Dave’s guest this week is one of the most sought-after leaders in the E-Commerce and Retail Media spaces: Sam Gagliardi.  Sam’s 20-plus year career has included senior roles with both leading brands including Colgate-Palmolive, J&J and Barilla, as well as with SaaS enterprises Reckitt and, most recently, Circana - making him a veteran on both sides of the aisle.  

Sam shares what originally got him excited about e-commerce (3:49), the power of having effective PDPs (10:00), why it’s more important than ever to connect with shoppers as early as possible (16:20), how both brands and service providers should navigate the process of selecting new partners (28:32) and how coaching hockey bears a lot in common with doing business (35:52).

Connect with Sam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samgagliardi/

Learn more about ItsRapid: https://itsrapid.ai/ 

Theme music: "Happy" by Mixaud - https://mixaund.bandcamp.com

Producers: Sean Leviashvili, Jake Musiker