EP297 - GroceryShop 2022 and News Episode 297 is a recap of the GroceryShop trade show in Las Vegas, and the Consumer Brands Executive Summit in Colorado Springs. We also discuss the latest news (and controversies) around Facebook and TikTok pulling back from some social commerce initiatives (and pressing forward with others). We cover the Prime Early Access sale and its potential impact on the overall holiday season. Episode 297 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Tuesday October 4, 2022. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis, and Scot Wingo, CEO of GetSpiffy and Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. Transcript Jason: [0:23] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show this is episode 297 being recorded on Tuesday October 10th 2022 I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:38] Hey Jason welcome back Jason Scott shysters well Jason I have to admit I'm a little I got a little case of the crowd I've got a little nasal throat coughing going on so I apologize to listeners if I sound different. Jason: [0:52] You sound like deeper and more authoritative so I feel like you should make some predictions. Scot: [0:58] Or do I Darth Vader voice. Dark side of the force. Jason: [1:03] I believe that's copyrighted now I don't think I don't even think James Earl Jones isn't anymore. Scot: [1:08] He doesn't use a but. Jason: [1:10] Exactly but Bruce Willis is not that was a false rumor apparently. Scot: [1:14] Huh figures you never know where it's going to come at you. Jason: [1:17] Exactly have we lost all the listeners do you think. Scot: [1:21] Not yet let's talk about Star Wars. Jason: [1:23] Yeah I feel like that's the most requested thing we've gone in the last several shows is we're way behind in our geek TV reviews. Scot: [1:34] Yeah I this is where I have to kind of admit guilt and say I'm not current on all this I have not had a lot of time so I have been putting all my effort into Star Wars and I'm current on Endor but not rings of power or the Game of Thrones one whose name always Escapes Me. Jason: [1:54] Dance with Dragons dance of dragons. Scot: [1:57] Dancing Dragons dancing with dragons. Jason: [1:58] Yeah yeah and have you seen some episodes have you seen a little of each show at least. Scot: [2:04] I have not know I was going to wait maybe this summer been to them a lot of my geek friends do not like this to don't know. Jason: [2:14] Yeah it is interesting I like all of them I mean I feel like they're you know TV just so amazing now and these all feel like a movie every week. So I can get some level it's hard to be too critical I feel like there are a lot more people that have. Deeper familiarity with the source material behind what are the rings and so any deviation from The Source material is problematic for some viewers and there. You know there are a lot of TV conveniences in the show so if you just wanted a super loyal adaptation of token. Hey I'm not sure how you could even get that because it kind of doesn't exist like this is patched together from a bunch of different Source materials and Amazon actually doesn't own the rights to everything so there's certain things that they have to avoid. And yeah so so to me I don't know it's I like it I would say what are their been like seven episodes. There's a lot of background that has to be set so I felt like it got off to a so there's a lot less tension and drama, early on it was visually stunning but you didn't care as much about the characters and things are just starting to heat up in the last episode. Scot: [3:32] Got it go that's rings of power. Jason: [3:34] That's rings of power whereas House of the Dragon which are in turn corrected me when I said dance of dragons, House of the Dragons I do feel like, it's interesting ther