The FMCG Guys Dwyer Partners

The consumer journey in today’s connected world is more complex and blurry then ever. In this episode, we bring you two experts from Pricespider, the world’s leading commerce platform: Rae Guimond, Director GTM Strategy and Brett Banner, SVP Strategy. With them, we’ll aim to unpack all the complexity and deliver actionable outcomes for progressive FMCG brands.
Coinciding with the publishing of their Strategies for Grocery Brands to Thrive Amid Economic Uncertainty, North American & European Brands Ecommerce Survey 2023, and they come to the show to speak about: 
Take-aways from their recent consumer survey Top priorities and pain points for FMCG companies in 2024 What the shopper journey looks like nowadays and how FMCG companies can break through the noise and engage with them How can FMCG break down internal silos for a common effort in a connected commerce world Tips for consumer goods brands to stay relevant in a connected commerce world More:
Listen to Brett & Rae on The CPG Guys: https://www.cpgguys.com/pricespider/  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fmcgguys/  Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fmcgguys/ Audio Mixing by Rodrigo Chávez Voice Acting by Jason Martorell Parsekian

Neil Reynolds heads up the Global Digital Commerce Business Unit at Mars Snacking. With a global multifunctional team, his scope spans across Pure Play Key Accounts, Capability Building, Portfolio Development and eB2B, giving him a unique point of view of the state of FMCG in today's Commerce.
He joins Efrain and Daniel to speak about:
His unique career path from mainstream P&L (Sales and General Management) roles to eCommerce Digital Commerce as a full-funnel proposition that drives the whole business forward Deploying Global know-how and capability into local markets Anticipating Shoptalk Europe (June 3-5) in Barcelona  More:
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Eva Gallocchio is the Chief eCommerce, CRM and Customer Officer at the Iconic Italian illycaffè. She joins the pod to explain her fascinating path from Accenture to Diesel and now in coffee, having interacted with the consumer across multiple touchpoints and globally, having worked in both Europe and the US.
 In this podcast, Efrain and Daniel speak with Eva about:
The changing Consumer and how Retail’s adapted How to be consistent at every touchpoint Differences between working in Fashion and FMCG Illycaffe’s footprint across out-of-home, Retail and DTC Leadership lessons from working abroad Exciting innovations coming at Illycaffee More:
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Our guest is Peter Vasilyev, Business Development Director Europe at Ailet, an Image Recognition Solution. He joins the show to speak about how this technology can empower FMCG sales forces, as well as Retailers and Distributors to really get a deep understanding of brand and category performance through quality data at scale.
Tune into this conversation to learn about:
How Image Recognition Technology can obtain store data with 95% accuracy Different KPIs that the technology supplies to FMCG companies Types of data that come from analyzing shelfs at scale How to implement the solution within a company What sets Ailet apart from other solutions in the market More:
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Julie Laurens' career is one of a kind. Having studied law in her native France, she took a turn early on, ending up doing Marketing in the UK, from where she switched to eBay. At the tech giant, she lived in 3 countries (UK, Switzerland, US). This experience in a Digital company opened the door for her to digital roles... in FMCG! First at Pernod Ricard and now at Pierre Fabre. She joins Christina and Daniel to speak about her journey, lessons learnt and why every future CEO will need digital experience.
Enjoy this conversation, in which you'll hear about:
Taking control of your personal and professional life regardless of your academic choice Acting as an entrepreneur in a big corporate Why eCommerce should a key building block for anyone that wants to lead a Consumer Goods organization How she leads and inspires teams and acts as a catalyst for change being genuine  More:
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fmcgguys/  Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fmcgguys/ Audio Mixing by Rodrigo Chávez Voice Acting by Jason Martorell Parsekian  

Claire Wyatt is the VP of Business Strategy & Marketing Science at Albertsons Media Collective, the Retail Media Network of one of the US' top grocers: Albertsons. She joins Daniel live from Path to Purchase's Retail Media Summit Canada.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KmInwjw_8EM 
Listen to Claire Wyatt on The CPG Guys in 2022: https://www.podpage.com/cpgguys/claire-wyatt/ 
In this conversation you'll hear about:
ABS Media Collective's Leadership and Retail Media journey A cookieless world: activating safe 1st party data and how to measure Approaching Retail Media as a Full-Funnel value propostion: partnering with Pinterest Uses of Artificial Intelligence  Developing of in-store capabilities and how Europe is ahead of the US How measurement will be a competitive advantage and data as backbone for Retail Media growth More:
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fmcgguys/  Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fmcgguys/ Audio Mixing by Rodrigo Chávez Voice Acting by Jason Martorell Parsekian