Evolving eCommerce with Jason Goldberg and Sahir Anand

In this episode, we talked about retail and consumer goods with a focus on eCommerce and the fast-paced change the industry is seeing with our guests, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis Jason Goldberg, and Principal Industry Lead for Retail & CPG at Microsoft Sahir Anand. We talk about Microsoft’s retail and consumer goods strategies, interesting technologies or trends in retail right now, the urgency for businesses to change investment priorities considering the pandemic and the strain it has put on them, and new delivery models such as last-mile home delivery and the implications for retailers.Episode LinksRetail and Consumer Good HomeRetail Trends Playbook e-bookGuestsJason Goldberg is Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis. He was voted one of retail’s top global influencers by Vend four years in a row, and in 2017 he was inducted into the National Retail Federation’s “The List” of people shaping the future of retail.Jason has a podcast of his own, the retail-focused Jason and Scot show. The home for the podcast is jasonandscot.com and it’s the top-rated iTunes podcast for eCommerce.Follow Jason on Twitter or LinkedIn. Check out his blog at retailgeek.com.Sahir Anand is the Principal Industry Lead for Retail & CPG at Microsoft.In his 20-year career, Sahir has focused on building experience and expertise within retail and consumer goods industries and now works with the Cloud & AI Industry Experiences team at Microsoft.Follow Sahir on LinkedIn.HostsPaul Maher is General Manager of the Industry Experiences Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.David Starr is a Principal Azure Solutions Architect in the Industry Experiences Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.