The Commerce Collective Podcast

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Breakthrough Brands: What’s Driving Liquid I.V.’s Digital Dominance and Deal Event Success? Sep 12, 2024

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In this exciting episode, Aaron Jones, VP of eCommerce and media at Liquid I.V.® (a Unilever brand) discusses the origins of Liquid I.V.® and how growing up in the digital sphere has allowed the brand to invent and continue to own the powdered hydration category. Aaron also highlights what has led to incredibly successful Prime Days the past two years (Liquid I.V.® had the 3rd highest-selling product on Amazon in terms of units sold this past Prime Day), and provides insight into treating each deal event as a unique way to reach customers where they are. Every brand should listen in for a story about innovation, agility, and CPG boundary-pushing.

This Month Above the Fold w/ Patrick Miller - It’s M&A Season (Mars x Kellanova, Instacart x Uber, Branded x Heyday) Sep 03, 2024

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Fall is almost here and it’s M&A season. This month Patrick and Emma dig into three proposed mergers and/or acquisitions - Mars and Kellanova, Instacart and Uber, and two Amazon aggregators - Branded and Heyday. Why have these acquisitions come into the spotlight and what could these outcomes could mean for the retail industry?

The Definitive Guide to TikTok Shop w/ Molly O’Bryen & Deren Baker Aug 26, 2024

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With TikTok Shop, shoppers can now go from inspiration to purchase within seconds. This emerging marketplace unlocks a huge opportunity to drive incremental growth. In this episode, Molly O’Bryen and Deren Baker discuss what sets TikTok Shop apart from other marketplaces and the creator economy. Plus they share tips on how to build a winning strategy.

Brands, Retailers, & Consumers - A Delicate Symbiosis w/ Jacquelyn Baker of Omnicom Commerce Group Aug 14, 2024

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Recorded during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Jacquelyn covers how brands, retailers, and agencies should best work together to solve the needs of the consumer - who at the end of the day is the start of it all.

Amazon’s Stable EU Profitability & a Decline in POs Aug 07, 2024

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In this episode Kelly Miller, VP Commerce, EMEA at Flywheel highlights her research on declining POs and decreased weeks of cover in the EU and what it means for vendors adjusting to Amazon’s rebalancing now that stable profitability has been reached for the first time since the pandemic.

This Month Above the Fold w/ Patrick Miller - Prime Day Recap & The Return of the Cookie Jul 29, 2024

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This month Patrick and Emma dig into Flywheel’s findings from Prime Day and what questions brand should really be asking to determine investments into future deal events. Additionally, Google’s announcement that it will not part ways with cookies is touched on.

AVNs - Maybe a Good Thing? Featuring Russ Dieringer of Stratably Jul 15, 2024

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The ecommerce industry usually dreads the process of AVNs, but in this episode, Russ Dieringer of Stratably provides a counterpoint on how AVNs can actually be a good thing when you’re prepared. Listen in to learn more about the purpose and significance of AVNs, what Stratably’s research uncovered from this past year, and recommendations for how brands should approach the next round of AVNs.

Read Stratably’s report here: https://stratably.com/deep-dive-2024-amazon-avn-wrap-up/

This Month Above the Fold w/ Patrick Miller - The Big Shift Jul 02, 2024

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This month’s episode of Above the Fold is a special edition covering Flywheel’s recently published whitepaper titled “The Big Shift.” Patrick and Emma cover the inspiration for the report, highlight key points, and discuss recent announcements that tie back to the paper. You can download the paper here (but be sure to listen to the episode for additional insights!).

https://www.flywheeldigital.com/guides/the-big-shift-retail-power-dynamics?utm_medium=announcementemail&utm_source=slack&utm_campaign=the-big-shift-whitepaper&utm_content=deckworthy&internal_company_id=2021A1

Live from Cannes: The Future of Addressability with Amazon Ads' Brian Tomasette Jun 20, 2024

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The Commerce Collective Podcast is back in Cannes and is excited to launch this episode featuring Brian Tomasette - Director of Product, DSP, Amazon Ads that covers the future of addressability. We break it down into three segments, creating relevancy in a cookiesless world, simplification of controls for transparency, and upper funnel solutions for an increasingly fragmented landscape.

What Clients Want w/ Andrea Lennon of Omnicom Jun 13, 2024

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Andrea Lennon, Chief Client Officer at Omnicom joins the podcast to discuss what clients want, what clients need, and how clients and agencies can best work together to achieve their shared goals. What clients want can be broken down into three key themes, and Andrea educates us on how Omnicom approaches large client relationships at the holding company level.

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