Retail Is Your Business - retailtech and retail innovation
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Richard Kestenbaum of Triangle Capital LLC: Part Two
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard is a co-founder and Partner of Triangle Capital and has been an investment banker for over 35 years. Richard has a great deal of experience ad...
Richard Kestenbaum of Triangle Capital LLC: Part One
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard is a co-founder and Partner of Triangle Capital and has been an investment banker for over 35 years. Richard has a great deal of experience ad...
Redefining Lemonade - Bridget Lasda of Calypso
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget Lasda is the Chief Customer Officer for King Juice/Calypso. She joins us to discuss the story behind Calypso, the innovation pipeline that is ...
A Return to Normal - Troy Fischer of Bridgewater Commons
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Troy Fischer is the Senior General Manager at Bridgewater Commons, a large super regional shopping center in Bridgewater, New Jersey. He joins us to t...
The State of Shopping Centers - Gabrielle Licht of Macerich
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gabrielle Licht sits down with Rob and Rebecca to discuss the current state of shopping centers and office buildings. She talks about how Macerich's B...
Circle of Protection - Karl Wiley of All State Protection Plans
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Karl Wiley, CEO of All State Protection Plans, set out with the goal of adding some much needed innovation to the product protection and extended warr...
How Retailers Can Compete In a Fast Moving Environment - Michael Scharff of Evolv
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The retail landscape is unforgiving and hyper-dynamic, and Michael Scharff, Co-Founder/CEO of Evolv (a pioneering AI technology whose Ascend platform ...
Precision Guided Shopper Acceleration - Mike Provance of 3x3
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Provance CEO of 3X3 says retailers need to use digital tools to retain one of their strongest assets, the magic of discovery. 3x3 in a joint ven...
Collecting In-Store Insights in Real Time - Maury Blackman of Premise Data
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maury Blackman is CEO of Premise Data, a market intelligence platform that allows businesses to collect in-store insights in real time, thanks to a gl...
Automated Systems to Scale - Richard Schnitzel of Bow Tie Bots
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Schnitzel is founder, head chef and chief bottle washer at his company, Bow Tie Bots, a certified Zapier expert which will leverage the power...
Creating a New Gold Standard in Olive Oil and Vinegar - Aishwarya Iyer of Brightland
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From conception, to development, to growth and marketing, Founder/CEO Aishwarya Iyer of Brightland (offering fresher, healthier California extra virgi...
Headless Checkout - Yvan Boisjoli of Bold Commerce
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the next 12 months brands’ success will be determined by their ability to adapt their checkout to reach customer touchpoints that span online, ...
Advancing Personal Commerce - Mahmoud Arram of Bluecore
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mahmoud Arram is Co-founder and CTO of Bluecore, a retail marketing technology that reimagines how retailers communicate with their customers throug...
Big Name Retailers vs. Instacart - Rick Watson of RMW Commerce Consulting
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Instacart may be a necessary component to compete in the grocery space because brands expect this kind of functionality in order to get in front of m...
What Do 200 Brands Say About 2021 Retail Trends? - Stephan Schambach of NewStore
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Stephan Schambach, CEO of NewStore (a mobile platform that enables retailers to run their physical stores on an iPhone) discusses his new report that ...
Physical Retail: MVP - Christopher Ressa of DLC Management
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Ressa, Senior Vice President of Leasing, Midwest and Northeast, at DLC Management Corp, offers insights into the state and continued relevance o...
Seeing the Re-Opening of Retail - Katie Mitchell of Seen Displays
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Understanding that this is a nervous time for brands as they prepare for the opening of physical retail and events, Seen Displays works with some of t...
Is It Time for a Price Strategy Reboot? - Cheryl Sullivan of DemandTec (an Acoustic Company)
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A proven retail and CPG innovation executive with 30 years’ experience leading teams delivering high-impact products for retailers worldwide, Cheryl...
Rebel in the Energy Drink Category - Doug DuMars of Rebellious Beverage Company
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For nearly 20 years, Doug DuMars worked in finance, managing portfolios for companies like Kraft and Pepsi. Then two years ago, Doug saw a chance...
Leading a 230 Year-Old Startup Into the Next Chapter - Co-CEO Karen Colberg of King Arthur Baking Company
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to rebrand an iconic company after more than two centuries of history, operating in some ways like a startup, propelling innovation,...
Reilly Stephens of Retail Prophet - From There to Here
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With a finger on the pulse of all things culture, Retail Prophet’s Director of Insights Reilly Stephens leverages her understanding and network in t...
Jon Harari of WindowsWear - Visual Merchandising Database
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Leading brands, visual creatives, designers, visual merchandisers, architects, vendors and academic institutions worldwide use WindowsWear, reportedly...
Author and Retail Leader Ron Thurston - Retail Pride
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Retail Pride is about celebrating your accidental career, and the theme of the first book by author Ron Thurston (Vice President of Stores at Intermi...
Kishore Khandavalli of 7T - Integrating Tech Into the Buying Experience
10 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Passionate about transforming the retail industry, specifically the customer’s buying experience, and integrating technology within that journey, Ki...
Tobias Buxhoidt of parcelLab - Regaining Control of the Customer Journey
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The post-sales consumer experience is an area of the customer journey that's overlooked by many retailers. Tobias Buxhoidt, CEO and co-founder of pa...
Farzan Dehmoubed of Lotus Sustainables - On a Mission to Eliminate Plastic from Shopping
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the leading manufacturer of reusable bags, Lotus Sustainables has eliminated the need for over 400 million single-use plastic bags. In 2020 the com...
Lauren PIcasso of Cure Hydration - Quenching a Thirst in Wellness
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cure Hydration is the only organic beverage with a science-backed formula, plant-based ingredients, no added sugar and has 4x the electrolytes of lead...
Ben Rodier of Salesfloor - Redefining the Role of Store Associates
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the first time, e-commerce will not just be a channel for transactions – people can now actually browse and shop online, just like they did in-s...
Ward Kampf of Northwood Retail - Meeting Consumers Where (and How) They Are
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Northwood Retail leases, manages, and markets a portfolio of community and mixed-use properties across the United States with a concentration in Texa...
Colin McIntosh of Sheets & Giggles - Selling, Giving, Laughing
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainable direct-to-consumer bedding brand Sheets & Giggles, based in Denver, Colorado, is famous for their naturally cooling eucalyptus lyocell...
Phil Duffy of Brain Corp - Robots Being Cobots
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brain Corp provides autonomous solutions that enable OEMs to turn their manually driven products into intelligent machines. Phil Duffy, Vice Presiden...
Gennady Sirota of StellaLife - Retailing Intelligent Healing
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
StellaLife is a biotech company on a mission to improve people’s lives by offering innovative, natural products to accelerate the healing process wh...
Keith Lawes of Casper's Ice Cream - Meeting the Demand for Retailers
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brands like legacy ice cream brand Casper's have had to work twice as hard to fulfill orders and demands from their over 10,000 retailers who are sel...
Jeff Hall of Second to None - Driving Customer Experience with Empathy
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Working with a number of the nation's most prominent grocery and convenience store chains to improve their customer experience and satisfaction effort...
Sanjeev Sularia of Intelligence Node - Empowering Growth with Competitive Insights
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The global pandemic has created a permanent shift in the consumer shopping experience and the strategies retailers should implement to adapt to this n...
Jonathan Wahl of Abbio - Community, Simplicity, Value
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Direct-to-consumer kitchenware brand Abbio is inspiring home cooks through a combination of accessible, professional-grade cookware, unique recipes ...
Rory Cutaia of Verb Technology - Connecting with Humans
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Verb's amazing platform, verbLive, is making it possible for retail shops to provide customers with the part of in store shopping that they miss most ...
Brian Laney of Alert Tech and Fred Maxik of Healthe Lighting - Making Fitting Rooms Safe Again
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you keep a fitting room safe in a pandemic? As apparel retailers move to re-open physical retail locations in a world ravaged by a pandemic, on...
Richard Carriere of Cyberlink - Mask Detection Technology for Retail Stores
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As physical retail locations reopen, how do you protect customers and employees alike? Not everyone will comply with mask wearing requirements or expe...
Guido Campello of Cosabella and Journelle - Lingerie and Longevity
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How does a family owned retail apparel business survive challenge after challenge after challenge, from 9/11 to a hurricane to a pandemic? Guido Campe...
Leslie Voorhees of Anomalie - Custom Wedding Dresses Online
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Anomalie is pioneering a new model in retail supply chains uniquely fit for expansive customization at mass scale. Leslie Vorhees brings an extensive ...
Jessica Jordan of Jessica Jordan Events - Ready to Mingle
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Explore luxury event-planning and how it is navigating a world of pandemic, business and retailers, with Jessica Jordan Events founder Jessica Jordan....
Christiane Lemieux of The Inside - In Search of Frictionless Commerce
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the leading design entrepreneurs and experts in the US for home décor and furnishings, and author, Christiane Lemieux (Founder of THE INSIDE a...
Sandra Makarem of The Collective Child - Disrupting Luxury Shopping
06 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With the visions of disrupting the luxury shopping space, beginning with childrenswear, Venezuela-born CEO/Founder of The Collective Child Sandra Maka...
Ayeshah Abuelhiga of Mason Dixie Biscuits - Everyone Needs a Biscuit!
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Founder/CEO Ayeshah Abuelhiga shares how demand for the "Best Biscuit in America", women-owned, Washington, DC restaurant Mason Dixie Biscuits to crea...
Dan Bruck of Fasetto - Tech Solutions to Connect the World
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fasetto, Inc. creates technology solutions for an increasingly connected world. CMO Dan Bruck joins the show on location at CES 2020 in Las Vegas to s...
Mark Kohlenberg of WDM Footwear and Accessories - Vertically Integrated Supply Chain
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Kohlenberg, CEO and Founder of WDM Footwear and Accessories, which is a premium leather footwear and accessories company offering turnkey dev...
Brandon Hitt of NowMobile - Granting Wishes, Accessorizing Technology
08 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
NowMobile’s lines of portable wireless accessories not only allow you to be productive and entertained while on-the-go; they also give back. Brandon...
Ron Bonacci of Weis Markets - Keeping Pace with Change as a Grocery Retailer
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ron Bonacci, Vice President of Marketing and Advertising for Weis Markets (a large regional grocery chain headquartered in Sunbury, PA with more tha...
Brand Marketing and Media in a World with COVID-19
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Schulweis, SVP and Head of Brand Partnerships and Integrated Marketing for Morning Brew, offers crucial insights about current trends within m...
Social Distancing and Business in a World with COVID-19
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aside from the physical health risks stoked by COVID-19, there's another byproduct of the pandemic that's potentially terrifying: the social impact of...
Gig and On-Demand Businesses and Workers in a World with COVID-19
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do you protect on-demand or gig workers, their fleets, and their customers, during the COVID-19 crisis? How can companies like Postmates, which re...
Raffaella Camera of Accenture Interactive - Extended Reality
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At CES, VR and AR are on full display. But what about full implications of XR (extended reality - all real-and-virtual combined environments and human...
Human Resources Challenges in a World with COVID-19
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If trying to keep the doors to a business open isn’t challenging enough, especially when you don’t know how long you have to do it for, diligent c...
Retail Realities and Strategy in a World with COVID-19
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL REPORT: Wendy Liebmann, Founder, CEO, and Chief Shopper of WSL Strategic Retail, shares critical considerations for brands and retailers to ma...
Tim Ryan of Modobag - Bagging a Ride
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Modobag is the world’s first motorized, smart and connected carry-on that gets you to your destination up to three times faster than walking. CMO Ti...
Michele Dupre' of Verizon - Unlocking Retail's CX Future with Technology
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At NRF Big Show, Michele Dupre' (VP for Retail at Verizon) offered insights on customer experience in retail and other retail trends.See omnystudio.co...
Peter Weedfald of SHARP Home Appliances - Innovating and Growing with Emotional Capital
26 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the true centers to find innovation for content and retail product is CES in Las Vegas. And one of the biggest exhibitors at CES is Sharp, the ...
Angela Gearhart of Sleep Number - Selling Sleep, Health, and Data
19 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At CES 2020, Sleep Number (offering adjustable beds, memory foam mattresses, kids beds, bedding, pillows & more) unveiled an award-winning new bed...
Morgan Chemij of HP - Making Life Better With Next Gen Technology
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At CES 2020, HP unleashed next generation computing innovations to enable more freedom to work, live, and play -- including the newest PCs, displays, ...
Keith Kranepool of Sennheiser - Hear What You've Been Missing
05 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
CES is the epicenter of tech innovation. It seems nothing short of perfect to sit down with the Keith Kranepool, Vice President of Sales for the Glob...
Chris Briglin of Samsung and Tracy Hansen of ProGlove - A Wearable Scanner Fits Like a Glove
29 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Briglin, Director, Enterprise Mobile Product Marketing at Samsung, and Tracy Hansen, President, North America and Global CMO of ProGlove, Inc, j...
Julie Lyle of Zytara - Brand-Building and Loyalty Marketing with Blockchain
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It seems in retail that commerce channels are coming back to together, and making sure reaching customers where they want when they want is key. Julie...
Paul Greenberg and Dominique Lamb - Australian Retail
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recently MouthMedia was on location at NRF Big Show in New York. Marc Raco and Rob Sanchez caught up with Paul Greenberg about his new role as Vice Ch...
Matt Kaden of MMG Advisors and Ann Marie Stephen of Fabric - Innovating Retail
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
MouthMedia partnered with Macerich, a real estate investment trust that invests in shopping centers, to hold a roundtable discussion about DTC-first b...
Rick Egan of US Auto Parts - Creating Digital Connection Between Consumer and Brand
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rick Egan, SVP Marketing for US Auto Parts (who is responsible for day to day Marketing Operations for US Auto Parts, a $300M online retailer of after...
Garrett Leight of Garrett Leight California Optical + Mr. Leight -
04 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Can a focus on physical retail create a competitive edge, swimming upstream in a retail business that is moving primarily toward online? Garret Leigh...
Kambiz Hemati of Foot Locker - Store Design and Consumer Experience
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you talked with someone in charge of a major aspect of retail at Foot Locker, you’d think the conversation would have something to do with sneake...
Katie Hunt of Showfields and Andrew Smith of Think Uncommon - Retail as a Service
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Retail as a service is a huge idea these days, and there are a few leading players. One of them, which has been called the most interesting store in t...
Corey Shuster and Matthew Bauer - Madison Avenue: The Past, Present, and Future of Retail
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Three important words for the success of any physical retail business? Location, location, and location. But, not only is retail constantly evolvin...
Dana Glaeser of Slightly Alabama - Building a Retail Brand, Inside-Out
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Slightly Alabama is a line of leather wallets, bags, iPad and iPhone cases, computer cases, belts, bracelets, watch straps, and accessories, designe...
Dorie Smith of Of Mercer - Selling a Work/Life Balance
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Designed for women, by women, Of Mercer is an apparel brand building a community of women professionals whose combined voice is a very effective ambas...
Mark Ghermezian of Fourpost - Opening a Door to Plug-and-Play Physical Retail
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever needed an office for a new company, you might have gone to a company like WeWork. If you were looking for a retail space, an intriguin...
Timothy Aquino of Institchu - Suiting Up for Custom Fit
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Two words that hold increasing real estate in the vocabulary of retail are commerce and personalization (a.k.a customization). One of the challenges o...
Steven Garcia of Papaya King - Launching the Next 86 Years
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There are iconic brands whose customers not only expect, but demand, that the brand not change. When you think of New York institutions, legendary fra...
Diane Burley of Lucidworks - Bridging a Data Gap in Retail
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From the global digital workplace to the digital commerce experience, companies need to build powerful search and data discovery solutions for employe...
Chris Victory of Rokt - A Buying State Of Mind
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been said there is such a thing as a "buying state of mind." What could be possible if you could start a meaningful conversation with customer...
Heather Marie Udo of Shoppable - Changing the Shopping Paradigm
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Will you need a website in the future to sell your products online? If you ask Heather Marie Udo, online retail expert and Founder and CEO of Shoppa...
Ran Reske of Resident - The Entire Home Under One Umbrella
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could get everything you need for your home, online, from one company that has everything, from bedding, linens, lighting, furniture, and ...
Katia Beauchamp of Birchbox - Staying On Mission
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you continue to grow, to be relevant, and innovate to stay a leader — without going off mission? A lot of companies are compared to the inn...
Emily Culp of Cover FX - Customer, Team, Data
07 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Customer, team, and data. No matter the order of priority, getting these things right is essential to the success of any retail operation. An expert ...
Kabeer Chopra of Burrow - Reimagining Supply Chain
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the greatest companies have come from solving a need the founders had themselves—“there must be a better way”. Fast-growing, direct to ...
Rob Smith of The Phluid Project - The Balance of Gender-Free Shopping
23 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Is this the birth of a totally new kind of retail concept — and a sign that retail, 20 years from now, might look (and feel) completely different? ...
Melissa Ben-Ishay of Baked by Melissa - Mad Scientist of Retail
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's true -- she’s real. There really is a Melissa at Baked by Melissa, the popular and unique New York born bakery known for its seemingly endl...