The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by David McIntosh, Chief Connected Stores Officer at Instacart, the leading grocery technology company in North America, works with grocers and retailers to transform how people shop. The company partners with more than 1,500 national, regional, and local retail banners to facilitate online shopping, delivery and pickup services from more than 85,000 stores across North America on the Instacart Marketplace.Follow David on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcintoshdavid/ Follow Instacart on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instacart/ Follow Instacart online at: https://www.instacart.com/company/retailer-platform/connected-stores/caper-carts We asked David these questions:1) Take us through founding your own company redux to tenor to google. Why instacart and what keeps you there?2) What is a caper cart and how did Instacart decide and get into the business of building user experience in store and scaling it? 3) Describe the various modules of caper cart and how your platform is effective to drive better customer experience? Talk to us about the recent announcements at groceryshop 2024?4) How does a retailer partner with you on caper carts? What does it take?5) How does one learn customer traffic details and basket details from caper carts? What metrics do retailers get to work with?6) What is the development cycle of caper carts? How does the development cycle get influenced? Do you have an advisory board and do brands influence the outcomes or is it strictly retail?7) The CPG Guys audience is made of the largest brands and retailers that exist in the world - and then the mid tier and small ones too. Why should they pay attention to caper carts, especially if it requires capital investments?8) What trends are emerging in this space especially with AI? How will AI impact the quest for optimization in store trips for customers?For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Cornell Retail Media Strategy Executive Education program, click hereCPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comCPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.comRhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj on PopStar Academy: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81587828?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=enDISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by CPGGUYS, LLC. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on t CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast. 

 The CPG GUYS are joined in this episode by Wiley Jones, Co-founder and CEO of Doss, ARP—a lightweight ERP system focused on building tools for teams that work in the real world. Wiley has worked in product design and hardware engineering at companies like Athelas and Verkada. From designing toys in factories in China to leading hardware projects for medical devices in Silicon Valley, Wiley has been in the trenches of creating physical products and moving them along the supply chain. Discover how Doss is tackling the ERP industry by reimagining operations data primitives to provide more composable and adaptive for any company that manages physical goods.This episode is sponsored by DOSS.Find Wiley Jones on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/wileycwjones/Find DOSS on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/company/doss-com/Find DOSS online at : https://www.doss.com/Here's what we asked him : 1. Let’s go through your own career development and how DOSS for formed. 2. What is flawed with today’s ERP’s systems that you found you could solve with DOSS?3. Describe the various modules of DOSS and how your platform is more effective than what we see today?4. What effective savings are involved for a company when they can migrate from the ERP behemoths to DOSS? How long does a migration take?5. So who are your other partners, how do you guys come together of find each other? How do you manage DOSS as partners?6. What does working with DOSS feel like - months, days, weeks, years? How does a planned implementation go? What roles or profiles from the client side get involved?7. The CPG GUYS audience is made of the largest brands and retailers that exist in the world - and then the mid tier and small ones too. Why should they pay attention to you, especially if they already have an ERP?8. What trends are emerging in ERP? How will AI impact the quest for optimization emerging from an ERP?For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Cornell Retail Media Strategy Executive Education program, click hereCPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comCPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.comRhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj on PopStar Academy: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81587828?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=enDISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by CPGGUYS, LLC. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast. 

Sri speaks with PVSB about his recent trip to Austin TX where he attended the 2024 Amazon unBoxed conference which showcases all of the new advertising capabilities being introduced by the world’s leading retail media platform.#fullfunnel #retailmedia #unBoxed2024For the Cornell University Retail Media Strategy Program, click hereFor The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Cornell Retail Media Strategy Executive Education program, click hereCPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comCPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.comRhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj on PopStar Academy: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81587828?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=enDISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by CPGGUYS, LLC. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast. 

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by 3 leaders from NielsenIQ to discuss modern Marketing Effectiveness as today’s consumer is fragmented across channels, has traded to private label in many categories for opening price points and is omnichannelretail in nature. The consumer is picky in terms of choices and has a plethora of choices both online and offline.This episode is sponsored by NielsenIQ Find Bianca Piluso on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/biancapiluso/ Find Michael Mandato on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmandato/ Find Joshua Pisano on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuapisano/Find NielsenIQ on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/company/nielseniq/Find NielsenIQ online at : https://nielseniq.com/global/en/Here's what we asked them : 1. Bianca - You are VP of Marketing Mix Analytics - describe what it means, what is a day in your life look like, what brand and retail profiles are you working with?2. Can you give us some context on what some of your client’s challenges are when it comes to marketing?3. What are some of the “watch outs” your clients should be managing? 4. Is media mix applicable to all sizes of brands?5. If a brand comes to you and wants to understand MMM better, where do you start?6. If you were talking with a CMO about MMM, what would be your advice?7. Other than MMM, what other types of ad-measurement are important to brands and media companies? 8. Let’s give birth to the term virtuous cycle of MMM planning - decompose what this means and why this is the best way to drive marketing effectiveness? For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Cornell Retail Media Strategy Executive Education program, click hereCPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comCPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.comRhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj on PopStar Academy: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81587828?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=enDISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by CPGGUYS, LLC. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast. 

In this episode, the CPG Guys recap their recent trip to the 2024 Groceryshop conference.For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Cornell Retail Media Strategy Executive Education program, click hereCPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comCPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.comRhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj on PopStar Academy: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81587828?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=enDISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by CPGGUYS, LLC. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast. 

Mark Hardy, SVP of Walmart Data Ventures, leads the Scintilla platform, which aims to unlock the potential of Walmart's vast data assets. He discusses the shift from Walmart Luminate to Scintilla and its impact on customer personalization and brand loyalty. Hardy emphasizes the importance of first-party data in crafting targeted consumer experiences. He also reveals insights on integrating retail strategies and enhancing collaboration between suppliers and merchants, highlighting real-time data use for smarter decision-making in today's retail landscape.

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Matt Tilley, the Vice President of Growth Marketing for RR Donnelley, a trusted global provider of marketing, packaging, print and supply chain solutions that elevate engagement across the complete customer journey. He works behind the scenes crafting marketing campaigns and on stages and screens presenting or conducting interviews.This episode is sponsored by RR Donnelley.Find Matt Tilley on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewjtilley/Find RR Donnelley on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/company/rr-donnelley/Find RR Donnelley online at : https://www.rrd.com/Here's what we asked him :1. You have an career anchored on consumer marketing and targeting. Take us through the years and what brought you to RRD and anchors you there?2. Believe you have recently conducted a market research study on the diaspora of changing consumer habits and its evolution. Give us the scoop on what prompted it, what data was collected, the sample size and the type of questions asked before we get into the insights, if someone wants to get the copy of the research how do they do so?3. Are brands responding to inflation well? What consumer habits have changed?4. How can RRD help brands get to the right consumer at the right place?5. Talk to us about omnichannel behavior - what does the report cover and what’s should brands do to respond or even retail now that where they shop, the store they choose is changing?6. At the pace store brands are growing and households and leaving trusted large market cap brands, what did you learn in loyalty and brand retention?’ 7. The talk of our times is traffic is back and user experience in store needs to reflect that given the heavy digital influence. What have you learned? 8. Finally, let’s ask you to look future forward. What’s in store for this tech influenced consumer world especially AI backed, what’s the next evolution.?For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereCPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comCPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.comRhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj on PopStar Academy: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81587828?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=enDISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by CPGGUYS, LLC. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast. 

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Mark Edwards, founder & CEO of 345 Global, which markets store planning, merchandising, sales & marketing into one cloud-based platform. Also, Parag Shah Chief Growth Officer at Think Blue.This episode is sponsored by 345 Global.Follow Mark Edward on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-edwards-51713b4/Follow 345 Global on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/345global/Follow 345 Global Online at: https://www.345.global/Follow Parag Shah online at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omnigrowthparag/Follow Think Blue on LinedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omnigrowthparag/Follow Think Blue online at: https://thethinkblue.com/Mark & Parag answer these questions:Mark - you’ve been in stealth mode for a while from what I know, who is Mark, what is 345 and how does one come up with a name such as 345?Parag - tell us about all things going on with space planning. Why do you feel the world is changing in retail and why does retail need transformation in this space?Mark - why were you in stealth mode for so long? What have you been building? What’s the vision of 345?Parag - what is the partnership between you and 345? What do you aim to launch?Mark - what is the 345 tech platform? Why is it revolutionary?Mark - take us through the various pieces of 345 - believe those are VQ, SQ, IQ, EQ?Parag - The omnichannel world is 24-7 and 360 in terms of how she connects, how she shops, where she discovers and where she browses - shopping baskets are very fragmented. How can 345 help retailers chase this with these capabilities? Is it data is it something else?Parag - how does 345 empower merchants to win everyday? Why should they pay attention?Mark - Looking forward, what are you focused on, where can we find you? For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereCPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comCPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.comRhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj on PopStar Academy: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81587828?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=enDISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by CPGGUYS, LLC. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast. 

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Jake Piasecki from none other than streaming TV and content leader Roku. The Roku team will be on the ground at Groceryshop in Las Vegas October 7th-9th to answer all your streaming TV questions. Drop Jake a note directly on LinkedIn to get in touch. Roku has been on the show 2 years ago in 2022 and since then a lot of advancements at Roku as well as streaming media have happened. He is head of the cpg, Health & wellness and insurance vertical at Roku.This episode is sponsored by Roku.Find Jake on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-piasecki-433b80/Find Roku on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/company/roku/Find Roku online at : https://www.roku.com/Here's what we asked him : 1. What’s new, what’s up, what’s changed, how has Roku media evolved for today’s omnichannel shopper?2. What is the Roku sports experience and why is it relevant for the CPG industry?3. What is your partnership with the trade desk and what is an unified ID 2.0. How does it connect to the Roku exchange?4. Drumroll for our favorite topic - retail media. What’s new, what’s changed and what are new partnerships you have that cpg brands can leverage?5. Let’s talk about your core business - the Roku homescreen. How is this beneficial to brands and how can they leverage the various apps and services on it?6. Touching 120 Million people everyday how do you deliver on audience splintering and fragmentation for brands?7. Jake - tell us about your role leading CPG, is that primarily business development or do you get engaged in services? If not, who does and how does a partnership with Roku work from end to end? 8. Finally, let’s ask you to look future forward. What’s in store for Roku in this brand and CPG space? What’s next and how will you leverage AI?For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereCPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comCPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.comRhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj on PopStar Academy: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81587828?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=enDISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by CPGGUYS, LLC. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast. 

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Jonathan Phillips (or JP), Senior Manager of Solution Engineering at Contentful. a company on the mission of ‘content : from anywhere to everywhere and to rapidly build experiences customers crave.’ Simply put, content is now a hot hot topic. This is episode 2, episode 1 with them was released with Yann from VML and Nicole from Contentful. Be sure to go to www.cpgguys.com or your favorite platform and search for cpgguys podcast Yann or Nicole.This episode is sponsored by Contentful.Find Johnathan Phillips on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanwphillips/Find Contentful on Linkedin at  https://www.linkedin.com/company/contentful/Find Contentful online at: https://www.contentful.com/Here's what we asked him : 1.  What was unique about contentful that drove you to be here. What is the role of a digital strategist and what does a day in your life look like?2. Why is technology infrastructure and architecture important in content development as a brand? Would it be different for retail?3. The pandemic changed the consumer in how they browse, where they browse, what they browse. Brands were already focused on content previously - how relevant is a content focus today?4. What about platforms - which platforms matter for content engagement and how do you provide services to drive it?5. Responsibility around content governance matters. How does one create and rollout content governance - what does it even mean to the brand marketer?6. What constitutes engaging content and what does it take for a brand to create it on the contentful platform?7. AI is turning out to be ‘scarier’ than one imagined on the content space. How does one manage AI to ensure what’s out there is real and authentic and not ‘bots’?8. What are key trends around this space we should advice brands to focus on? For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereFor the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email contact@cpgguys.com or click hereCPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.comFMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.comCPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.comRhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.comLara Raj on PopStar Academy: https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81587828?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=enDISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast episode is provided for general informational purposes only. By listening to our episode, you understand that no information contained in this episode should be construed as advice from CPGGUYS, LLC or the individual author, hosts, or guests, nor is it intended to be a substitute for research on any subject matter. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by CPGGUYS, LLC. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. CPGGUYS LLC expressly disclaims any and all liability or responsibility for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or other damages arising out of any individual’s use of, reference to, or inability to use this podcast or the information we presented in this podcast.