During this episode of Brave Commerce, Amanda Baldwin, CEO of Supergoop, shares how she aligns the brand’s mission with a focus on consistent, incremental profitability. Supergoop, founded by Holly Thaggard, began with the question: How do you make a product that creates joy and puts the talent and strategy behind that idea? Baldwin explains the…
High inflation has made buying everyday goods–from yogurt and ketchup to trash bags and laundry detergent–more taxing on households across the country. As a result, a growing number of shoppers are reaching for store brands, also known as private labels, to help ease the cost of keeping their refrigerators full and pantries stocked. Last year,…
Fashion likes to be ahead of the curve, and getting a shoe-in with retail media–one of marketing’s buzzier trends–is no exception. Not content with shipping jeans and beanies, clothing ecommerce platforms like Nordstrom and Asos are joining the likes of Amazon and Walmart in selling advertising space in their digital storefronts. They’re swallowing up ad…
I find that much of the world defines my queerness primarily by attraction to men. Fellow gay men know the stereotypical assumptions well: “My friend is gay, too. And he’s single!” “Moving to Austin, eh? You must have met a cowboy!” “You’ll love this ad. The guy is so hot.” Gayness, to me, is not…
Direct-to-consumer brands are rethinking their channel strategy, specifically a return to retail, and for a handful of good reasons. While the pivot takes a contrarian stance on the “unavoidable” takeover of online commerce, smart brands are leaning into national retail relationships with a physical and digital footprint. On the surface, the timing of this shift…
In this episode of Brave Commerce, Austin Leonard, head of sales at Sam’s Club Member Access Platform (MAP), highlights the increasing need to offer value to consumers in exchange for their engagement with your brand, especially as we shift to a post-cookie future. The rise in retail media has resulted in fewer and fewer consumers…
MikMak is going global. The U.S.-based ecommerce platform, which revolutionized retail and recently secured a patented technology enabling the use of multi-retail selection and checkout within online video marketing campaigns, announced the acquisition of Swaven, a Paris-based ecommerce enablement and analytics software company that operates across EMEA, APAC and LATAM. “I think this acquisition for…
On this episode of Brave Commerce, Lewis Broadnax, vice president of global ecommerce and digital at Sazerac Company, shares four major pivot points that have shaped the trajectory of his career and his approach to consumer experience. He prioritizes reducing consumer friction both by testing and implementing the right mar-tech solutions and taking a true…
On this episode of Brave Commerce, Esi Eggleston Bracey, president of Unilever USA and CEO of personal care, North America, talks about creating a human-centric brand. From her work at P&G to developing Febreze, Bracey has found ways to drive profits while helping people. As national demographics shift, brands need to change and increasingly personalize…
In this episode of Brave Commerce, Denise Woodward, founder and CEO of Partake Foods, talks about growing and developing a bootstrapped business. Woodward opens with the inspiring story of Partake Foods. She wanted to make a product for her daughter, who suffers from food allergies. When discussing it with her husband at the zoo one…
Over just a few short years, Klarna has become one of the foremost buy now, pay later (BPNL) options when shoppers hope to buy something big. It’s not just a sign of the financially tight times; it’s also a testament to the ease with which consumers can use BPNL methods to get the goods they…
Despite an overall mixed performance in the last quarter, Amazon continued to steadily expand its ads business, clocking 19% in year-over-year growth even as tech giants like Meta and Google have seen sales slow. The online shopping giant said in its earnings report this week that it brought in $11.6 billion of ad sales in…
In this episode of Brave Commerce, Joy Simonsen, head of global consumer ecommerce at 3M, talks about how the brand’s “maker culture” has contributed to its success in both the b-to-b and b-to-c ecommerce world. Simonsen starts by speaking about how leveraging b-to-b ecommerce provides incremental profits for b-to-c and how both work hand and…
In this episode of Brave Commerce, Michal Geller, president of ecommerce and digital at Newell Brands, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to discuss retail media and ecommerce attribution. Geller shares his experience using retail media as a productive media platform. He explains how brands can utilize retail media to develop strong relationships with…
2022 is officially behind us, ferrying trends like retail media networks and live shopping to the annals of commerce history. Now, the natural question is: What’s next? While we don’t have a proverbial crystal ball, we do have expert sources. They made both familiar and unexpected predictions for retail and ecommerce in 2023. Their ten…
In late 2022, H&M debuted “Metaverse Design Story,” a real-world clothing collection inspired by Web3. Think neon yellow dresses, futuristic jewelry and beaded bomber jackets. The futuristic mannequins in the brand’s Times Square storefront in New York stood as a testament to Web3’s on impact on physical fashion, which is ushering in design technology that…
In this episode of Brave Commerce, Lisa Mann, managing director and CMO of Raines International, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to discuss the state of the current talent ecosystem. Mann shares why she came out of retirement in the middle of the pandemic to take a new job outside her experience in CPG….
Shopify is debuting a new way for major retailers to pick and choose from its ecommerce tools as the platform looks to widen its client base beyond small businesses. With the Canadian b-to-b ecommerce software giant’s new service, Commerce Components, businesses can integrate individual parts of Shopify’s platform into their existing online stores. While Shopify…
Welcome to Marketing Morsels, Adweek’s weekly roundup of the marketing news you may have missed. In this week’s selection, sample stunts and campaigns from Turo, Uber Eats, Instacart and more. Enjoy the assortment! Morsel #1: Watch Yeezy shoes burn for eight flaming nights In light of Kanye “Ye” West’s antisemitic remarks earlier this year and…
In this episode of Brave Commerce, Jim Mollica, chief marketing officer of Bose, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to discuss several ways brands can communicate and connect with their consumers. Mollica shares his experiences of marketing a product in the entertainment, apparel and consumer electronics industries. Although very different from one another, he…
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