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Welcome to the The Voice of Retail , I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.I am delighted to share an entire episode from the second season of my Conversations with CommerceNext podcast featuring an interview with the founder and CEO of CSC Generation, Justin Yoshimura.Justin and the team have mastered the art of transforming challenged retail brands on the verge of liquidation into high-performance, 'digital-first' operations.By using their fine-tuned omnichannel technology platform, CSC Generation has a data-driven recipe for retail operations, which is undoubtedly the driving force behind its rapid expansion.Listen in now as my co-host Scott Silverman, and I sit down with Justin, who pops open the hood and shares with us how his youth shaped his approach to business as well as the inner workings of CSC's success. Together, we talk about the business of retail acquisition, entrepreneurial grit and how to prioritize company culture when scaling up your business.Thanks for tuning into this special episode of The Voice of Retail.  If you haven’t already, be sure and click subscribe on your favourite podcast platform so new episodes will land automatically twice a week, and check out my other retail industry media properties; the Remarkable Retail podcast, the Conversations with CommerceNext podcast, and the Food Professor podcast.  Last but not least, if you are into BBQ, check out my all new YouTube barbecue show, Last Request Barbeque, with new episodes each and every week!I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, President of M.E. LeBlanc &amp; Company &amp; Maven Media, and if you’re looking for more content, or want to chat  follow me on LinkedIn, or visit my website meleblanc.co!  Have a safe week everyone! About JustinI am currently the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of CSC Generation Holdings, one of the dime a dozen "unicorn" start-ups.*After being told that nobody would ever hire me, I quit the bureaucracy and negativity of Palos Verdes High School to start a marketplace for unlocked cell phones, which was acquired by a family office when I was 19 years old. More recently, I founded 500friends, the leading loyalty and retention marketing platform for retailers, which merged with Merkle in 2014, and was eventually acquired by Dentsu Aegis in 2016.I also invest between $50k and $1M in interesting companies run by interesting people, eg:*Consumer Internet Companies (excluding social networking): Hipmunk (seed, acquired by Concur), Dropoff (seed), Next Force Technology (seed), Dave (seed), Macro Ventures (seed), Imperfect Produce (seed), Flowclub (seed), Network Eyecare (seed)*SaaS/b2b Companies: Firebase (seed - acquired by GOOG), Zencoder (seed - acquired by BCOV), BounceX (seed, co-lead Series A), Mux (seed), BigFinite (seed).*Funds: Bling Capital, Ovo Fund, Luma Capital Partners, Dundee Venture Capital, Crown Capital Management.Besides business and things I shouldn't be discussing on LinkedIn, I love animals, especially dogs, (many) cats (but especially Persian and Himalayan breeds), dolphins, whales, capybaras, platypus, manatees and turtles. Despite this, I am not a vegetarian, primarily because I lack self discipline. However, I do want to clarify that I do not eat any of the animals listed above, and would judge you for doing so, especially considering the prevalent belief that eating wild animals purchased at "Wet Markets" is what caused COVID (https://wildaid.org/protectwildlife/)I've also been included in vanity lists such as the Forbes 30 under 30, Inc 500, AlwaysOn top 100, DM News 40 under 40, etc, but thankfully, I stopped advertising this in my LinkedIn headline when I was 19 after realizing I was being a DB. For a formal bio, please go here -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_YoshimuraABOUT US: Scott SilvermanAn ecommerce veteran, Scott Silverman has been active in the industry since 1999 and is passionate about digital retail and the innovation driving the industry. Scott Silverman is the Co-Founder of CommerceNext. Previously, he spent 10 years as Executive Director of Shop.org where he launched the Shop.org Annual Summit. Scott co-invented “Cyber Monday” in 2005 and was the founder of Cybermonday.com in 2006, a shopping site that has generated more than $2.5 million for Shop.org’s scholarship fund. Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder &amp; President of M.E. LeBlanc &amp; Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing &amp; eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada’s top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus        Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  and       The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois.  You can learn more about Michael       here  or on       LinkedIn. 

Welcome to the The Voice of Retail , I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.I am delighted to share an entire episode from the second season of my Conversations with CommerceNext podcast featuring an interview with the founder and CEO of CSC Generation, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshimuraj/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Justin Yoshimura.</a>Justin and the team have mastered the art of transforming challenged retail brands on the verge of liquidation into high-performance, 'digital-first' operations.By using their fine-tuned omnichannel technology platform, CSC Generation has a data-driven recipe for retail operations, which is undoubtedly the driving force behind its rapid expansion.Listen in now as my co-host <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottrsilverman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Silverman,</a> and I sit down with Justin, who pops open the hood and shares with us how his youth shaped his approach to business as well as the inner workings of CSC's success. Together, we talk about the business of retail acquisition, entrepreneurial grit and how to prioritize company culture when scaling up your business.Thanks for tuning into this special episode of The Voice of Retail.  If you haven’t already, be sure and click subscribe on your favourite podcast platform so new episodes will land automatically twice a week, and check out my other retail industry media properties; the Remarkable Retail podcast, the Conversations with CommerceNext podcast, and the Food Professor podcast.  Last but not least, if you are into BBQ, check out my all new YouTube barbecue show, Last Request Barbeque, with new episodes each and every week!I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, President of M.E. LeBlanc &amp; Company &amp; Maven Media, and if you’re looking for more content, or want to chat  follow me on LinkedIn, or visit my website <a href="http://meleblanc.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">meleblanc.co</a>!  Have a safe week everyone! <h2>About Justin</h2>I am currently the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of CSC Generation Holdings, one of the dime a dozen "unicorn" start-ups. *After being told that nobody would ever hire me, I quit the bureaucracy and negativity of Palos Verdes High School to start a marketplace for unlocked cell phones, which was acquired by a family office when I was 19 years old. More recently, I founded 500friends, the leading loyalty and retention marketing platform for retailers, which merged with Merkle in 2014, and was eventually acquired by Dentsu Aegis in 2016. I also invest between $50k and $1M in interesting companies run by interesting people, eg: *Consumer Internet Companies (excluding social networking): Hipmunk (seed, acquired by Concur), Dropoff (seed), Next Force Technology (seed), Dave (seed), Macro Ventures (seed), Imperfect Produce (seed), Flowclub (seed), Network Eyecare (seed) *SaaS/b2b Companies: Firebase (seed - acquired by GOOG), Zencoder (seed - acquired by BCOV), BounceX (seed, co-lead Series A), Mux (seed), BigFinite (seed). *Funds: Bling Capital, Ovo Fund, Luma Capital Partners, Dundee Venture Capital, Crown Capital Management. Besides business and things I shouldn't be discussing on LinkedIn, I love animals, especially dogs, (many) cats (but especially Persian and Himalayan breeds), dolphins, whales, capybaras, platypus, manatees and turtles. Despite this, I am not a vegetarian, primarily because I lack self discipline. However, I do want to clarify that I do not eat any of the animals listed above, and would judge you for doing so, especially considering the prevalent belief that eating wild animals purchased at "Wet Markets" is what caused COVID (<a href="https://wildaid.org/protectwildlife/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wildaid.org/protectwildlife/</a>) I've also been included in vanity lists such as the Forbes 30 under 30, Inc 500, AlwaysOn top 100, DM News 40 under 40, etc, but thankfully, I stopped advertising this in my LinkedIn headline when I was 19 after realizing I was being a DB. For a formal bio, please go here - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Yoshimura" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Yoshimura</a>ABOUT US:  Scott SilvermanAn ecommerce veteran, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottrsilverman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Silverman</a> has been active in the industry since 1999 and is passionate about digital retail and the innovation driving the industry. Scott Silverman is the Co-Founder of CommerceNext. Previously, he spent 10 years as Executive Director of <a href="http://Shop.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shop.org</a> where he launched the <a href="http://Shop.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shop.org</a> Annual Summit. Scott co-invented “Cyber Monday” in 2005 and was the founder of <a href="http://Cybermonday.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cybermonday.com</a> in 2006, a shopping site that has generated more than $2.5 million for <a href="http://Shop.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shop.org</a>’s scholarship fund. Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder &amp; President of M.E. LeBlanc &amp; Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing &amp; eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada’s top retail industry podcast,       <a href="https://the-voice-of-retail.simplecast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Voice of Retail,</a> plus        <a href="https://global-e-commerce-tech-talks.simplecast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  </a>and       <a href="https://the-food-professor.simplecast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Food Professor  </a>with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois.  You can learn more about Michael       <a href="https://www.meleblanc.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here  </a>or on       <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeleleblanc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn. </a>

The Long View on Retail Transformation with CSC CEO Justin Yoshimura:Best of Conversations with CommerceNext #podcast

Welcome to the Conversations with CommerceNext podcast, I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with CommerceNext and presented by Bloomreach.CSC Generation has mastered the craft of transforming challenged retail brands at the brink of liquidation into high performance, ‘digital-first’ operations.By using their fine-tuned omni-channel technology platform, CSC Generation has a data-driven recipe for retail operations which is undoubtedly the driving force behind the company’s rapid expansion.Today on Conversations with CommerceNext, my co-host Scott Silverman and I sit down with the founder and CEO behind it all - Justin Yoshimura. Justin opens the hood and shares with us how his youth shaped his approach to business as well as the inner workings of CSC’s success. Together, we talk about the business of retail acquisition, entrepreneurial grit and how to prioritize company culture when scaling up your business.Thanks for tuning into this episode of Conversations with CommerceNext.  Please follow us on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform where we’ll be sharing career advice and marketing strategies from eCommerce and digital marketing leaders at retailers and direct-to-consumer brands each and every episode.   CommerceNext is a community, event series and conference for marketers at retail and direct-to-consumer brands. Through our online forums, interviews, webinars, summits and other in-person events, we harness the collective wisdom of our community to help marketers grow their businesses and advance their careers. Join CommerceNext events to meet other industry leaders and learn the latest ecommerce and marketing strategies. You can find upcoming events at CommerceNext.comAboutI am currently the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of CSC Generation Holdings, one of the dime a dozen "unicorn" start-ups.*After being told that nobody would ever hire me, I quit the bureaucracy and negativity of Palos Verdes High School to start a marketplace for unlocked cell phones, which was acquired by a family office when I was 19 years old. More recently, I founded 500friends, the leading loyalty and retention marketing platform for retailers, which merged with Merkle in 2014, and was eventually acquired by Dentsu Aegis in 2016.I also invest between $50k and $1M in interesting companies run by interesting people, eg:*Consumer Internet Companies (excluding social networking): Hipmunk (seed, acquired by Concur), Dropoff (seed), Next Force Technology (seed), Dave (seed), Macro Ventures (seed), Imperfect Produce (seed), Flowclub (seed), Network Eyecare (seed)*SaaS/b2b Companies: Firebase (seed - acquired by GOOG), Zencoder (seed - acquired by BCOV), BounceX (seed, co-lead Series A), Mux (seed), BigFinite (seed).*Funds: Bling Capital, Ovo Fund, Luma Capital Partners, Dundee Venture Capital, Crown Capital Management.Besides business and things I shouldn't be discussing on LinkedIn, I love animals, especially dogs, (many) cats (but especially Persian and Himalayan breeds), dolphins, whales, capybaras, platypus, manatees and turtles. Despite this, I am not a vegetarian, primarily because I lack self discipline. However, I do want to clarify that I do not eat any of the animals listed above, and would judge you for doing so, especially considering the prevalent belief that eating wild animals purchased at "Wet Markets" is what caused COVID (https://wildaid.org/protectwildlife/)I've also been included in vanity lists such as the Forbes 30 under 30, Inc 500, AlwaysOn top 100, DM News 40 under 40, etc, but thankfully, I stopped advertising this in my LinkedIn headline when I was 19 after realizing I was being a DB. For a formal bio, please go here -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_YoshimuraABOUT US: Scott SilvermanAn ecommerce veteran, Scott Silverman has been active in the industry since 1999 and is passionate about digital retail and the innovation driving the industry. Scott Silverman is the Co-Founder of CommerceNext. Previously, he spent 10 years as Executive Director of Shop.org where he launched the Shop.org Annual Summit. Scott co-invented “Cyber Monday” in 2005 and was the founder of Cybermonday.com in 2006, a shopping site that has generated more than $2.5 million for Shop.org’s scholarship fund.Veronika SonsevVeronika Sonsev is the Co-Founder of CommerceNext. She also leads the retail practice for Chameleon Collective and is a contributor for Forbes on how to grow retail and ecommerce in the age of Amazon. Having spent the last 10+ years working with some of the largest retailers and direct-to-consumer brands, Veronika has intimate knowledge of the challenges facing retail and ecommerce today. She is also an advocate for women in business and founded the global non-profit mBolden, which is now part of SheRunsit. Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder &amp; President of M.E. LeBlanc &amp; Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing &amp; eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada’s top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus        Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  and       The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois.  You can learn more about Michael       here  or on       LinkedIn. 

Welcome to the Conversations with CommerceNext podcast, I’m your host <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeleleblanc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael LeBlanc</a>, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with CommerceNext and presented by Bloomreach.<a href="https://www.cscgeneration.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CSC Generation</a> has mastered the craft of transforming challenged retail brands at the brink of liquidation into high performance, ‘digital-first’ operations. By using their fine-tuned omni-channel technology platform, CSC Generation has a data-driven recipe for retail operations which is undoubtedly the driving force behind the company’s rapid expansion. Today on Conversations with CommerceNext, my co-host Scott Silverman and I sit down with the founder and CEO behind it all - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshimuraj/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Justin Yoshimura.</a> Justin opens the hood and shares with us how his youth shaped his approach to business as well as the inner workings of CSC’s success. Together, we talk about the business of retail acquisition, entrepreneurial grit and how to prioritize company culture when scaling up your business.Thanks for tuning into this episode of Conversations with CommerceNext.  Please follow us on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music or your favorite podcast platform where we’ll be sharing career advice and marketing strategies from eCommerce and digital marketing leaders at retailers and direct-to-consumer brands each and every episode.   CommerceNext is a community, event series and conference for marketers at retail and direct-to-consumer brands. Through our online forums, interviews, webinars, summits and other in-person events, we harness the collective wisdom of our community to help marketers grow their businesses and advance their careers. Join CommerceNext events to meet other industry leaders and learn the latest ecommerce and marketing strategies. You can find upcoming events at<a href="https://commercenext.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CommerceNext.com</a><h2>About</h2>I am currently the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of CSC Generation Holdings, one of the dime a dozen "unicorn" start-ups. *After being told that nobody would ever hire me, I quit the bureaucracy and negativity of Palos Verdes High School to start a marketplace for unlocked cell phones, which was acquired by a family office when I was 19 years old. More recently, I founded 500friends, the leading loyalty and retention marketing platform for retailers, which merged with Merkle in 2014, and was eventually acquired by Dentsu Aegis in 2016. I also invest between $50k and $1M in interesting companies run by interesting people, eg: *Consumer Internet Companies (excluding social networking): Hipmunk (seed, acquired by Concur), Dropoff (seed), Next Force Technology (seed), Dave (seed), Macro Ventures (seed), Imperfect Produce (seed), Flowclub (seed), Network Eyecare (seed) *SaaS/b2b Companies: Firebase (seed - acquired by GOOG), Zencoder (seed - acquired by BCOV), BounceX (seed, co-lead Series A), Mux (seed), BigFinite (seed). *Funds: Bling Capital, Ovo Fund, Luma Capital Partners, Dundee Venture Capital, Crown Capital Management. Besides business and things I shouldn't be discussing on LinkedIn, I love animals, especially dogs, (many) cats (but especially Persian and Himalayan breeds), dolphins, whales, capybaras, platypus, manatees and turtles. Despite this, I am not a vegetarian, primarily because I lack self discipline. However, I do want to clarify that I do not eat any of the animals listed above, and would judge you for doing so, especially considering the prevalent belief that eating wild animals purchased at "Wet Markets" is what caused COVID (<a href="https://wildaid.org/protectwildlife/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wildaid.org/protectwildlife/</a>) I've also been included in vanity lists such as the Forbes 30 under 30, Inc 500, AlwaysOn top 100, DM News 40 under 40, etc, but thankfully, I stopped advertising this in my LinkedIn headline when I was 19 after realizing I was being a DB. For a formal bio, please go here - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Yoshimura" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Yoshimura</a>ABOUT US:  Scott SilvermanAn ecommerce veteran, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottrsilverman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott Silverman</a> has been active in the industry since 1999 and is passionate about digital retail and the innovation driving the industry. Scott Silverman is the Co-Founder of CommerceNext. Previously, he spent 10 years as Executive Director of <a href="http://Shop.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shop.org</a> where he launched the <a href="http://Shop.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shop.org</a> Annual Summit. Scott co-invented “Cyber Monday” in 2005 and was the founder of <a href="http://Cybermonday.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cybermonday.com</a> in 2006, a shopping site that has generated more than $2.5 million for <a href="http://Shop.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shop.org</a>’s scholarship fund.Veronika Sonsev<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vsonsev/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Veronika Sonsev</a> is the Co-Founder of CommerceNext. She also leads the retail practice for Chameleon Collective and is a contributor for Forbes on how to grow retail and ecommerce in the age of Amazon. Having spent the last 10+ years working with some of the largest retailers and direct-to-consumer brands, Veronika has intimate knowledge of the challenges facing retail and ecommerce today. She is also an advocate for women in business and founded the global non-profit mBolden, which is now part of SheRunsit. Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder &amp; President of M.E. LeBlanc &amp; Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing &amp; eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada’s top retail industry podcast,       <a href="https://the-voice-of-retail.simplecast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Voice of Retail,</a> plus        <a href="https://global-e-commerce-tech-talks.simplecast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  </a>and       <a href="https://the-food-professor.simplecast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Food Professor  </a>with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois.  You can learn more about Michael       <a href="https://www.meleblanc.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here  </a>or on       <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeleleblanc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn. </a>

The Long View on Retail Transformation with CSC CEO Justin Yoshimura

In episode six of COVID-19 Retail Pulse: Live, Ryan and Joe sat down with Justin Yoshimura, CEO at CSC Generation. During the conversation, Justin, Joe, &amp; Ryan touched on three key strategies to help ensure you spend money smarter during times of economic downturn like COVID-19.  Cut costs by adjusting your affiliate compensation strategy Test for incrementality in your approach Change your merchandising to reflect the times To sign up for the next Retail Pulse Live podcast, visit: http://covidretailpulse2020.splashthat.com/wFor WITHIN’s COVID-19 Retail Pulse dashboard visit: https://covid19.within.co/covid-19retailpulse/For BounceX’s COVID-19 dashboard, visit: https://www.bouncex.com/covid-19/

In episode six of COVID-19 Retail Pulse: Live, Ryan and Joe sat down with Justin Yoshimura, CEO at CSC Generation. During the conversation, Justin, Joe, &amp; Ryan touched on three key strategies to help ensure you spend money smarter during times of economic downturn like COVID-19.  <ul> <li>Cut costs by adjusting your affiliate compensation strategy</li> <li>Test for incrementality in your approach</li> <li>Change your merchandising to reflect the times</li> </ul> To sign up for the next Retail Pulse Live podcast, visit:<a href="http://covidretailpulse2020.splashthat.com/w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://covidretailpulse2020.splashthat.com/w</a>For WITHIN’s COVID-19 Retail Pulse dashboard visit:<a href="https://covid19.within.co/covid-19retailpulse/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://covid19.within.co/covid-19retailpulse/</a>For BounceX’s COVID-19 dashboard, visit:<a href="https://www.bouncex.com/covid-19/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.bouncex.com/covid-19/</a>

How to Cut Costs & Gain Efficiency with CSC Generation Justin Yoshimura