The Jason & Scot Show - E-Commerce And Retail News

EP013 - SuperBowl, VR, Future of Malls, and why responsive design is a bad idea Recap of Superbowl Ads. Including ads from Amazon, Paypal, and Dollar Shave Club. Digital Calls to action in ads. And mobile engagement with those ads. Are stale fashion trends curtailing woman's apparel sales, or is it another example of Amazon eating the world? Google, Apple, and Alibaba all make new investments in VR. January Same Store Sales data from Channel Advisor looks encouraging. Amazon rumors about logistics services continue "Project Dragon Boat". Amazon Prime Now comes to Raleigh, North Carolina and Scot is their first customer. Michael Kors expresses concern that Mall Traffic is likely to continue declining. Jason shares that the US is way "over-stored" and that the US has 5X the amount of retail space per capita as UK. We talk about why Responsive Design is a bad idea for e-commerce and mobile apps are a lower priority than the mobile web. http://retailgeek.com/podcast Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, 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 shopper marketing.

EP012 - Amazon Retail Stores, Google Earnings, Subscriptions, and Marketplaces. http://retailgeek.com/podcast Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, 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 shopper marketing.

Episode 11 covers a recap of numerous Q4 earnings calls including E-Bay, Facebook, Alibaba, Amazon, Starbucks and Microsoft. Also Uber, Macy's, Walmart news. The Jason & Scot Show. Podcast about e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. http://retailgeek.com/podcast Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, 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 shopper marketing.

EP010 - NRF Big Show Recap, Amazon Updates, and new Google PLA format Robots! Smartshelfs What's the future for beacons? AR/VR Electronic Shelf Labels and Dynamic Pricing NRF Whispers - Was this a tough holiday season for Brick & Mortar? Are shipping rates going up (even though gas prices are at historic lows)? Amazon assortment is growing dramatically. Amazon is the top brand in the US (per YouGov study) Amazon launches it's new replenishment service Google tests a new PLA format http://retailgeek.com/podcast Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, 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 shopper marketing.

EP009 - recap of CES, a preview of NRF, L2 #RIPPurePlay event, Amazon fulfillment and tax news, and Holiday wrap-up. / / http://retailgeek.com/podcast / / Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, 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 shopper marketing.

EP008 - Chat Commerce, Gen Z, New Retail, and Walmart Payments. Scots top 5 predictions for 2016: 2016 will be the year of Chat Commerce Amazon will make some big moves in logistics Jet will prove the naysayers wrong, and get acquired Google will make a bold move this year in e-commerce that surprises everyone Alibaba’s attempts to bring Singles day to the US will fail Jason top 5 predictions for 2016: CPG’s and grocery will make major moves into DTC e-commerce Re-Orgs. Retailers will get rid of stand alone e-commerce departments and integrate e-commerce into core business functions; brands will do the opposite and establish new e-commerce departments. Mobile gap will narrow to be at lest half of desktop conversion and some retailers will see 50% of their e-commerce revenue come from mobile devices A major retailer will get sold in distress (Macy’s/Sears/9 West/J Crew/Bon Ton/Neiman Marcus) 2016 will be the year of the cloud for E-Com platforms, Cloud products like Shopify and Big Commerce will continue to grow and even get more enterprise clients. Niche solutions like Cloud Craze (running on force.com) will get traction, and SAP, IBM, and Oracle will work hard to solidify their e-commerce cloud offerings. Things that (sadly) aren't likely to happen in 2016: Buy buttons from social networks won't catch on. Social commerce will continue to struggle. E-Commerce sites won't get much better at personalization (and most suck now). We won't see many great examples of truely integrating content and commerce Omni-Channel retailers won't close the gap with Amazon No single new Payment technology will gain major traction. Scot got to visit the Amazon store, and check out how Amazon's merchandising translates to brick and mortar. Jason is at CES. There are many more products supporting interoperability this year, such as Ford integrating with Amazon Echo, Toyota supporting IFTTT, Roku and Apple set-top boxes offering universal search integrating multiple content sources. / / http://retailgeek.com/podcast / / Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, 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 shopper marketing.

Episode 7 covers an update on brick and mortar holiday sales. The top 5 online shopping days. Shipping woes for UPS, Fedex, and Jet. Is e-commerce at a tipping point in-terms of overtaking brick and mortar sales? And a discussion about how large Amazon really is. http://retailgeek.com/podcast oin your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, 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 shopper marketing.

Episode 6 covers Commerce in Korea, a Holiday Update including the shape of holiday peaks and the risk for holiday shipments, Gilts potential sale and the overall state of Daily Deal Sites, Nordstrom E-commerce investment strategy, Hoverboard fire problems, and a few Amazon and Alibaba tidbits.. http://retailgeek.com/podcast Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, 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 shopper marketing.

EP05 - Chat Commerce, Gen Z, New Retail, and Walmart Payments. Episode 5 covers Chat Commerce including consumer behaviors in Eastern & Western markets, a discussion about Generation Z, new retail concepts including Birch Box store, Target Wonderland Popup, and B8ta store, and the announcement of Walmart's new mobile payments system. http://retailgeek.com/podcast Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, 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 shopper marketing.

Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, 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 shopper marketing. EP004 - Post holiday recap, mobile, top products, Amazon news Complete show notes are available at http://retailgeek.com/podcast

Episode 3 - The Holiday Edition covers: Comscore State of the U.S. Online Retail Economy Q3 w/ Holiday Forecast Channel Advisor Same Store Sales, 3rd week of November results Adobe Holiday Forecast Other Holiday Benchmarks IBM, Google, Deloitte, Forrester, Custora, Demandware, Monetate Amazon NY times article sales the long game is working, as retail turns profitable Will Amazon becoming a shipping company? News Forrester Analyst Peter Sheldon joins Magento Walgreens Digital Head Sona Chawla joins Kohls Dollar Share Club raises a new round Jet.com raises a new round Links: Visit http://retailgeek.com/podcast for a complete list of links. Hosts: Scot Wingo, Founder & Executive Chairman Channel Advisor / @ScotWingo Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish / @retailgeek

Episode 2 covers the Merrill Lynch Bank of America Internet/E-commerce 10th Annual Holiday Pricing Survey, a discussion about the future of retail, and how robots are improving the retail experience. Links: http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2015-11-16/retail-earnings-slowing-internet-sales-aren-t-helping http://www.with.me/retail/shopwithme-store http://www.lowesinnovationlabs.com/innovation-robots/ http://www.simberobotics.com/ http://amazorobotics.com http://amazonfctours.com Hosts: Scot Wingo, Founder & Executive Chairman Channel Advisor / @ScotWingo Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish / @retailgeek

Episode 1 covers singles day, the personalization paradox, Channel Advisor same store sales report (SSS), holiday promotions trends, and digital wallet news. Links: 11.11 Day http://www.alizila.com/alibabas-shopping-festival-rakes-in-14-3-billion/ Forrester digital business forum https://www.forrester.com/DIGITAL+BUSINESS+2015/-/E-EVE6702 Channel Advisor SSS - http://www.channeladvisor.com/blog/?pn=scot/holiday-2015-same-store-sales-first-week-of-november-results Money2020 - http://www.money2020.com/ ShopTalk - http://www.shoptalk.com/ Hosts: Scot Wingo, Founder & Executive Chairman Channel Advisor @ScotWingo Scot's Channel Advisor Blog Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish @retailgeek Jason's Retailgeek.com Blog