From Adidas to Boating: Mona Sutherland on Scaling Performance

Mona Sutherland, Head of Performance Marketing at West Marine, joins Will Laurenson to explore the intersection of digital strategy, AI, and ecommerce at scale. With a background at Adidas and Melissa Shoes, Mona shares how West Marine is using AI to improve creative, why video content is crucial for B2B and B2C buyers, and how the brand is thriving despite retail headwinds. They discuss SEO shifts, customer problem-solving, and the practical challenges of marketing 90,000+ SKUs. If you're in performance marketing or ecommerce, this episode delivers tactical depth and big-picture thinking.