Scott on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottrbenedict/ We discuss the following topics: Amazon...

Allume Group Founder & CEO Andrea K. Leigh & PVSB recap their impressions of the 2023 Amazon Accelerate sellers conference.

Bryan, Sri & PVSB recently conduct a LinkedIn Live session recapping key themes from August '23. We have converted this into a podcast episode. Topics include: Instacart Announces IPO PepsiCo invests in Instacart Rite Aid pre...

In this episode Bryan Gildenberg and Andrea K. (Andrea Minnie) Leigh tackle a few key issues that Amazon's Q2 results highlighted after a quick review of their actual performance. In particular they focus the conversation on...

Sri & PVSB recently conduct a LinkedIn Live session recapping key themes from July '23. We have converted this into a podcast episode. Topics include: IAB Retail Media Guide. The definitive approach, a good start or not enoug...

In this week's episode Bryan is joined by another Brian, Brian Owens, the SVO of Commerce Strategy for VMLY&R Commerce for a conversation focused on Brian's 2 overlapping passion points - Inclusivity in Commerce (#JusticeAtSh...

In this week's 2 part episode Bryan Gildenberg is joined once again by Allume Group's CEO Andrea Leigh for a discussion on Amazon's aspirations in AI - notably how they are using the thinking that powered AWS to power their …

In this week's 2 part episode Bryan Gildenberg is joined by Allume Group's CEO Andrea Leigh for a discussion on Amazon's aspirations in the grocery industry based on their last quarter's earnings results...and then in Part 2 ...

Bryan is joined by guest co-host Andrea K. Leigh of Allume Group as they speak with autor Jason Del Ray about his new book "Winner Sells All:Amazon, Walmart, and the Battle for Our Wallets" This episode is sponsored by GoSpot...

For the inaugural episode of Fast Forward, CPG Guy Bryan Gildenberg is joined by Leon Nicholas, Vice President of Insights and Retail Solutions at WestRock Company, a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions...

Host Bryan Gildenberg is joined by his fellow CPG Guys Sri Rajagopalan & Peter V.S. Bond along with special guest Andrea Leigh of Allume Group to break down what they found most intriguing about the recent Shoptalk Conference...

Bryan Gildenberg discusses the application of KPIs in performance marketing

Peter Interviewed Sherry Smith, Executive Managing Director of Retail Media at Criteo. Sherry discussed some of the innovation occurring at Criteo including the new Commerce Max DSP. This interview occurred at the 2022 Grocer...

In The Know Series featuring Dave Sommer, Chief Customer Officer of Fetch, the mobile loyalty platform. Dave discusses the 4 Ps of loyalty marketing driving the rapid adoption of Fetch as it approaches 20 million monthly acti...

Fresh 4 News Stories for the week of October 3, 2022 1) Walmart makes bet on Metaverse with Roblox. 2) Amazon Increases Pay, Again, for Front-line Employees 3) Kroger Looks To Wean Itself Off Instacart 4) Instacart unveils sw...

Bryan Gildenberg discusses the concept of brand switchers in the era of the pandemic and the implications from supply chain challenges.