Retail Corner: New Normal in Retail Technology & Business
A deeply informative podcast on New Normal in Retail Industry. We cover current retail landscape, best of breed products and retail business best practices. Tune in to listen to retail experts and community thinkers on retail industries current trajectory as well as future projections.
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Friday Feb 02, 2024
Friday Feb 02, 2024
In this enlightening episode, from employee satisfaction to customer loyalty, we explore the intricate ways in which a well-crafted company culture can influence the overall success and longevity of retail enterprises. Colleen Wilson, SVP of Retail & Wholesale at Kendra Scott, delves into real-world examples of Kendra Scott, which thrived by prioritizing a strong and purposeful culture, creating a ripple effect that resonates with both employees and customers alike.
About our guest, Colleen Wilson: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleen-wilson/ Website: https://www.kendrascott.com/
About Retail Corner Podcast:
Host: Carlos Diaz
Producer: Sachin Kumar Bhate
Podcast Sponsor: Proxima360
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Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
In the latest episode, Kate Ancketill from GDR Creative Intelligence delves into the challenges and opportunities presented by evolving consumer behavior in the realm of contemporary retail.
About our guest, Kate Ancketill:
As the CEO and founder of GDR, Kate has more than 25 years of experience in business futurism and trends. She is the innovation partner for around 30 of the world’s largest consumer brands, supplying market-leading consultancy and professional speaking to P&G, Tesco, Waitrose, Target, Sephora, Microsoft, Google, and Lego. Kate delivers compelling big-picture narratives on how macro forces are affecting the economy, the planet, culture, and technology. Her team of researchers and strategists identify global trends and innovation case studies that represent successful business adaptation, from which others can learn.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateancketill/
Website: https://www.kateancketill.com/
https://gdruk.com/
About Retail Corner Podcast:
Guest Host: Cole Koumalats
Producer: Sachin Kumar Bhate
Podcast Sponsor: Proxima360
Listen to other podcasts at: https://proxima360.com/retail-corner.podcast
or https://retailcorner.live
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Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
In this engaging podcast episode, guest Erik Reuter, founder of Human-Centered Success, shares valuable perspectives on adopting a people-first approach to retail leadership. Exploring the intersection of empathy and business strategy, Reuter emphasizes the transformative impact of prioritizing the well-being and development of individuals in the dynamic landscape of retail management.
About our guest, Erik Reuter:
Erik K. Rueter, PMP, PMI-ACP (he/him) has over 20 years of professional experience across diverse industries. He worked for tech start-ups, colleges and universities, a Grammy®-award-winning production company, and healthcare organizations. He has been a public policy analyst, professional photographer, marketing and public relations director, and now a senior project manager at the American Marketing Association. He has co-authored two papers on health inequity in oncology nursing, lectured at Boston and Emerson Colleges, and been a guest speaker on diversity and inclusion at, among others, Medtronic, VSP, and the San Antonio Spurs. He recently founded Human-Centered Success LLC, a consulting & coaching organization focused on leveling up leadership from blah to badass through project management, design thinking, and Positive Intelligence (tm). His educational background is as diverse as his professional one. He holds a BA in neuroscience from Wesleyan University, college-level diplomas in digital design and Irish studies, MicroMasters in Design Thinking and Project Management through the Rochester Institute of Technology, and certification in diversity and inclusion from Cornell. He lives outside of Pittsburgh, PA, with his husband and two dachshunds. He enjoys running marathons, playing video games, and speaking his truth to whoever will listen. He can be reached at erik@humancenteredsuccess.com.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikrueter/
Website: https://www.humancenteredsuccess.com
About Retail Corner Podcast:
Guest Host: Cole Koumalats
Producer: Sachin Kumar Bhate
Podcast Sponsor: Proxima360
Listen to other podcasts at: https://proxima360.com/retail-corner.podcast
or https://retailcorner.live
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Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
In this insightful episode on Retail Corner, we're joined by a leading industry expert, Tom Burgess, President of SnippMedia. Get ready to dive into the world of leveraging consumer data for unparalleled brand success. Tom shares invaluable insights on harnessing data to make informed decisions and elevate your brand strategy.
About our guest, Tom Burgess:
Tom Burgess is the President at SnippMedia and a serial entrepreneur focused on advertising, fintech, and data ventures. Before his role with Snipp, he founded four companies spanning 25+ years focused on advertising, data, and loyalty and has been granted multiple patents for his pioneering work.
Linkable Networks, a payments-data-focused loyalty company he launched in 2010, was acquired by Collinson Group in September 2017. In 2001, Tom launched the first mobile advertising network Third Screen Media which became the exclusive ad engine for Verizon Wireless and was purchased by AOL in 2007. He also founded two successful digital media companies each acquired within 5 years of launch. Tom is an active board member and advisor. He holds a BA from Providence College.
Tom, his wife, and two children are avid adventurers. They have sailed more than 50,000 ocean miles, spearfishing in remote atolls of the South Pacific, hiking volcanic caldera, and living 1000’s miles away from modern civilization for months at a time.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tjburgess/
Website: https://www.snipp.com/
About Retail Corner Podcast:
Guest Host: Cole Koumalats
Producer: Sachin Kumar Bhate
Podcast Sponsor: Proxima360
Listen to other podcasts at: https://proxima360.com/retail-corner.podcast
or https://retailcorner.live
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Thursday Dec 28, 2023
Thursday Dec 28, 2023
Take a moment to settle in, make yourself comfortable, and join us for an insightful discussion with the visionary leader, Carl Turner, founder and CEO of SWIPEBY,. We'll be exploring the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence, a force with the potential not just to enhance but to completely revolutionize the retail experience.
About our guest, Carl Turner:
Carl Turner, CEO and Founder, SWIPEBY, a customizable 360° direct ordering platform with added features for customer convenience. Carl Turner launched SWIPEBY in summer 2019 with the vision of bringing drive-thru to any business. First focusing on the restaurant industry, Carl has led SWIPEBY to expand to multiple verticals across the country and to be recognized by the North Carolina Technology Association as a NC Top 10 Startup to Watch in 2020. Turner brings a truly global perspective to SWIPEBY.
His experience includes working with Google (Hamburg), A.T. Kearney (Dubai), and The Boston Consulting Group (Kuala Lumpur). Turner also co-founded SEON, a startup democratizing access to fast security responses, starting with South Africa and neighboring markets. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, and a minor in Entrepreneurship from Wake Forest University. He also studied International Business at New York University in Shanghai. In 2021, Turner was named among North Carolina’s Triad Business Journal’s 20 in their 20’s.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/turner-carl/
Website: https://swipe.by/
About Retail Corner Podcast:
Host: Cole Koumalats
Producer: Sachin Kumar Bhate
Podcast Sponsor: Proxima360
Listen to other podcasts at: https://proxima360.com/retail-corner.podcast
or https://retailcorner.live
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Interested in being on our podcast?
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Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Don't overlook this Retail Corner episode featuring Joel Bines, the bestselling author of 'The Metail Economy'. Join us as he explores the consumer-centric paradigm and strategies for business transformation.
About our guest, Joel Bines:
Veteran change agent Joel Bines has a 30-year track record of designing and delivering complex performance improvement programs for consumer-facing companies worldwide. Before his retirement in December 2022, after nearly 20 years with the company, Bines was Managing Director and global co-leader of the Retail Practice at the business consultancy AlixPartners. He is regarded as one of the world’s leading operational strategists focused on value creation in consumer-driven businesses. Bines receives high praise for his ability to explain complex issues engagingly. His passion is the consumer, and he is tireless in his quest to help all businesses that interact with consumers better understand the changing landscape and, importantly, structure operations to serve ever-increasing customer demands while still delivering profitable growth. Bines is widely known and respected by investors, boards, and executives, and his network is extensive. He has an unimpeachable reputation for honesty, direct communication, and integrity - a combination that allows him to be especially effective in complex, high-stress situations.
Bines excels in the space between ambition and achievement, the execution space, where even well-intended effort often underachieves desired results. He is an expert at partnering with CEOs and their teams to identify the root causes of this gap to results and then applying focused effort to the things that truly matter to deliver each company’s ambition (and often slaying myths of what does not). Bines is also the author of the international best-selling McGraw Hill book “The Metail Economy,” which has been lauded for identifying the key drivers behind today’s changing consumer landscape and the implications for businesses that serve them. “The Metail Economy” makes the case for a radical power shift between companies and their customers and explains how this happened and what to do about it. Bines also offers clear takeaways in the form of his “6 Strategies for Transforming Your Business to Thrive in the Me-Centric Consumer Revolution,” as well as his pragmatic advice on what to do on Monday morning. The book has won praise from some of the world’s leading consumer companies, such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Best Buy, LVMH, Coca-Cola, J Crew, Neiman Marcus, Frito Lay, KIND Bars, Cinemark, Walgreens, and many more. He is also a frequent contributor to top-tier media, and his voice is regularly featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, FT, NPR Marketplace, Bloomberg, CNBC, Forbes, and many others.
Bines is a “lunch pail and hard hat” guy. His performance ethic can be summed up with two words: outwork everyone. After graduating from Bates College in Lewiston, ME, with a degree in philosophy, he held a series of jobs with distressed consumer companies facing deep challenges. His early success turning around those companies led him to Harvard Business School, where he earned an MBA with distinction. A chance meeting while at HBS with turnaround expert Jay Alix led him to eventually join AlixPartners, where he worked for nearly two decades and helped build a preeminent retail and consumer consulting practice. Bines currently resides in Dallas, TX, where he runs his own investment and strategic advisory firm and regularly advises ambitious executives, boards, and investors. He currently sits on the board of Dormify, the leader in college and small-space styling, the board of The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation in Washington, DC, and is a trustee of TITAS/Dance Unbound.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelbinesretail/ Website:https://metaileconomy.com/
About Retail Corner Podcast:
Host: Cole Koumalats
Producer: Sachin Kumar Bhate
Podcast Sponsor: Proxima360
Listen to other podcasts at: https://proxima360.com/retail-corner.podcast
or https://retailcorner.live
Subscribe our Podcast: Apple iTunes: https://apple.co/3eoeUdT
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Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Wednesday Nov 01, 2023
Join us in the enchanting realm of museum retail with the captivating Retail Corner podcast. In this episode, we're honored to welcome Christine Kostyrka, the distinguished Director of Retail at the renowned Philadelphia Museum of Art, as our special guest. Tune in to uncover invaluable insights into the distinctive hurdles and prospects that set museum retail apart from its conventional counterpart.
About our Guest, Christine Kostyrka:
Christine Kostyrka graduated with a BFA in painting and art education from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. At the age of 23, she opened a Home Goods store without any real knowledge of retail. Her appreciation for the common ground between art and commerce and her love of design and handcrafting led to a 30+ year career overseeing buying and product development businesses for Home and Lifestyle at Martha Stewart, Crate and Barrel, and Urban Outfitters, where she helped launch several trends as DMM over Home, including the resurgence of turntables and vinyl. Christine’s areas of expertise include Product Development, Buying/Planning, Visual Merchandising, Marketing and EComm. In 2019, she joined the Philadelphia Museum of Art as Director of Retail, just as they were poised for a 90,000-square-foot expansion. Over the next four years, Christine led efforts to open four brand-new stores and several exhibition shops, and she relaunched the museum’s web store while overseeing product development and marketing. As she puts it “Our goal is to provide a shopping experience that is just as transportive, educational, and inspiring as the galleries and collection itself.” Though originally from New York, she has grown to love Philadelphia, especially its rich history in craft and manufacturing and thriving creative community. Through the retail relaunch at PMA, she helped to introduce and support the work of almost 100 local artisans in all stores, as well as partnering with local non-profits and artist collectives to source products. She has served for 15 years as a business advisor and board member for Fresh Artists, a Philadelphia-based non-profit whose mission is to provide art supplies and innovative arts programming to the nation's poorest schools. Christine lives outside Philly with her daughter and four cats.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-kostyrka-7101a510
Company: https://store.philamuseum.org/
About Retail Corner Podcast:
Host: Carlos Diaz
Producer: Sachin Kumar Bhate
Podcast Sponsor: Proxima360
Listen to other podcasts at: https://proxima360.com/retail-corner.podcast
or https://retailcorner.live
Subscribe our Podcast: Apple iTunes: https://apple.co/3eoeUdT
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Interested in being on our podcast?
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Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Be sure not to miss this episode of Retail Corner, which showcases Solomon Zakinov, the Founder & CEO of ShipX, a tech-driven e-commerce company. In this episode, he delves into the world of seamless delivery services and explores the significant challenges and intricacies that today's logistics landscape presents to major e-commerce companies, retailers, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs).
About our guest, Solomon Zakinov:
Solomon Zakinov is the CEO and founder of ShipX, a technology-enabled e-commerce delivery company that helps retailers, 3PLs and other shippers execute seamless first, middle, and final mile delivery. He has spent the last ten years building and working with companies in the e-commerce space. First at his own ecommerce company and then at Ruby Has Fulfillment where he served as the head of sales and business development.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/solomon-zakinov/
Company: https://shipx.com/
About Retail Corner Podcast:
Host: Cole Koumalats
Producer: Sachin Kumar Bhate
Podcast Sponsor: Proxima360
Listen to other podcasts at: https://proxima360.com/retail-corner.podcast
or https://retailcorner.live
Subscribe our Podcast: Apple iTunes: https://apple.co/3eoeUdT
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3dvjpDJ
Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/3DFHXHw
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Interested in being on our podcast?
Submit request at: podcast@retailcorner.live