S2E11: Online Retail and the Modern-Day Consumer with Former Amazon Executive Dave Clark

For our July episode, co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby speak with Dave Clark, former CEO of worldwide consumer business for Amazon. In two decades at Amazon, Clark, a graduate of UT’s MBA program, helped build one of the most extensive supply chain operations in the world, with hundreds of fulfillment centers and transportation facilities, a fleet of several dozen dedicated aircraft, 100,000 delivery vans, and more than 1.5 million employees. Clark is a member of the American Red Cross Board of Governors and served as CEO of Flexport from 2022 to 2023. He is regularly sought out for his expertise in tackling logistics issues related to national security and global affairs. Don’t miss this exciting discussion on the evolution of Amazon’s consumer business as well as current warehousing trends, the state of the economy, retail consumer habits and expectations, and much more. The episode was recorded virtually on July 8, 2024. Related links: How consumer demands drive warehousing trends Ocean freight rates are spiking again Inflation continues to slow in the U.S. opening door to Fed rate cut U.S. labor market adds 206,000 jobs, unemployment rises to 4.1% Amazon plans to launch discount store to fend off Temu and Shein Gartner ranks UT’s graduate SCM programs No. 1 in North America Read/watch Dave Clark’s fireside chat at UT’s Haslam College in April Become a Supply Chain Forum member Subscribe to GSCI’s monthly newsletter Read the latest news and insights from GSCI Text the Tennessee on Supply Chain Management team!