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The CPG Guys

Peter V.S. Bond & Sri Rajagopalancpgguys.com

CPG & FMCG eCommerce industry icon Sri Rajagopalan & consumer loyalty guru Peter V.S. Bond explore how brands and retailers understand and engage with consumers in-store, online and everywhere in between. http://cpgguys.com 

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Episodes

Talking Today's Leadership, Earnings Releases and M&A with Brittain Ladd

The CPG Guys are joined by independent consultant Brittain Ladd. This is Britain's 3rd appearance on the show. We recorded this on Dec 10 and this is about as real time a topics and an episode could be. Follow Brittain Ladd at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittainladd Follow and subscribe to 'No retreat, no surrender' : https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/no-retreat-no-surrender-6929753812693901312/ To register for the CPG industry's first exec ed program on retail media at Cornell : https://e...

Dec 11, 202451 min

Live from Groceryshop With Henkel’s Karen Satterlie, Pacvue’s Melissa Burdick & 84.51’s Barbara Connors

The CPG Guys are joined by Karen Satterlie, Director of eCommerce Marketing & Shopper Marketing at Henkel, Melissa Burdick, president of Pacvue & Barbara Connors, VP Strategy & Acceleration at 84.51 a division of Kroger. The episode was recorded in Las Vegas at Groceryshop 2024. This episode is sponsored by 84.51. Follow Karen Satterlie on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karensatterlie/ Follow Melissa Burdick on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaburdick/ Fo...

Dec 07, 202435 minSeason 1Ep. 446

Live from Walmart Marketplace Seller Summit with Walmart’s Mike Mosser

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Michael Mosser, VP of Categories at Walmart Marketplace, Sarah Ray CEO or Arbitrage Ave & Charles Leslie CEO or Side Hustle Network. This episode from recorded at the 2024 Walmart Marketplace Seller Summit. Follow Michael Mosser on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmosser/ Follow Walmart Marketplace on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/walmart-marketplace/ Follow Walmart Marketplace online here: https://marketplace.walm...

Dec 04, 202435 minSeason 1Ep. 445

Live from unBoxed 2024 with Amazon's Nancy Winé & Jenny Burke

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Nancy Winé Head of Grocery at Amazon Ads & Jenny Burke, Director Global Video strategy & GTM at Amazon Ads. This episode was recorded in Austin TX at Amazon unBoxed. Follow Nancy Winé on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-wine-6518689a/ Follow Jenny Burke on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-burke-9859173/ Follow Amazon Ads on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/amazon-ads-partners/ Follow Amazon Ads onl...

Nov 27, 202424 minSeason 1Ep. 444

Building Brand Connections to Consumers With Kimberly-Clark’s Stacie Medley and Epsilon’s Meggie Giancola

The CPG Guys are joined by Stacie Medley, Sr Director of Integrated Media & Agency Relations at Kimberly-Clark & Meggie Giancola, SVP of CPG at Epsilon. This episode is sponsored by Epsilon. Follow Stacie Medley on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacie-medley-6529507/ Follow Kimberly-Clark on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kimberly-clark/ Follow Meggie Giancola on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meggie-giancola/ Follow Epsilon on LinkedIn here: htt...

Nov 23, 20241 hr 9 minSeason 1Ep. 445

Live from Groceryshop with Ahold Delhaize USA's Melissa Emerich

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Melissa Emerich, Chief of Staff + Director of Strategy & Revenue for AD Retail Media at Ahold Delhaize USA. This episode was recorded on the Techtalks Stage at Groceryshop 2024. Follow Melissa on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-emerich-25707536/ Follow AD USA Retail Media on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ad-retail-media-usa/about/ Follow AD USA Retail Media Online here: https://www.adretailmedia.com/p/1 Melissa a...

Nov 20, 202429 minSeason 1Ep. 442

Retail Media Leadership in Canada with Loblaw's Lauren Steinberg

The CPG Guys are joined by Lauren Steinberg, SVP of Media, Loyalty & Digital at Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s food and pharmacy leader, the nation’s largest retailer, and the majority unit holder of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Loblaw – and its portfolio of grocery, health and beauty, financial services and apparel businesses – provides Canadians with an unparalleled mix of value, assortment and convenience, and offers Canadians two of the country’s most recognized br...

Nov 16, 20241 hrSeason 1Ep. 442

Winning Consumer Attention with RR Donnelley's Lisa Pruett & Hans Fischmann

The CPG Guys are joined by RR Donnelley's Lisa Pruett, President of Packaging & Labels and Hans Fischmann, VP & General Manager of nCountR, an innovative advertising platform designed to enhance customer experiences in physical retail stores. By combining digital programmatic advertising with in-store merchandising and advanced technology, nCountR creates engaging experiences right where customers make their purchases. Follow Lisa Pruett on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa...

Nov 13, 202448 minSeason 1Ep. 441

Convenience Channel Retail Media with NexChapter's Art Sebastian and Bridg's Jared Luskin & Neil Murphy

The CPG Guys are joined by Art Sebastian, Founder & CEO of NexChapter, Jared Luskin, Head of Platform & Media Partnerships at Bridg and Neil Murphy, Chief Revenue Officer at Bridg. Bridg is a data and audience platform built exclusively for brick and mortar retailers and their CPG partners that powers retail media success. The platform solves a longstanding challenge – identifying and targeting in-store customers that aren't part of loyalty or rewards programs – using their exclusive off...

Nov 09, 202434 minSeason 1Ep. 440

Multi-Touch Attribution Measurement with Amazon’s Paula Despins

The CPG Guys are joined by Paula Despins, VP of Campaign Measurement, Planning & Amazon Marketing Cloud at Amazon Ads. This episode was recorded in Austin Texas during the annual Amazon unBoxed event. Follow Paula Despins on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-despins-4274a78/ Follow Amazon Ads on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/amazonadvertising/ Follow Amazon Ads online at: https://advertising.amazon.com/ We asked Paul these questions: 1) Amazon Ads Measurement St...

Nov 06, 202432 minSeason 1Ep. 437

Retail Media Insights With FMI’s Mark Baum and NielsenIQ’s Liz Buchanan

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Mark Baum, Chief Collaboration Officer at FMI, the Food Industry Association and Liz Buchanan, North America President of NielsenIQ. FMI & NielsenIQ are collectively performing a joint research along with Thinkblue LLC - a consulting powerhouse that includes our co-host Sri, on the latest in retail media. They are interviewing brands, retailers and service providers to determine where this RMN topic evolves. The firest iteration of results is to be ...

Nov 02, 20241 hr 8 minSeason 1Ep. 436

Building Your Content Future with Contentful's Gabriel Dillon

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Gabriel Dillon, bringing you the ongoing value proposition of contentful. He is the Principal, Strategic Alliance Manager, and is back at Contentful after a stint and ninetailed, bringing his expertise in personalization and testing to the world's largest composable content ecosystem. Before this, he led partnerships at Ninetailed. He also founded a Y Combinator-backed startup, successfully scaling it with top-tier venture capital. Gabriel was Algolia’s ...

Oct 31, 202446 minSeason 1Ep. 435

Omnichannel High Engagement Loyalty Platforms with TCC Global's Rick Swinkels

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Rick Swinkels, CEO of TCC, which creates high participation, high engagement loyalty campaigns and platforms that influence, recognise and reward shopper behaviour in-store and online. An industry leader for more than 30 years, active in 70 countries and over 8,000 campaigns successfully delivered. This episode is sponsored by TCC Global. Follow Rick on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickswinkels Follow TCC Global on LinkedIn at: https://www.l...

Oct 30, 202447 minSeason 1Ep. 434

Connected Stores with Instacart's David McIntosh

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...

Oct 29, 202446 minSeason 1Ep. 433

ERP makes it's Debut with DOSS' Wiley Jones

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...

Oct 26, 202453 minSeason 1Ep. 432

Amazon unBoxed 2024 Recap

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 #unBoxed2024 For the Cornell University Retail Media Strategy Program, click here For The path to purchase institute omni shopper awards sponsorship : email contact@cpgguys.com or click here For the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email...

Oct 23, 202449 minSeason 1Ep. 431

Marketing Mix Effectiveness Leadership with NielsenIQ

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 Manda...

Oct 19, 202449 minSeason 1Ep. 430

Groceryshop 2024 Recap

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 here For the Drug Store News issues summit HBC awards : email contact@cpgguys.com or click here For the Cornell Retail Media Strategy Executive Education program, click here CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.com FMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.com CPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.com Rhea Raj’s Websit...

Oct 17, 202446 minSeason 1Ep. 429

From Walmart Luminate to Scintilla with Walmart Data Ventures SVP Mark Hardy

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Mark Hardy, SVP of Walmart Data Ventures. WDV recently announced the impending renaming of the Walmart Luminate platform to Scintilla. Data is the most valuable commodity today to build consumer trust and loyalty. Take business growth, with targeted consumer profiles and preferences, personalization is actually possible anchored on data. Find Mark Hardy on Linkedin here . Find Walmart Data Ventures on Linkedin here . Find Walmart Data Ventures online her...

Oct 12, 202440 minSeason 1Ep. 428

Customer Personalization, Retail Media and Unified ID's with RR Donnelley's Matt Tilley

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/ Fi...

Oct 09, 202451 minSeason 1Ep. 427

Integrating Store Planning, Merchandising, Sales & Marketing with 345 Global’s Mark Edwards & Think Blue’s Parag Shah

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/ Fo...

Oct 05, 202448 minSeason 1Ep. 426

Streaming TV Media - CTV's Latest with Roku's Jake Piasecki

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 Rok...

Oct 03, 202459 minSeason 1Ep. 425

It's all Content Experiences with Jonathan Phillips from Contentful

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 episo...

Oct 01, 202449 minSeason 1Ep. 424

Consumer Loyalty, Data & Partnerships with Epsilon’s Dave Peterson

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Dave Peterson, GM & global head of retail media at Epsilon, where he is responsible for unifying Epsilon’s global retail media assets and teams to accelerate retailer and brand adoption of the company’s unified retail media platform around the world . This episode is sponsored by Epsilon. Find Dave on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-peterson-56b0511/ Find Epsilon on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epsilon/ Find Epsilon on...

Sep 28, 202457 minSeason 1Ep. 423

Corporate Success leads to Entrepreneurial Leadership with Sheila Narayanan

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Sheila Narayanan, founder of Simply Masala - a corporate career than spanned decades at GE, Rolls Royce, Mastercard, Readers Digest and even the Cub Scout, pivoted to starting a grassroots made at home, Indian meal cooking kit of spices. Find Sheila on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilanarayanan/ Find Simply masala on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/company/simplymasala/ Find Simply masala online at : https://www.simplymasala.com/ Fo...

Sep 25, 202452 minSeason 1Ep. 422

The Transaction Moment with ADUSA's Bobby Watts and Rokt's Stephen Rivera

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Bobby Watts, SVP AD Media of ADUSA and Stephen Rivera from ROKT. The discussion is all about user experience, path to purchase journey's and personalization. This episode is sponsored by ROKT. Find Bobby Watts on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-watts-48571b74/ Find ADUSA on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ahold-delhaize-usa/ Find Stephen Rivera on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-rivera-25495b27/ Find ROKT on ...

Sep 21, 202442 minSeason 1Ep. 421

Winning Strategies in Retail Media Performance Marketing with Glanbia’s Jamie Williams

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Jamie Williams, Sr Mgr. Media at Glanbia nutrition. This is a discussion anchored on retail media, especially Amazon ad management and measurement. Find Jamie Williams on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiestrothmann/ Find Glanbia nutrition on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glanbiaperformancenutrition/ Find Glanbia nutrition online at: https://www.glanbianutritionals.com/en Here's what we asked her : 1. Before joining Glanbia, y...

Sep 19, 202446 minSeason 1Ep. 420

Omnichannel Mastery with Kettle & Fire's Niccolo Gloazzo

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Niccolo Gloazzo from Kettle & Fire who represents one the fastest growing bone broths in the category. We met Niccolo at shoptalk Barcelona out in Spain and a casual conversation led to a podcast on omnichannel leadership and what's needed for today's media mastery including winning and retaining customers and households. Find Niccolo Gloazzo's on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicogloazzo/ Find Kettle & Fire on Linkedin at: https://www...

Sep 17, 202441 minSeason 1Ep. 419

Consumer Marketing Excellence with RR Donnelley's Courtney McCants

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Courtney McCants, Director of digital product sales, emerging tech at RR Donnelley. She is driven by a passion for innovative solutions and emerging technologies, and spearheads RRD’s Emerging Technology Product sales team. With 15 years of experience in media and advertising, Courtney has partnered with retailers and CPGs to craft strategies that authentically enhance customer value across the purchase journey and diverse advertising channels. Her team ...

Sep 14, 202450 minSeason 1Ep. 418

Global Media Connect with Uber’s Paul Wright

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Paul Wright, head of international at Uber advertising. This episode originated during Shoptalk Europe back in June at Barcelona. Needless to say, the last 4 years have seen a whirlwind change in retail media across the board. I’m talking 60+ RMN’s in the US, huge media budget shifts to sales and lower funnel but yet instore media not penetrated at all. In Europe, in store media has been RMN for a while. We thought why not learn more about international ...

Sep 12, 202438 minSeason 1Ep. 417
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