Beyond The Shelf
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David's past guests have included: Bryan Gildenberg from the CPG Guys, Todd Hassenfelt from Colgate-Palmolive, Anne Zybowski from Circana, Randy Mercer from 1WorldSync, Jared Taitel from PepsiCo, David Novak from Salsify, Harvey Ma from Albertsons Media Collective, Carter Jensen from General Mills, Pam Perino from Ghirardelli Chocolate, and many more.
Beyond The Shelf
From E-Commerce at Nestle and Coca Cola to Founding RichContext and Being Acquired by Accenture, with Billy Courtney
On this week's show, Dave chats with Billy Courtney, Commerce Innovation Lead at Accenture. Billy arrived at Accenture via two acquisitions in a two-year period - the first one being of his own company, RichContext, by The Stable in 2020, which was itself acquired by Accenture in 2022.
Billy discusses his decision to start his own company (7:44), what it's like to be acquired twice in such a short span of time (14:05), why he thinks Product Detail Pages (PDPs) are experiencing a renaissance (19:55), and how brands have been using automation for things like content scores and page audits (22:06).
Connect with Billy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billycourtney/
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Theme music: "Happy" by Mixaud - https://mixaund.bandcamp.com
Producer: Jake Musiker