Join hosts Jason “Retailgeek” Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and 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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episode 147: Industry News, Amazon, Apple, Recode, Shop.org, and holiday forecasts
EP147- Industry News, Amazon, Apple, Recode, Shop.org, and holiday forecasts
It's a news-a-palooza this week including including Amazon, Apple, Recode, Shop.org, and holiday forecasts and more. Scot and I get together in person in Chicago to discuss all the news an implications.
Amazon News
- Amazon Go opens in Chicago and Jason has a trip report
- Bloomberg reports Amazon may have plans to open 3000 Amazon-Go stores
- Amazon Storefronts is a new feature for small businesses to curate collections
- Amazon has launched a new AI based visual discovery tool, Amazon Scout
- SnapChat and Amazon have partnered on a new social shopping experience, using visual search
- Amazon launched 14 new Echo devices
- Amazon and Good Housekeeping partner on Mall of America Pop-Up
Apple News
- Iphones ship with new commerce features
- Background NFC Scanning
- Native QR Scanning
- Augmented Reality in web-browser via ARKit 2.0
Other News
- Holiday forecasts are beginning to come in
- Deloitte: 17-22% ($128b-$134b) (19.5% midpoint)
- Internet Retailer 15.5% ($120b)
- Forrester (preliminary) forecast 14-16%
- Adobe acquires Marketo
- Farfetch (luxury e-commerce marketplace) has successful IPO
Event Recaps
- Code Commerce in New York. All the interviews are available on YouTube (thanks to @DelRey)
- Shop.org in Las Vegas. Interesting new vendors:
- Seek - Augmented Reality in Mobile Browser hosted solution for retailers/brands.
- Hero - Connecting online shoppers live with associates in the physical store.
Upcoming:
- Groceryshop October 28-31, Las Vegas
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Episode 147 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Monday, September 24th, 2018.
http://jasonandscot.com
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.