Durables Digest

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Durables Digest — Powered by OpenBrand, is reoccurring show covering everything in consumer durables data from up-to-the-minute data trends to trade show highlights and beyond. Curated insights for market researchers, retail & manufacturer executives, and anyone with a passion for durables data and market trends. Join hosts Brian Lamar and Eric Voyer with their combined 40+ years of experience in market research as they deep dive into the latest industry tidbits!

Episodes

  1. 07/30/2024

    Do We Still Need Best Buy?: Debating the Impact of Best Buy Retail Stores [EP12]

    For this episode, Brian dropped into a local Best Buy to review the in-store experience. Our hosts debate the value of Best Buy in a digital shopping age, where Amazon reigns — and the positive impact of the show floor on the consumer electronics buying experience.

    29 min

  2. 07/09/2024

    Expanding the Ability to Measure Share in Durables: Interviewing TraQline's New CEO [EP11]

    Brian and Eric are joined by Greg Munves, CEO of OpenBrand, to discuss acquisition of TraQline — and what it means for the future of how we are delivering insights to Durables businesses. Listen in to hear our hosts discuss include challenges faced by getting data to customers, overcoming those challenges through advanced technology, and how marrying all the data solutions housed under the OpenBrand name will bring a more robust, AI-powered, and real-time solution to help TraQline (now OpenBrand) users win more. Read the press release regarding the acquisition https://www.einpresswire.com/article/726019550/openbrand-expands-market-intelligence-capabilities-with-its-third-acquisition-traqline

    26 min

  3. 06/26/2024

    Is this Amazon's world and we're just living in it?: Discussing Amazon's Q1 Earnings Call [EP10]

    Co-hosts Brian Lamar and Eric Voyer are joined once again by special guest, Stacie Hughes! In this episode they deep dive into Amazon's Q1 earnings call, growth, the consumer experience — and what this might mean for other retailers. Learn more about the California Consumer Privacy Act mentioned by Brian in this episode: ⁠https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa

    30 min

  4. 06/17/2024

    Can't Avoid Survey Bias: Talking Bias Types, Challenges & Solutions — Plus Data Trends in Grills [EP9]

    Eric gets more familiar with Brian's rich experience in the market research industry as our hosts take a deep dive into survey bias types and the challenges they present to researchers. Listen in to hear how to overcome survey bias — as total avoidance is impossible — as well as our Data Bytes feature: Grills & Griddles (just in time for summer!).

    38 min

  5. 06/11/2024

    POS Data, Shrink & Top 2024 Refrigerator Brands: Discussing Actionable Data Insights with Doug Murless, the POS Data Guy [EP8]

    Brian and Eric are joined this episode by Doug Murless, self-appointed POS Data Guy, krunchbox VP, and “Canadia” native. Through their interview with Doug, our hosts take a deep dive into how to solve retail challenges with the “golden nuggets” of insights that can be found through effective POS data analysis. Listen in to hear about these challenges and hear Doug’s advice on getting started with POS Data. To hear more from Doug, find him on YouTube under POS Data Guy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQj38vltvwWtq06zRohcpUw

    34 min

  6. 05/23/2024

    Innovation, Lionel Messi & Private Brands: Home Depot & Lowe's Earnings Calls [EP7]

    Brian and Eric dive into the details shared during the Lowe's and Home Depot earnings calls that took place over the past week, including challenges with big ticket items, innovation, weather impacts, customer improvement, and the race to support the pro market. Plus don't miss the two departures from the earnings call discussion: how mulch supports the economy & Ace Hardware's exemplary customer service.

    25 min

  7. 05/15/2024

    Secret Shopping & Peter Pan?: Understanding How the Store Floor Impacts Consumer Behavior [EP6]

    Brian and Eric are joined this week by market research expert Stacie Hughes. The three of them discuss Brian's recent experience at at a local Home Depot and how they individually score what impacts them as consumers in a home improvement store.

    34 min

  8. 05/01/2024

    Benefits of Mail (Not M-A-L-E) Surveys and 5 Others [EP5]

    Data school is in session! Learn about the different approaches and methodologies for consumer data in this episode where our insights experts, Eric & Brian, discuss the pros and cons of survey data, receipt data, and more.

    30 min

  9. 04/24/2024

    Discussing Q1 Durables Data: Depot, Lowe's, and Ace, Oh My! [EP4]

    Get in the know about the nitty gritty details of top-down data analysis, as well as key data from Q1 2024 for Lowe's, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and Amazon.

    24 min

  10. 04/10/2024

    Nerding Out on AI & Data Quality: Live From Insights Association 2024 Conference [EP3]

    Recorded from the show floor at the Insights Association 2024 conference, Brian and Eric are joined in this episode by Andrew DeCilles, VP of Alternative Data Solutions at TraQline. Hear highlights from the show, including how AI is being used in market research, ongoing data quality improvement efforts, and more — including a note about Brian’s custom-made eclipse glasses.

    26 min

  11. 04/08/2024

    Is Amazon Coming for You?: 2023 Durables Data Trends & Home Depot's Recent Acquisition [EP2]

    Eric and Brian discuss the goal of the podcast, the strategy behind Home Depot's recent acquisition of SRS Distribution, 2023 consumer durables trend data, and an introduction to more about Brian. Download the TraQline 2023 Year in Review discussed in this episode: https://bit.ly/3JhwvFP

    28 min

  12. 04/04/2024

    Two Men and Some Cat Videos; National Hardware Show [EP1]

    Eric and Brian talk about their experiences at the National Hardware Show and their expectations on the upcoming Insights Association Conference at Atlanta. They discuss data quality challenges, industry best practices, artificial intelligence trends and more. Tune in to learn how global collaborations are striving to better data across industries.

    24 min
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Durables Digest — Powered by OpenBrand, is reoccurring show covering everything in consumer durables data from up-to-the-minute data trends to trade show highlights and beyond. Curated insights for market researchers, retail & manufacturer executives, and anyone with a passion for durables data and market trends. Join hosts Brian Lamar and Eric Voyer with their combined 40+ years of experience in market research as they deep dive into the latest industry tidbits!

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