Industry News NRFTech Peter Schwartz GetSpiffy Fund Raise Google Express Traction Amazon Prime Day Amazon Press Release  USA Today Recap Target results on Prime Day Listener Questions Joan Abrams asks: How important are progressive web apps going to be for retailers? Any retailers doing this really well yet? West Elm Example: https://mobile-beta.westelm.com/ Julie Acosta asks: Any updates on multi-touch attribution models/partners - who’s doing online/offline (brick & mortar) right? Upcoming Events Jason is doing retail visits in Australia July 21 - 29.  Ping him on twitter if you’re there. Jason and Scot will be doing shows from eTail East (8/6 - 8/9 in Boston) Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 137 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, July 19th 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 137 being recorded on Thursday July 19th 2018 I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scott Wingo. Scot: [0:40] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason Scott show listeners Jason how is your summer going. Jason: [0:48] It is going traffic I am just starting sort of a. A heavy travel session for me so I just got back from San Francisco and I leave on another trip tomorrow but I I feel like the big news this week is I read that spiffy got some new fun thing so congratulations. Scot: [1:08] Thanks yeah so for listeners that may not know so I started Channel advisor 2001 move to exact chairman in 2015 moved over 250 full-time I kind of, experiment with it in 2014 and overlap there and yeah it's been fun so we are on demand Car Care started with car wash with added oil change and now even have some products on the market so we have a cool iot device called spiffy blue that you plug into your vehicle and there's a companion app that tells you all that's going on with your car. A passionate about Digital Services I think that's kind of where the future is going so decided to put my money in time where my mouth is and we just raised our second round this week so it's good to get that behind us so we can keep servicing customers. Jason: [2:03] That's awesome and you keep expanding in the cities to right right right you where are you now. Scot: [2:09] Get 1/5 we're holding firm at 5 right now cuz we have this explosion of Fleet business so e we started out really with optispark with consumers at office parks and Residences and then we added oil change it unlocked Fleet so we we've been kind of adjusting as much Fleet as we get on our plate and it will be adding more City suit store in Raleigh Charlotte Dallas Atlanta and Los Angeles now. Jason: [2:35] Awesome I'm kind of sad because I am assuming that the climate in Chicago means I'm not going to be next on your list. Scot: [2:42] Yeah we've identified our first 50 cities and unfortunately Chicago is not in the first 25 but will eventually get to you. Jason: [2:51] Not I will be waiting or I'll just move I'll just get so frustrated at my lack of spiffy then I'll move. Scot: [2:56] Yeah yeah there's stairs five markets for you to retire to that maybe we'll get you there. Jason: [3:02] Nice I like the thought of retirement. Scot: [3:06] Couldn't you just in San Francisco at the NRF retail Tech any interesting things you want to give us a trip report on there. Jason: [3:14] Yeah you'd be happy too so there's an interesting show interruptus had this show for a number of years and it's mainly been focused on the CIO and CTO. So they sort of had a private party for a number of years I think for a long time it was. Permanently located in Half Moon