Total Retail Tech Insights

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Megan McDonagh, chief marketing officer at Wpromote, a top independent marketing agency that challenges convention to accelerate growth for brands. Listen in as McDonagh provides an overview of Wpromote and her career background (1:00), the wide variety of industries the agency serves (3:40),…

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Mitesh Lakhani, senior director of solutions consulting at Adverity, the integrated data platform for the modern marketer. Listen in as Lakhani details his career background and Adverity's offerings (1:00), the evolution of marketing data management in retail (2:50), and the biggest data management…

In episode 42 of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Jonathan Silver, CEO and co-founder of Engage People, the solution and execution partner for your company’s loyalty and incentive strategy. Listen in as Silver provides an overview of the business (0:50), his professional background (4:25), Engage People's pay-with-points program (6:05), and the different…

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Shannon Flanagan, vice president and general manager of retail and consumer goods at Talkdesk, a global cloud contact center leader for enterprises of all sizes. Listen in as Flanagan discusses her experience in the industry (0:45), her career journey to Talkdesk and the…

In episode 40 of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Maigari Jinkiri, vice president of business development at Celebrus, a customer data and fraud prevention solution. Listen in as Jinkiri provides an overview of the business and how it works with retailers (0:45), his professional background that led him to recently join Celebrus…

In episode 39 of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Chelsie Hall, founder of ViralMoment, a startup AI social intelligence tool. Hall was the winner of the Startup Challenge at this year's Total Retail Tech event. Listen in as Hall provides an overview of ViralMoment (1:05), how brands can implement and access insights using the…

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Shikha Jain, partner and head of North American retail and consumer at Simon-Kucher, a global commercial growth and strategy consulting firm. Listen in as Jain discusses the work that Simon-Kucher does with retail organizations and the positive impact that it has had on…

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Josh Goodelman, chief revenue and operating officer at KWI, a retail point-of-sale and unified commerce platform. Listen in as Goodelman discusses his current role and professional background (1:00), KWI's offerings for retail clients (2:00), and highlights from Total Retail's 2023 Retail Technology Report, recently produced in…

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Ashley Firmstone, senior vice president of customer success at Rokt, the global leader in e-commerce technology. Listen in as Firmstone discusses the solutions Rokt provides for retailers (1:02), how the technology company helps improve the shopper purchase journey (4:10), and how improving the online…

In this episode of Total Retail Tech Insights, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Diane Wang, founder, chairperson, and CEO of DHGATE Group, one of the leading B2B cross-border e-commerce platforms in China. Listen in as Wang discusses the DHGATE and MyyShop businesses, as well as her professional background and career (1:00), and her insights on trends in…