Cocktails & Commerce Podcast

Fauxgronis with Filippo Conforti - Founder & Co-CEO of Commerce Layer. Filippo joins us to discuss his perspectives on an API-first commerce tech approach and what led him to found Commerce Layer. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cocktailsand.substack.com

This week, Bill and I are joined by Chris Hauca - SVP Commerce, Experience Management, & Strategy at Hero Digital. Chris is SVP of Technology Solutions at Hero Digital - working closely with Hero’s clients on their technology journeys. Chris has a unique background in commerce, having been a Managing Director and senior leader for many years at Accenture and Acquity Group, but also making the jump to the software side - leading product management at SAP Commerce Cloud before getting back into

This week, Bill and I are joined by Zia Daniell Wigder, Chief Content Officer at eMarketer. Prior to her role at eMarketer, Zia has held many notable leadership roles in the commerce research and content sphere, including Chief Global Content Officer at Shoptalk, co-founder of Groceryshop -  both important, major events in the global digital commerce market. Prior to that, Zia was a Research Director and Senior Analyst focused on global digital commerce trends at Forrester Research and Jupiter

With us on the pod this week: Moritz ZimmermannThis week Bill and I are joined by our long time friend Moritz Zimmermann to mix up some Breakfast Martinis, and talk about a Venture Capitalist’s perspective on the commerce technology market. We also dive into Moritz’ lessons learned from the long road hybris took from start-up looking for product-market fit to becoming the leading commerce platform of its day. We also gain Moritz’s perspective on the remaining gaps and trends in the commerce tech

Alex Atzberger joins Bill and Brian on the C&C Podcast to mix up a Cocojillo - a C&C original - while we discuss the future of marketing solutions, personalization, and commerce. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cocktailsand.substack.com

A conversation with John Rossman - author, advisor, keynote speaker, former leader at Amazon. Welcome to another episode of the Cocktails & Commerce Podcast. This week, we continue our inaugural series of the C&C Pod with another great episode. Bill and I are joined by the insightful and charming John Rossman. John is a multiple-time author, keynote speaker, longtime strategic advisor, and founding leader of Amazon’s Marketplace. I had the pleasure of meeting and working with John many years ago at

We are back with another great episode of the C&C Pod, this time with the delightful Vicki Cantrell, founder of Vendors in Partnership. Many of you know Vicki, not only did she found Vendors in Partnership, she has held many key leadership roles in the commerce and retail community, including Shop.org and NRF, as well as COO and CIO roles across retail and fashion.Vicki joined Bill and I to mix up some Margaritas and discuss the client and technology vendor relationship, what it really means for

Well, we are finally here, dropping our first episode of the C&C Podcast. We have a whopper of a first guest, none other than the venerable Kelly Geotsch. Many of you know Kelly well - he is a commerce thought-leader, multiple-time author, Chief Strategy Officer at commercetools, and co-founder and former Chair of the MACH Alliance. Kelly joined Bill and I on the inaugural podcast to mix up some Wisconsin Brandy Old Fashioneds, discuss the future of the MACH Alliance - including my recent article -