Welcome to the Retail Rundown, your go-to weekly podcast where RETHINK Retail teams up with industry experts to discuss the news, trends, and big ideas that are redefining commerce.

This episode is part one of our deep dive into the 2021 holiday shopping season and features insights from Adobe's annual holiday shopping forecast.

Joining the show today is Taylor Schreiner, director of Adobe Digital Insights, where he leads a team of data scientists and researchers, who dig into Adobe’s vast data set to provide consumers, businesses and policymakers a real time pulse on the evolving digital economy.

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Hosted by Paul Lewis
Written and produced by Gabriella Bock
Edited by Trenton Waller

2021 Holiday Forecast: Part One — With Adobe's Taylor Schreiner

Welcome to the Retail Rundown, your go-to weekly podcast where RETHINK Retail teams up with industry experts to discuss the news, trends, and big ideas that are redefining commerce.

This episode is part two of our deep dive into the 2021 holiday shopping season and features insights from the National Retail Federation and Proper Insights & Analytics' 2021 Consumer Holiday Survey. 

Joining the show today is Katherine Cullen. Katherine is the senior director of industry and consumer insight at the NRF, where she leads the NRF's research on consumer spending and emerging retail trends and develops new research, initiatives and partnerships.

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Hosted by Paul Lewis
Written and produced by Gabriella Bock
Edited by Trenton Waller

2021 Holiday Forecast: Part Two — With NRF's Katherine Cullen

Welcome to the Retail Rundown, your go-to weekly podcast where RETHINK Retail teams up with industry experts to discuss the news, trends, and big ideas that are redefining commerce.

In this episode, guest Simeon Siegel and host Julia Raymond Hare weigh in on the DTC vs. wholesale debate.

Simeon Siegel is the managing director and a senior retail and e-commerce analyst at BMO Capital Markets.

Simeon began his career at Goldman Sachs and has since been named a Rising Star of Wall Street by Institutional Investor, a Rising Star of Equity Research by Business Insider, and has been named one of the Wall Street Journal's top analysts.

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Hosted by Julia Raymond Hare
Written and produced by Gabriella Bock
Edited by Trenton Waller

DTC Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be | Simeon Siegel

Welcome to the Retail Rundown, your go-to weekly podcast where RETHINK Retail teams up with industry experts to discuss the news, trends, and big ideas that are redefining commerce.

In this episode, Karl Haller, partner at the IBM Consumer Center of Competency, joins us to discuss IBM's new key findings on consumer attitudes toward hybrid shopping, sustainability, and purpose-driven brands. 

In his role at IBM, Karl Haller leads a team of industry experts who develop transformational solutions and programs for leading retailers and CPGs across the globe. 

Before becoming a partner at IBM, Karl was a retail executive for flagship brands such as Brooks Brothers and The Limited.

Download the full report at: https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/YZYLMLEV

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Hosted by Julia Hare
Produced by Gabriella Bock
Edited by Trenton Waller

The New Big 3: Hybrid Shopping, Sustainability and Purpose-Driven Brands | Karl Haller

Welcome to the Retail Rundown, your go-to weekly podcast where RETHINK Retail teams up with industry experts to discuss the news, trends, and big ideas that are redefining retail.

In this episode we hear from up-and-coming designer Gwen Beloti as she shares the story behind her namesake jewelry brand, the Gwen Beloti Collection.

Founded in 2019, the Brooklyn-based brand is committed to providing women with stylish everyday accessory options that are high quality, accessible and size inclusive. Gwen Beloti was also featured at the NRF’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Showcase during its Big Show last month.

Shop from Gwen's collection at www.gwenbeloti.com

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Hosted and produced by Gabriella Bock
Edited by Trenton Waller

On Becoming a Brand | Brooklyn-based Designer Gwen Beloti

Welcome to the RETHINK Retail Podcast, your go-to weekly podcast where we team up with industry experts to discuss the news, trends, and big ideas that are redefining commerce.

On today's episode, host Julia Hare speaks with Karli Bruno, e-commerce & digital marketing manager at Davines, a professional haircare brand care-crafted in Italy and focused on sustainable, natural ingredients. Karli shares the personalization journey the brand made after quickly pivoting to e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Prior to joining Davines and focusing on the beauty Industry, Karli was an e-commerce manager at Mood Fabrics and Lord & Taylor, with focus in the retail DTC industry.

This episode is sponsored by Coveo on behalf of today’s guest with professional haircare brand Davines. Use code: RETHINKRETAIL at www.davines.com to receive free Shipping on Davines products. Offer expires May 30, 2022. Thank you to our sponsor Coveo, to learn more about what Coveo’s AI-powered relevance platform can do for you, visit www.coveo.com.

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Hosted by Julia Hare
Produced by Gabriella Bock
Edited by Chase Atherton

Beauty Company Davines Makes the Case for E-Commerce Personalization | Karli Bruno

In this episode, guest host Alicia Esposito speaks with Dr. Lily Talakoub, a board-certified dermatologist and the founder and CEO of Derm to Door. 

Derm to Door is a robust, curated skincare e-commerce platform with a dedicated shopping mobile application, AI-driven skin analysis and a network of tele-dermatology providers offering on demand appointments from your phone or tablet.

Knowing how to truly leverage the power of social media, Dr. Lily has also built a following of fans who watch her educational videos on TikTok and Instagram.

Qualifying retailers and brands can attend Shoptalk Europe for free with up to £500 in travel reimbursement through Shoptalk’s world-renowned Hosted Meeting Programme.  For more information visit https://shoptalkeurope.com/

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Hosted by Alicia Esposito
Produced by Gabriella Bock
Edited by Chase Atherton

Skincare, Personalization and Building a TikTok Fan Base | Derm to Door Founder Dr. Lily Talakoub

On this episode of the RETHINK Retail Podcast, Marni Schapiro, the Head of Global Advertising & Affiliate Partnerships at Afterpay, shares some interesting financial insights on Gen Z consumers and reveals why it's critical for retailers to seek new platforms to market and advertise themselves on. 

Prior to joining Afterpay, Marni built her career with editorial companies like Marie Claire and Cosmo and tech giants like Google and Snap.

Afterpay is an alternative payments platform that allows consumers across Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States to shop and purchase products in 4 installments over 6 weeks. Afterpay is also available in France, Italy, Spain, and the UK where they’re known as Clearpay.

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Hosted by Julia Hare
Produced by Gabriella Bock
Edited by Chase Atherton

Afterpay's Marni Schapiro on Gen Z, Global Mobilization and New Advertising for Merchants

In this episode, host Gabriella Bock catches up with Marie Driscoll, Coresight Research's Managing Director of Luxury and Retail, to discuss Marie's experience and observations from World Retail Congress where she moderated a panel on seizing opportunities within new markets and channels.

Marie and Gabriella also discuss the state of retail, Gen Z and opportunities for luxury in the metaverse.

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Hosted by Gabriella Bock
Produced by Gabriella Bock
Edited by Chase Atherton

Examining New Digital Opportunities for Luxury with Marie Driscoll

Welcome to Retail Therapy, a RETHINK Retail exclusive Podcast series where we examine a retailer facing a huge challenge or opportunity and provide actionable steps to revive, revitalize or rebrand them back from oblivion. 

In this episode, host Gabriella Bock is joined by Steve Dennis and Neil Saunders to examine Macy's, an iconic American department store struggling to keep up in today's competitive retail market.

Retail Therapy: Macy's — with Steve Dennis & Neil Saunders

How are leading retailers and brands using AI to transform shopping?

Nordstrom’s Brad Tucker, Mars’ Shashank Kadetotad, and HCLTech’s Debraj Bhattacharya join Rethink Retail to explore:
- Smarter personalization and recommendations
- Greater operational efficiency
- Faster product innovation
- AI’s role in sustainability and customer loyalty

From generative to agentic AI, discover how companies are turning data into insight and creating the future of retail.

🎧 Tune in to hear how they’re shaping the future of AI in retail and CPG.

AI in Action: Expert Views on the Future of Retail and CPG

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