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EVOLVE Commerce Club Voices Podcast — where we explore how people shop and how retail works, with the people behind global commerce today.Global commerce today moves fast, and increasingly it's built on networks and communities — like Evolve, the very place this podcast comes from.In this episode, we sit down with Carlos Monteiro, founder of Evolve, to go beyond the podcast: what is Evolve, and what can it actually do for you?We explore why Carlos built a community rather than a company, the value it brings for its members (operators, advisors, and partners), and why an industry being reshaped by AI, marketplaces, and constant disruption needs senior leaders learning in public, together, more than ever.Want to join the #01 community of senior commerce leaders spanning 48 markets? Request your application today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https:⁠//www.evolve-community.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our newsletter! Our community insights, global commerce perspectives, sent to your inbox every Weekend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://evolvecommunity.beehiiv.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and leave a review if you enjoyed this episode!

EVOLVE Commerce Club Voices Podcast is where we explore how people shop and how retail works, with the people behind global commerce today.Customers only see the order that arrives on time. Behind the scenes, the Chief of Staff works as the glue, building the trust and relationships that keep companies delivering while everything around them changes.In this episode, we sit down with Chrysanthy Pispini, former Chief of Staff at the UK Post Office, and John Noja, Chief of Staff at Calo and executive coach, to ask: what does a Chief of Staff actually do, and could your organisation use one?Want to join the #01 community of senior commerce leaders spanning 48 markets? Request your application today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https:⁠//www.evolve-community.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our newsletter! Our community insights, global commerce perspectives, sent to your inbox every Weekend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://evolvecommunity.beehiiv.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and leave a review if you enjoyed this episode!

EVOLVE Commerce Club Voices Podcast is where we explore how people shop and how retail works, with the people behind global commerce today.Categories are the spinal structure of retail: they shape inventory, reporting, team structure, and performance. Every operator has dealt with them from day one. But where do categories actually come from, and what really defines them: seasonality, repurchase cycles, long tail vs short tail, value perception?In this episode, we look at the underlying criteria that group purchases into a category and why those patterns matter for both consumer behaviour and commercial outcomes. We also explore how some retailers build premium on top of pure function, creating experiences that lift the category and deepen its value.Want to join the #01 community of senior commerce leaders spanning 48 markets? Request your application today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https:⁠//www.evolve-community.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our newsletter! Our community insights, global commerce perspectives, sent to your inbox every Weekend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://evolvecommunity.beehiiv.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and leave a review if you enjoyed this episode!

EVOLVE Commerce Club Voices Podcast is where we explore how people shop and how retail works, with the people behind global commerce today.AI is everywhere in retail but most organisations still use it to optimise costs, not to unlock growth. In this episode, we explore the real untapped potential: AI reshaping discovery, search, and personalisation, and what that shift could mean for how brands actually grow. Joining us is Sander Ardinois, Executive AI & Data Advisor and former VP of AI at H&M Group and Director at Nike, who's spent decades building AI inside retail operations and has a clear view of just how much further it can go.Want to join the #01 community of senior commerce leaders spanning 48 markets? Request your application today: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https:⁠//www.evolve-community.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our newsletter! Our community insights, global commerce perspectives, sent to your inbox every Weekend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://evolvecommunity.beehiiv.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠👉 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and leave a review if you enjoyed this episode!

Márlyson Silva is the co-founder and Chairman of Transfero, a blockchain financial infrastructure company headquartered in Crypto Valley, Switzerland. They created BRZ, the largest non-dollar stablecoin in the world, and have since expanded to Argentina and Chile.In this episode we dig into how Transfero was built, the logic behind expanding currency by currency across Latin America, how stablecoins are becoming the infrastructure for cross-border commerce, and what Márlyson sees coming in the next five years that most of the market is not yet pricing in.Commerce Talks is a podcast by EVOLVE where we bring founders of agencies and technology companies in commerce and dig into what they built, the decisions they made, and the thinking behind it all.Learn more about EVOLVE at www.evolve-community.com