Bonus Episode! Tune in to hear the themes and takeaways from this year&#x27;s Grocery Shop 2026 in Las Vegas, live from the show floor.

Bonus Episode: GroceryShop Themes & Recap with Matt Van Gilder, Principal & Vice President, Omnichannel, NexChapter and Andrea K. Leigh, Founder & CEO, Allume Group

Unpacking the Digital Shelf

Hi everyone, Lauren here from the Digital Shelf Institute with a bonus episode of Unpacking the Digital Shelf. This will bring you interviews from Grocery Shop 2026 where I chatted with Andrea Leigh and Matt Van Gilder about themes around the conference and what we think for the rest of the year. Enjoy!

Happy first day of Grocery Shop. Happy first day of Grocery Shop. Did you have any travel issues getting here? I did, but honestly it was more on me than the airlines. I feel like this is a story that maybe we should hear. Apparently they take the like checked baggage cut off very seriously. Oh no, Matt. So I did that to myself. Oh geez. Well, at least you got here. I did. I was late to my own happy hour last night, but you know, it was... But you made it. Yes. You made it. Well, thank you for talking to me at Grocery Shop. Of course.

So let's start with what is your best takeaway from Grocery Shop so far? All right. Well, we're not even at the end of day one. So I think so far, and we'll have to do another one maybe in a couple days if I change my answer. No problem. So my takeaway so far is looking at the content already today and the content that's ahead is everything is around practicality. And I think the retailers are saying, give us what we want.

And that is usable information, usable case studies, like real life examples that allow them to actually go back next week and start making a difference in their operations and how they're talking to their customers.

Bonus Episode: GroceryShop Themes & Recap with Matt Van Gilder, Principal & Vice President, Omnichannel, NexChapter and Andrea K. Leigh, Founder & CEO, Allume Group

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

Bonus Episode: GroceryShop Themes & Recap with Matt Van Gilder, Principal & Vice President, Omnichannel, NexChapter and Andrea K. Leigh, Founder & CEO, Allume Group

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.