EP133 - Hot Take: Adobe acquires Magento 

Adobe announced that they are acquiring Magento commerce for $1.68b.  It was disclosed as part of the deal that last year magento’s revenues were $150m, so that’s a 11X multiple which is pretty awesome.  Adobe’s largest deal in decade.

Adobe announcement

Magento Blog

Mark Lavelle, CEO, and Peter Sheldon VP Strategy at Magento Commerce were on Episode 50 of the Jason & Scot Show.

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Episode 133 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Monday, May 21st 2018.

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Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, 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.

EP132 - NPD Idea 2018 Recap 

NPD held it's semi-annual customer conference, Idea in Austin Texas on May 16th and 17th.  Jason and Scot both presented content at the show.  This weeks episode is a recap of the show.

• Target CEO Brian Cornell Keynote
• Google X, Captain of Moonshots, Astro Teller Keynote
• Author Michael Dart Keynote (Retail's Seismic Shift: How to Shift Faster, Respond Better, and Win Customer Loyalty)
• Scot Wingo "MarketPlace Madness" (PDF)
• NPD Retail Trends
  • Don Unser, Group President at The NPD Group
  • Steve Baker, Vice President, Industry Analysis at NPD Group
• Jason Goldberg "Last Mile In The Customer Experience" (PDF)
  • Oren Shauble, Partner Guinn Partners
  • Jamie Sohosky, Walmart VP Marketing, Customer Experience
  • Jaron Waldman, Co-Founder, Curbside
• Generation Z Panel
  • Connor Blackley Youth Logic
  • Madison Bregman  Youth Logic
  • Jonah Stillman - Genz Guru
  • Alexandra Levit (moderator)

Entertianment by Runaway June and The Doobie Brothers

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Episode 132 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Monday, May 21st 2018.

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Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, 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.

This episode catches up on the latest e-commerce news

Walmart News

• Walmart Acquires 77% of India E-Commerce Site FlipKart
• AllswellHome.com launch
• Website Redesign
• New Delivery Partners Doordash, Postmates

Amazon News

• Sears Tire Partnership
• Kohls traffic is up at Amazon Stores
• Chicos says presence on Amazon is driving more store traffic

Other News

• Google IO
• Facebook F8

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Episode 131 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, May 10th 2018.

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Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, 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.

EP130 - Comcast Ventures Daniel Gulati 

We caught up with Daniel Gulati (@DanielGulati) at ShopTalk 2018. Daniel is a partner at Comcast Ventures a venture capital firm that focus on early stage consumer internet investing.  Comcast Ventures was an early investor in Away, MealPal, and recently invested in Zola (hear Zola founder Shan Lyn in episode 98).

We spoke with Daniel about his background, his book, Passion and Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders, his portfolio companies, the direct to consumer market, competing with Amazon, and the future of retail.

Episode 130 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Tuesday, March 20, 2018.

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Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, 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.

EP129 - Amazon Q1 Earnings Hot Take

This episode is a hot take of the Amazon Q1 2018 earnings

• Amazon Q1 Earnings Highlights
  • $51b, which is a 43% y/y increase - 39% constant currency,  27% ex- Whole Foods
  • NA was up 46% y/y which drove $1.1b in profits (26% ex WFM)
  • Intl was up 21% constant currency and lost $622m 
  • AWS had a material acceleration up 48% y/y constant currency and profits were $1.4b
• Amazon Prime fee increasing to $119 (20% increase)
• Marketplace 
  • 52% 3P by Unit sales
  • 3P Growing at 60% (constant currency)
  • JMP GMV analysis-> 1P - $31b / 3P - $69b = $101B GMV
  • Wingo GMV estimate -> 1p - $37b/ 3p - $66b = $103b GMV
     
• Amazon Ads - $2B quarter 132% y/y growth (72% y/y growth before accounting change vs. 60% last quarter)
• Increasing possible Amazon becomes first $1 trillion dollar company
• Bezos Annual Letter
  • 100M Paid Prime Members (likely 60M in N.A vs. 124M Households)

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Episode 129 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Monday, April 30th 2018.

Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, 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.

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