
Growing Ecommerce – The Retail Growth Podcast
Feed your growth mindset. Ecommerce is growing, and so are the challenges and opportunities for online retailers. In the Growing Ecommerce podcast, Mike Ryan and other smec experts are joined by industry leaders in ecommerce, digital marketing, and data science. By sharing business trends, practical solutions, and best practices, this podcast helps online retailers solve the challenges of tomorrow.
Podcasting since 2021 • 66 episodes
Growing Ecommerce – The Retail Growth Podcast
Latest Episodes
Instagram's Fake AI Influencers? Plus: A CSAM Scandal Rocks Google & Zuckerberg’s Moderation Cuts
Who’s real anymore? In this episode of Growing Ecommerce, Mike and Chris break down the chaos unfolding across the digital advertising world:• Instagram is testing AI-generated user profiles — Are we entering a world of fake ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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36:08

2025 State of PMax Report, plus: Zuckerberg shrugs ads, Amazon shares its ad stack
Digital ads in 2025 are anything but boring. In this episode, Mike and Chris unpack:Mark Zuckerberg’s eyebrow-raising claim that ads aren’t important (despite 98% of Meta’s revenue coming from ads)Amazon’s move to sell its ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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36:25

New co-host, same chaos: Amazon Haul, Nike's DTC regrets, Perplexity AI Shopping, and more
Big changes on Growing Ecommerce! Chris Scharmueller joins Mike Ryan for a fresh, unscripted take on the latest in online retail. In this episode:Amazon vs. Temu: What Amazon’s “Haul” launch says about their playbook and prof...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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37:23

2024 Year End Recap: Google’s Legal Challenges, Amazon vs. Temu, and Other Platform News
Discover the forces reshaping the ecommerce landscape leading into 2025 as host Mike Ryan guides us through a labyrinth of game-changing developments and strategic maneuvers. From the Department of Justice's legal challenges against Google to t...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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34:09

Q2 Highlights: Wins and losses for Netflix, Amazon, Pinterest, and Google
Can a new low-price, slow-shipping strategy from Amazon truly rival Temu's direct-from-China model? On this episode of Growing ecommerce, host Mike Ryan dissects some of the biggest headlines from Q2 including Amazon's attempt to fight back aga...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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34:25
