Retail Focus 1/30/23 – Sam’s Club Reveals Expansion Plans; Retail Executives’ Outlook for 2023
Our interview guest is Lupine Skelly, Deloitte’s Retail, Wholesale, and Distribution Research Leader. She joins the show to discuss Deloitte...
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The Retail Focus Podcast
Each week, we release a podcast covering the retail world--business developments, trends, and historical perspectives. Podcasts feature news summaries, interviews, and previews of industry g...
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20 of 60 episodesRetail Focus 1/16/23 – Looking at Retail Ad Spend & Strategy; Albertsons Beats Estimates
Our interview guest is Richard Jones, Chief Revenue Officer at Wunderkind. He joins the show to discuss the advertising and marketing landsc...
Retail Focus 1/3/23 – Retail Trends in the Year Ahead; CBRE Issues Retail Real Estate Guidance
Our interview guest is Katie Gilsenan, senior trends manager at GWI, who joins the show to discuss retail trends for 2023, consumer motivati...
Retail Focus 12/26/22 – The 2023 Retail Consumer; Holiday Shopping Numbers Begin to Arrive
Our interview guest is Kristina Rogers, EY Global Consumer Leader. She joins the show to discuss EY’s 11th Future Consumer Index, and broadl...
Retail Focus 12/12/22 – Product Descriptions & Reducing Returns; Chewy Sees Rise in Autoship Sales
Our interview guest is Randy Mercer, VP of Global Products at 1WorldSync. He joins the show to discuss the process behind getting effective...
Retail Focus 12/6/22 – Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Retail Real Estate; Dollar General Releases 2023 Plans
Our interview guest is Jazmen Johnson, the VP of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at ICSC; she joins us to discuss the themes of diversity, eq...
Retail Focus 11/28/22 – Inventory Visibility for Retailers Across Channels; Family Dollar Traffic Ticks Up
Our interview guest is Ann Ruckstuhl, senior vice president and chief marketing officer with Manhattan Associates. She joins the show to dis...
Retail Focus 11/21/22 – Oracle Retail’s Shopper Outlook; Ross Seeks Improved Holiday Assortment
Our interview guest is Mike Webster, senior vice president and general manager of Oracle Retail. He discusses Oracle’s recent Retail Shopper...
Retail Focus 11/13/22 – Current State of Retail Import Process; Sprouts Evaluates Near Future
Our interview guest is Chris Lentjes, CEO of U.S. operations for Eurora Solutions; he joins us to discuss the current state of imports and e...
Retail Focus 11/6/22 – Consumer Attitudes Towards Private Labels; Floor & Décor Forges More Growth Plans
Our interview guest is Rick Kelly, Chief Product Officer at Fuel Cycle. He joins us to discuss a recent private label study conducted that r...
Retail Focus 10/30/22 – E-Commerce Sales Expectations for Holidays; Less Retail Space Available in U.S.
Our interview guest is Rick Watson, founder and CEO of RMW Commerce Consulting. He joins the show to discuss 2022 holiday expectations, part...
Retail Focus 10/23/22 – Holiday Consumer Shopping Data from Deloitte; Tractor Supply Closes Orscheln Deal
Our interview guest is Rod Sides, Deloitte Insights Leader and Retail Partner at Deloitte LLP; he discusses specific consumer data from thei...
Retail Focus 10/16/22 – Open-Air Shopping Center Dynamics; What Does Kroger Want with Albertsons?
Our interview guest is Ward Kampf, President of Northwood Retail. He joins the show to discuss how shopping centers (and consumer demand sur...
Retail Focus 9/19/22 – Deloitte’s Holiday Sales Projections; What Back-To-School Can Teach Us About 2022
Our interview guest is Rod Sides, Deloitte Insights Leader and Retail Partner at Deloitte. He joins the show to discuss Deloitte’s holiday s...
Retail Focus 9/12/22 – Battling Counterfeits from a Retail Perspective; Kroger’s Private Label Shakeup
Our interview guest is Rosemary Coates, the President of Blue Silk Consulting and the Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute. She joi...
Retail Focus 9/5/22 – Retail Pricing Strategies and Analytics; Ollie’s Hopes for a Better Second Half
Our interview guest is Matt Pavich, the senior director of retail innovation at Revionics, an Aptos company. He joins us to discuss retail p...
Retail Focus 8/14/22 – Enticing Mall Customers to Linger; Grocery Outlet Builds Management Pipeline
Our interview guest is Steven Wagner, Chief Commercial Officer with Smarte Carte. He discusses various solutions designed to keep customers...
Retail Focus 8/7/22 – Retail from a City Leader’s Perspective; Wayfair Swims Upstream
Our interview guest is Jim Paine, mayor of Superior, Wisconsin, who joins our show to discuss retail from the perspective of a city leader—p...
Retail Focus 7/25/22 – Deloitte’s 2022 Back-to-School Report; Dollar Stores See Increase in Q2 Traffic
Our interview guest is Rod Sides, Deloitte Insights Leader and Retail Partner at Deloitte LLP; he re-joins the show to discuss Deloitte’s 20...
Retail Focus 7/17/22 – The Legal Side of Retail Leases; Retail Sales Tick Up in June; Vasos Steps Aside
Our interview guests are Annie Malo and Julie Connelly of Seyfarth Shaw LLP; they join us as part of our ongoing ICSC interview series to di...