In this episode, Sri interviews Jordan Berke, founder & CEO of TOMORROW, is a leading digital retail advisory firm, enabling global retailers to accelerate growth through digitization.

Sri and Jordan tour an Amazon Fresh store as Jordan offers his expert analysis of how this brick & mortar format is performing.

Find Jordan on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-berke-tomorrow/
Find TOMORROW on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tomorrow-retail-consulting/
Find TOMORROW online at: https://tomorrowretail.com/

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FMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.com
CPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.com
Rhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.com
Lara Raj in Katseye: https://www.katseye.world/

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In this episode, the CPG Guys are joined by Greg Pulsifer, SVP of eCommerce at Sam’s Club, the club format division of Walmart.

Find Greg on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregpulsifer/
Find Sam’s Club on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sam's-club/
Find Sam’s Club online at: https://corporate.walmart.com/about/samsclub/sams-club-suppliers?

Greg answers these questions:

1. Tell us about you the person? Take us through your career growth journey in digital and ecommerce and how you got here?
2. Take us through Sam’s ecommerce strategy and what is the 2025 focus? [Greg will respond to #6 below as a response to this strategy question, hence striking out the questions below.]
3. NRF digital council - what does this mean and how are you and Sam’s club contributing through it in our industry?
4. How has ecommerce fundamentally changed over COVID and in a post COVID environment? How are you and Sam’s dealing with this?
5. Tell us about your team and how you motivate them everyday? What is your approach to people leadership?
6. Retail media has fundamentally changed shopping. How are you partnering with MAP and leveraging this for your customers experiences?
7. What trends are you following these days? AI, tech, other or digital trends? Why are these important?

CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.com
FMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.com
CPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.com
Rhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.com
Lara Raj in Katseye: https://www.katseye.world/

DISCLAIMER: 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 straight from Sydney, Australia by Imteaz Ahamed, founder and CEO of an artificial intelligence platform called Applied Intelligence. This episode is contextual for the CPG industry and covers many topics related to what YOU as a listener - either from a brand or retailer are faced with today.

Find Imteaz Ahamed on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/imteaza/

Find Applied Intelligence on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/company/applied-intelligence-newsletter/

Find Applied Intelligence online at : https://appliedintelligence.beehiiv.com/

Here's what we discussed :

1. Is the CPG industry ready for AI at scale?
2. Do we understand the difference between ML & AI?
3. What is applied AI?
4. Where is AI the most effective in commercial forums, teams and growth?
5. Are CMO's doing what's needed to leverage AI?
6. Why ChatGPT is merely a beginning...
7. How can you learn, adapt and adopt.
8. Applied AI in CPG.

CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.com
FMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.com
CPG Scoop Website: http://CPGscoop.com
Rhea Raj’s Website: http://rhearaj.com
Lara Raj in Katseye: https://www.katseye.world/

DISCLAIMER: 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.