A podcast about books, TV shows and movies from a sociological perspective by media critic Marina Berlin. Subscribe to learn about recently revived historical lesbians, the revolutionary horror of Hannibal, how stories get matriarchies right and wrong, and so much more. Follow the podcast on twitter @PopSocPodcast or visit the website: https://marinaberlin.org/podcast/
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A conversation about what’s happening in commerce today will likely be outdated in a week. How do we keep up with it all? We keep talking. From generative AI and the metaverse to live shopping and native checkout, there’s always something new to discuss in the commerce world. Marcel Hollerbach, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Berlin-based Productsup as well as Co-Founder and Entrepreneurial Partner at Cavalry Ventures, brings some of the industry’s leading experts together from al ...
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#021 Peter Allerstorfer: What will Amazon’s arrival mean for South African ecommerce?
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40:37Join us in this episode as we delve into the intricate world of entrepreneurship and ecommerce in Cape Town, a city that's both captivating and challenging for business ventures. Peter Allerstorfer, an Austrian turned Cape Town resident with over 15 years of experience in South Africa, offers invaluable insights into the dynamics of the local marke…
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#020 Carrie Schreiner: Lamborghinis und Ferraris mit 300 km/h: Influencer Marketing auf der Überholspur
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30:31In dieser Episode hat Marcel die Rennfahrerin Carrie Schreiner zu Gast – und sie haben einiges zu besprechen. Carrie war 2023 Teil der neu entstandenen Formel 1 Academy, ist als Influencerin auf Facebook, Instagram und TikTok unterwegs und seit 2020 Markenbotschafterin von Schaeffler. Doch wie kam sie von der Kartbahn zur Formel 4? Welche finanziel…
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#019 Marina Marchel & Alexander Brandt: Einblick in die Katalogstrategie von Otto: 15 Millionen Produkte, ein KI-Assiste
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34:13In dieser Episode von World of Commerce werfen wir einen Blick hinter die Kulissen der Otto GmbH & Co KG. 15 Millionen Artikel mit unterschiedlichen Ausprägungen auf einer Plattform – da können konsistente und saubere Produktdaten schon einmal zur Herausforderung werden. Kann Generative KI die Lösung aller Probleme sein? Genau darüber spricht Marce…
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#018 Mischa Rürup: Wir sammeln über 100 Millionen User Consents pro Tag
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23:47Wer kennt sie nicht? Wer sich im World Wide Web bewegt, muss regelmäßig seine Einwilligung geben – zu Cookies, AGBs und Co. Mischa Rürup, Co-Founder von Usercentrics, klärt in dieser Podcast-Episode darüber auf, warum wir – vorerst – um diese Banner nicht drumherum kommen werden und wie die neuen Datenschutzgesetze sein Unternehmen in Höchstgeschwi…
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#017 Claude Ritter: $500M for Aleph Alpha to build a European AI powerhouse
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25:58In what will likely be the biggest European funding round of the year, Aleph Alpha has scooped up roughly half a billion in capital during its Series B, marking a pivotal moment for Europe's presence in the global AI market. Aleph Alpha stands as a leading GPT-3 alternative outside the US. The round was led by prominent German entities with strong …
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#016 Viktor Foos: Was macht Kim Kardashian auf der SuperReturn?
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36:08TikTok ist längst mehr als nur ein kurzweiliger Hype. Der wohl wichtigste Faktor ist die enorme Reichweite, von der Marken und Unternehmen profitieren können. Der Content muss leicht konsumierbar und für jeden zugänglich sein, eben wie ein schneller „Snack“ für zwischendurch. Gleichzeitig muss er aus der Masse herausstechen und schnell produziert s…
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#015 Dominik Benner: 250M € Umsatz und hohe Profitabilität: Als Familienunternehmen zum Hidden Champion
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32:07Am 6.September stimmten die Aktionäre des Online-Modehändlers Fashionette zu: Die Gesellschaft soll mit The Platform Group, dem Hauptaktionär, zusammengeführt werden. Es soll ein neues Unternehmen im Plattformbereich entstehen, welches nicht nur profitabel ist, sondern auch in zahlreichen Branchen wächst. Das Ziel: Die führende Platform-Gruppe Euro…
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#014 Alex von Harsdorf: Mit Live-Shopping über 40% Conversation Rate erreichen
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40:28Während man sich früher zu gemeinsamen Shopping-Touren in der Stadt getroffen hat, scrollt man heute immer häufiger allein durch Angebote. Müssen wir uns also damit abfinden, zu einsamen Shoppern zu werden, wenn wir uns im E-commerce bewegen wollen? Wenn es nach Alex von Harsdorf, Co-Gründer und CEO von LIVEBUY, geht, nicht. Mit ihm unterhält sich …
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#013 Anna Alex: Biodiversität und Wirtschaft im Einklang
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37:41Der Klimawandel – ein Problem, das mittlerweile wohl im Bewusstsein der meisten Menschen angekommen ist. Doch wie sieht es eigentlich mit der Zwillingskrise rund um das Thema Biodiversität aus? Täglich verliert die Erde im Schnitt 150 Arten unwiderruflich – Tiere, Pflanzen und Pilze. Das hat einen direkten Einfluss auf Unternehmen, die von der Natu…
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#012 Vincent Peters: How the history of CRM has forged the future of P2C
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44:48Journey back 30 years before CRM existed, where the sales industry was a chaotic maze of disconnected point solutions for managing customers, prospects, contracts, and more. There was no streamlined path to success, leaving businesses drowning in inefficiencies, inaccuracies, and unnecessary costs. Today, this tangled setup still exists for most co…
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#011 Marcel Knopf: Wie eine Kartoffel Hunderte von Werbemittel übertraf
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40:45Online- und Performance-Marketing. Das ist doch in Zeiten von Facebook, Instagram, Google und Co. ein Leichtes – oder etwa doch nicht? In dieser Folge von World of Commerce enthüllt Marcel Knopf, Gründer von Onepage und This Is Marketing, wie er mit Diätpillen und einer Kartoffel sensationelle Werbeergebnisse erzielt hat. Marcel Hollerbach entlockt…
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#010 Vicktoria Klich: Explodierende Lamborghinis als NFT?
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45:43Das Web3 – kaum ein Thema ist in den letzten Jahren so umstritten. Wird sich die große Vision von einer Immersiven Welt erfüllen oder bleibt es doch eher bei einem Traum, der nicht in der Realität ankommt? In dieser Podcast-Episode führt Marcel Hollerbach ein Gespräch mit Vicktoria Klich, der Gründerin von w3.fund, die sich schon seit einigen Jahre…
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#009 Stella Weickl: Wie wird KI die WhatsApp-Chatbot-Industrie verändern?
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48:24WhatsApp-Chatbots sind der neue, große Trend in der Messenger-Kommunikation. Folglich wollen auch immer mehr Unternehmen die Chancen des beliebten Kanals für den schnellen, effizienten und kundenorientierten Dialog nutzen. Stella Weickl, Chief Operating Officer von Chatwerk, einem Anbieter einer WhatsApp Business API-Lösung, spricht in dieser Episo…
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#007 Christian Hassold: How do you break down collaboration barriers to cross-cultural commerce?
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36:18One of the most overlooked pain points for commerce businesses – whether you’re on the path to profitability or global expansion – is disrupted collaboration. Until you get all teams talking to each other (ie. marketing, advertising, ecommerce, in-store, and supply chain), driving results is nearly impossible. Seamless collaboration becomes even mo…
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#006 Moritz Zimmermann: Was hat sich im Handel in den letzten 25 Jahren verändert?
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50:06Moritz Zimmermann, Partner des VC-Fonds 42CAP, der sich auf B2B SaaS und B2B Marktplätze spezialisiert und einen großen Teil seines Lebens mit dem Handel beschäftigt hat, spricht in dieser Episode mit Marcel Hollerbach über seine Erfahrungen und Einschätzungen rund um das Thema Commerce. Unter anderem erzählt er von der Gründung von Hybris im Jahr …
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#005 Jordan Jewell: What should businesses prioritize in the era of profitability?
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34:16If 2020 was the era of growth at all costs in ecommerce, 2023 is the era of profitability. Over the last year, companies have had to shift their focus from balancing hyper-growth to meet high demand to balancing out investments that help them meet their bottom line. Having started IDC’s commerce practice as a digital commerce analyst, Jordan Jewell…
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#004 Burke White & Ping Hao: How can brands win on marketplaces?
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45:54The best place to build a brand in today’s retail climate is the place brands have come to hate the most - marketplaces. Coming from the original team that built Walmart Marketplace, Ping Hao and Burke White, now co-founders of Brand3P, understand the rich opportunities and complex layers of selling on a marketplace. In this episode, they share the…
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#003 Dominik Matyka: Wie nutzen Marken Influencer Marketing? [GERMAN]
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43:12Marcel Hollerbach im Gespräch mit dem DMEXCO Chief Advisor Dominik Matyka Retail Media, KI, Automatisierung, Personalisierung, DSGVO, Cookies, Generational- und Voice Commerce und seit einigen Jahren auch das Thema Social: Mit diesen und vielen weiteren Themen beschäftigen sich Marketer tagtäglich. Die Welt des Marketing ist groß und verändert sich…
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#002 Claude Ritter: Was gibt es Neues bei der künstlichen Intelligenz? [GERMAN]
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31:01Marcel Hollerbach im Gespräch mit Delivery Hero Co-Founder Claude Ritter Über das Thema Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) wird zwar schon lange diskutiert, doch selten war es so aktuell wie jetzt. Seit dem Aufkommen von generativer KI wie ChatGPT oder GPT3 überschlagen sich die Berichte. Dabei geht es um Chancen – was kann KI leisten, wie kann sie das Ar…
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#001 Koen Looijmans: Why do global product data standards matter? (GDSN/GS1)
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28:35Marcel Hollerbach in conversation with Koen Looijmans What makes product data reliable? How can we trust that the information we’re reading on labels and descriptions is accurate? It’s all thanks to GDSN governed by GS1 standards. GDSN stands for Global Data Synchronization Network and helps guarantee the quality of data by ensuring it meets a cert…
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A conversation about what’s happening in commerce today will likely be outdated in a week. How do we keep up with it all? We keep talking. Marcel Hollerbach, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Berlin-based Productsup as well as Co-Founder and Entrepreneurial Partner at Cavalry Ventures, brings some of the industry’s leading experts together…
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For this special episode listeners submitted questions and the host answered them in a live, unscripted recording. Questions included everything from the writing process to opinions about genres and different social issues. For more podcast episodes and full transcripts of the audio follow the podcast on twitter @PopSocPodcast or visit: https://mar…
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Is there a right way to write a matriarchy?
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33:31When's the last time you read a story set in a matriarchy? Did you enjoy it? What are the common tropes to writing matriarchies and who do they serve? In this episode you'll hear about fantasy and science fiction matriarchies in everything from Star Trek to books by Kameron Hurley, Sarah Rees Brennan, C.S. Pacat and many more, and what they get "ri…
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Who gets to be the hero in historical narratives?
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23:35How accurate does historical fiction have to be to enhance our understanding of the past rather than harm it? In the age of historical retellings/reimagenings like Hamilton and Bridgerton, I look at the works of historical romance novelist KJ Charles and the British TV series "The Devil's Mistress" to examine how marginalized people are and aren't …
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Does Jemisin's "The Fifth Season" solve the "X-Men Problem"?
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31:43The X-Men universe popularized a unique set of tropes common to fantasy worldbuilding: people with superpowers who are feared and persecuted by society. This trope is everywhere from the "Witcher" books/games/show to many popular YA novels, but it creates a particular set of problems when it comes to representing systemic oppression. In this episod…
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The Best Queer Pairing You'll Never Watch: Root/Shaw on Person of Interest
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40:28Sometimes TV shows give us amazing queer pairings but end up not treating them right. In this special episode of Pop Culture Sociologist I'm going to give you all the best parts of badass assassin Sameen Shaw and hacker spy Samantha "Root" Groves and their epic (canonic!) romance from the show "Person of Interest". If you've never watched the show,…
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Lyanna Stark and how "Game of Thrones" was almost a brilliant social critique
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34:19What does Lyanna Stark's portrayal on Game of Thrones have to do with women in the real world being written out of history? The show has been both praised and criticized for its portrayal of female characters, but could the difference in Lyanna's plot between George R. R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" books and the TV show be the key to understan…
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Why "Hannibal" is the best screen adaptation of "Lolita"
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36:19Why is Bryan Fuller's "Hannibal", a horror show about a cannibal and an FBI profiler, a more accurate adaptation of "Lolita" than the two official film adaptations of the book, by Stanley Kubrick and Adrian Lyne? In the first episode of Pop Culture Sociologist we'll be talking about the TV show "Hannibal" and the book "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov, …
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Pop Culture Sociologist: A New Podcast About Media
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0:39Welcome to Pop Culture Sociologist! I'm media critic Marina Berlin and I'm starting a podcast about movies, TV shows and books, through a sociological lens. In season one I'll tell you about recently revived historical lesbians, the revolutionary horror of Hannibal, how stories get matriarchies right and wrong, and so much more.…
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