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Discovery-Led Commerce with TikTok's Patrick Nommensen
April 22, 2026

Discovery-Led Commerce with TikTok's Patrick Nommensen

The CPG Guys are joined in the episode by Patrick Nommensen , Head, Strategic Initiatives, AMS & Europe, E-Commerce at TikTok . This episode was record in Las Vegas at Shoptalk 2026. Follow Patrick on LinkedIn at: https://www...

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Phygital Commerce Media with Liquid Death's Benoit Vatere
April 18, 2026

Phygital Commerce Media with Liquid Death's Benoit Vatere

The CPG Guys are joined in the episode by Benoit Vatere , Chief Media Officer for Liquid Deat h. As one of the fastest growing non-alcoholic beverage brands, Liquid Death uses comedy and entertainment to make health and susta...

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The State of Venture Capital & Private Equity with In/Organic Podcast's Christian Hassold
April 15, 2026

The State of Venture Capital & Private Equity with In/Organic Podcast…

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Christian Hasshold, host of the In/Organic Podcast and Managing Partner of Resilient Edge M&A Advisors. Follow Christian on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hassold/ Follow t...

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Winning in Social Commerce with Gildan's Jason O'Toole & Katie Tripodi
April 11, 2026

Winning in Social Commerce with Gildan's Jason O'Toole & Katie Tripodi

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Jason O’Toole , Head of Connected Commerce & Media, and Katie Tripodi , Director of US Digital Merchandising and eCommerce Expansion at Gildan , a leading manufacturer of everyday ba...

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Key Themes at SXSW 2026 with Omnicom's Greg Brown
April 8, 2026

Key Themes at SXSW 2026 with Omnicom's Greg Brown

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Greg Brown , SVP of Innovation for the DAS Group of Agencies at Omnicom . Greg joins to share key themes coming from the 2026 SXSW which dedicates itself to helping creative people a...

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Local Brand Building at Scale with Ace Hardware's Kim Lefko
April 4, 2026

Local Brand Building at Scale with Ace Hardware's Kim Lefko

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Kim Lefko, SVP and Chief marketing Officer at Ace Hardware, which has over 5,000 stores around the world with the majority of those stores independently owned and operated by local e...

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The Future of Grocery: Introducing GroceryLab with FMI's Doug Baker
April 1, 2026

The Future of Grocery: Introducing GroceryLab with FMI's Doug Baker

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Doug Baker, VP of Industry Relations at the Food Marketing Institute. As the food industry association, FMI works with and on behalf of the entire industry to advance a safer, health...

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Advertising in Everyday Moments with DoorDash's Vassili Samolis
March 28, 2026

Advertising in Everyday Moments with DoorDash's Vassili Samolis

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Vassili Samolis , Head of Ad Product at DoorDash , one of the world's leading local commerce platforms that helps businesses of all kinds grow and innovate, connects consumers to the...

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2026 Early Emerging CPG Themes with CPGGUYS Hosts Sri & PVSB
March 18, 2026

2026 Early Emerging CPG Themes with CPGGUYS Hosts Sri & PVSB

The CPGGUYS hosts Sri Rajagopalan & Peter VS Bond discuss the emerging themes that dominated the first quarter of 2026 in the CPG and retail industry. From their iconic visit to CAGNY summarizing the presentations of 21 CEO's...

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Expanding What's Possible for Retail Execution with FORM's David Gottlieb & Jeff Wrona
March 14, 2026

Expanding What's Possible for Retail Execution with FORM's David Gott…

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by David Gottlieb , Chief Revenue officer and Jeff Wrona , VP Product, Image Recognition for FORM , the makers of the award-winning market execution software GoSpotCheck and FORM OpX, a...

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Home Care Redefined with The Clorox Company's Oksana Sobol
March 11, 2026

Home Care Redefined with The Clorox Company's Oksana Sobol

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Oksana Sobol, Vice President of Insights & Decision Intelligence at The Clorox Company, Follow Oksana on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oksanasobol/ Follow The Clorox Compa...

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Innovation & Growth with Kimberly-Clark's Patricia Corsi & Craig Slavtcheff
March 7, 2026

Innovation & Growth with Kimberly-Clark's Patricia Corsi & Craig Slav…

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Particia Corsi, Chief Growth Officer & Craig Slavtcheff, Chief R&D Officer at Kimberly-Clark, manufacturer of trusted brands that are an indispensable part of life for people in more...

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CAGNY 2026 Post-Mortem with RBC Capital Markets’ Nik Modi
Feb. 28, 2026

CAGNY 2026 Post-Mortem with RBC Capital Markets’ Nik Modi

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by returning guest Nik Modi, Co-Head of Global Consumer & Retail Research at RBC Capital Markets for a CAGNY 2026 post-mortem conversation. Follow Nik Modi on LinkedIn at: https://www.l...

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CAGNY 2026 Recap
Feb. 22, 2026

CAGNY 2026 Recap

In this episode, Sri & PVSB recap the highlights from the 2026 Consumer Analysts Group of New York (CAGNY) annual conference. Read our recaps at Mass Market Retailers here: https://massmarketretailers.com/tag/cagny-2026/ To l...

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Fixing Paid Social for Retailer Sales with Ampd's Joshua Gebhardt & Brandon Nutter
Feb. 18, 2026

Fixing Paid Social for Retailer Sales with Ampd's Joshua Gebhardt & B…

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by J oshua Gebhardt CEO & Co-Founder and Brandon Nutter , CTO & Co-Founder of Ampd which connects paid social campaigns to actual sales at retailers, unlocking new, full-funnel targetin...

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Live from FMI Midwinter 2026 with AWS's Justin Honaman
Feb. 14, 2026

Live from FMI Midwinter 2026 with AWS's Justin Honaman

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Justin Honaman, Head Worldwide Retail & Consumer Goods Go-To-Market at Amazon Web Services. Justin is also the host of the popular “Contendercast” podcast. This episode was recorded ...

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Super Bowl 2026 Ad Recap
Feb. 10, 2026

Super Bowl 2026 Ad Recap

In this episode, the CPG Guys review all of the television ads that played in Super Bowl 60, February 8, 2026. CPG Guys Website: http://CPGguys.com FMCG Guys Website: http://FMCGguys.com SheCOMMERCE Website: https://shecommer...

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Real Time Bidding in Retail Media with Macy’s Michael Krans and Pentaleap’s Andreas Reiffen
Feb. 7, 2026

Real Time Bidding in Retail Media with Macy’s Michael Krans and Penta…

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Michael Krans, Vice President of Retail Media at Macy’s Inc. and Andreas Reiffen, Founder and CEO of Pentaleap, a best-in-class ad-serving platform focused on relevance, transparency...

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Live from CES 2026 with Amazon’s Sarah Iooss
Feb. 4, 2026

Live from CES 2026 with Amazon’s Sarah Iooss

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Sarah Iooss, Director of Global Agency & Global Twitch at Amazon Ads, the retail media division of Amazon. This episode was recorded at CES 2026 in Las Vegas Nevada. Find Sarah on Li...

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Live from CES 2026 with Tracy Locke’s Curt Munk
Jan. 31, 2026

Live from CES 2026 with Tracy Locke’s Curt Munk

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Curt Munk, Head of Sales & Strategy at Tracy Locke, the Original Commerce Agency. Their relentless focus on the future and willingness to embrace innovative thinking has kept them an...

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FMI Midwinter Recap with Parag Shah
Jan. 28, 2026

FMI Midwinter Recap with Parag Shah

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Parag Shah, CEO & Co-Founder of ThinkBlue Consulting. We decompose what happened at the 2026 FMI Midwinter Executive Conference.

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Product Experience Management with Syndigo's Simon Angove
Jan. 24, 2026

Product Experience Management with Syndigo's Simon Angove

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Simon Angove, CEO of Syndigo which works behind every product to deliver consistent content and digital shelf performance, efficient product syndication and vendor-retailer collabora...

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Growth-Oriented Category Disruption with Chobani's John Frost
Jan. 21, 2026

Growth-Oriented Category Disruption with Chobani's John Frost

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by John frost, Chief Customer Officer at Chobani, Find John Frost on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-frost-20963155/ Find Chobani on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/...

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Live from CES 2026 with Albertsons Media Collective's Liz Roche
Jan. 17, 2026

Live from CES 2026 with Albertsons Media Collective's Liz Roche

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Liz Roche, VP for Media and Measurement at Albertson's Media Collective, the retail media division of the Albertsons Companies. This episode was recorded in Las Vegas Nevada at CES 2026. Find Liz Roche on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/eroche1/ …

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