EP154 - Turkey-5 2018 Recap Episode 154 is a quick recap of all the retail and e-commerce activity over the Turkey-5 weekend (Thanksgiving through CyberMonday). Jason interviewed by eMarketer about AmazonGo stores Jason article in Forbes "The Future of Brick-And-Mortar Retail is Mobile"   Adobe    Revenue YoY Growth Thurs $3,700,000,000 28.00% Friday $6,200,000,000 23.60% Sat $3,200,000,000 25.00% Sun $3,200,000,000 25.00% Monday $7,900,000,000 29.00% Turkey 5 $24,200,000,000 26.41% Nov-Dec $124,100,000,000* 14.8%*       * Adobe Forecast   Amazon Cyber-5 Press Release Salesforce Holiday Insights Hub Adobe Holiday 2018 predictions, actuals, and analysis IBM Analytics Outage J Crew Website Outage Google and Facebook Outages Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 154 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Tuesday, November 27, 2018. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. Transcript Jason: [0:25] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 154 being recorded on Tuesday November 27th 2018 I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your Cohoes Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:40] Hey Jason welcome back Jason Scott show listeners we sincerely hope you had a great Thanksgiving an awesome profitable Black Friday and a record shattering Cyber Monday Jason did you get enough turkey over the break. Jason: [0:55] I did indeed it's my favorite time of the year my two favorite things shopping and eating. Scot: [1:01] I have been dying to ask you two questions what's your favorite pie if pies are the favorite Thanksgiving dessert which pie and if not what's your favorite Thanksgiving dessert. Jason: [1:13] Do you like I'm a traditionalist I go with a pumpkin pie with whipped cream on it what about yourself. Scot: [1:18] I am a southerner so it has to be pecan pie with a little scoop of ice cream. Jason: [1:28] So my grandmother's family my grandma Daisy who's no longer with us is also a southerner and we always have followed her Thanksgiving Traditions but oddly somehow somewhere along the line she added a German chocolate cake to the mix so full disclosure I sort of Miss now that she's not with us anymore the grandma Daisy's German chocolate cake in addition to my pumpkin and pecan pies. Scot: [1:54] Maybe she was Southern German. Jason: [1:56] Exactly Daisy just was at a head of her time she was just a multicultural. Scot: [2:02] And then I've been dying to know how you survive when Starbucks closed for a day. Jason: [2:07] That is a great question there have been years when that was a challenge for me but I feel like at this Advanced stage of my life I have pretty much mastered at so a Starbucks wasn't Starbucks strategically close early so I like to make a visit before they close and then Abby as a back at the Starbucks I do have a super fancy automatic espresso machine that makes my Starbucks drinks at home. Scot: [2:36] Call and I saw you have published couple articles before we jumped into the meat of the show toast us what you been putting out there into the interwebs. Jason: [2:43] Yeah I was prolific the time off I give me a chance to catch up on a few things I've been meaning to do so you and I are both Ford's contributor so I published a Forbes article today and it's about a topic we first started broke on the the podcast it's called the future brick-and-mortar is Mobile in its talking about all these new store Concepts that are opening up and and how the customers mobile phone is increasingly becoming a mandatory part of the in-store shopping experience in an increasingly you need a mobile phone to get into the store so that that was interesting to me and the