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Jason Soar

Retail & eCommerce consultant with 30+ years in grocery (Sainsbury's); Partner at The Partnering Group advising on digital commerce and supply chain optimization.

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PODCASTS

Jul 7, 2026

Unlocking Value

Unlocking Value

Part 1: Jason Soar – What a Supermarket Can Teach Your Firm

Jul 7 · 53m

John HowardHOST

19:14

Can you say a bit about what that, what you meant by that, the exposing weakness and maybe some examples of what that meant in practical terms?

Jason SoarGUEST

19:24

Yeah, it's a good question.

Jason SoarGUEST

19:25

I'll try and simplify this.

Jason SoarGUEST

19:27

E-commerce is a data dependent and a data rich channel.

Jason SoarGUEST

19:33

And when you put that combination of needs into a business, which up until that point had been a very, very much an analog business.

Jason SoarGUEST

19:42

Grocers would place orders on paper.

Jason SoarGUEST

19:45

They would submit them through, you know, a mainframe computer.

12 MINS LATER

John HowardHOST

32:13

So just kind of where have you seen that? And when you think about businesses that are trying to scale, where does that slowness kind of start to creep in?