The Retail Podcast

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Retail reinvents itself daily. The Retail Podcast arms founders, operators, and retail technologists with battle-tested tactics to outpace change. Each week candid conversations with store chiefs, DTC disruptors, and tech visionaries reveal how to turn AI, data, and culture into margin and loyalty. No jargon just hard numbers, honest lessons, and plays you can run before next Monday. Press play; lead the future of commerce.

Episode Date
Lidl’s Trolley Handbag, Greggs’ Wellness Pivot & eBay Buying Depop | 5 Things Friday
Feb 27, 2026
How AI Is Doubling Fashion Conversions & Cutting Returns by 30% | Antonia Dumitriu, Irisphera
Feb 17, 2026
Liberty x Bridgerton, Quiz Retail Goes Bust & Beauty Pop-Ups | Five Things Friday
Feb 13, 2026
Luckin Hits 30,000 Stores | Sephora’s K-Beauty Pivot | Why Seoul is the New Retail Capital | Five Things Friday
Feb 13, 2026
How Marine Layer Wins Conscious Consumers: Retail Experience, Sustainability & Women in Leadership | NRF
Feb 10, 2026
Contextual Commerce Explained: How Retail “Runs on iOS”
Feb 09, 2026
Super Bowl Ads, Retail Momentum & Brand Storytelling | Five Things Friday (US Edition)
Feb 06, 2026
Five Things Friday UK: Retail Tech, Reformation Stores, UAE Malls & What’s Next for UK Retail
Feb 06, 2026
IKEA vs. Puma: How APAC Giants are Solving the Retail Supply Chain Crisis
Feb 06, 2026
NRF Big Show 2026 Breaks Records: 42,000 Attendees, Middle East Expansion & Retail Tech Trends
Feb 04, 2026
Why "Local" is a Business Model, Not a Marketing Slogan | BM
Feb 03, 2026
UK retail is entering a defining phase. Five Thing Friday UK
Jan 23, 2026
Retail, AI Reality & Gen Z Trends for 2026 | Five Things Friday UK
Jan 16, 2026
NRF 2026 AI, Culture & the Future of Retail | Five Things Friday USA
Jan 16, 2026
APAC Retail: The $32B AI Agent Boom & TikTok Shop Trends
Dec 19, 2025
Live Shopping, Ralph Lauren & NRF: The Real Retail Signals This Week
Dec 12, 2025
How NRF’s Big Show Is Changing: AI Stage, Q&As & 40,000 Retail Pros
Dec 10, 2025
How Place Vendôme Became a Top 3 Luxury Mall in the Middle East | Shane Eldstrom (CEO, United Developers)
Dec 09, 2025
Singles’ Day, Black Friday & Quick Commerce: APAC Retail’s New Peak Season
Dec 04, 2025
Inside Europe’s Retail Property Boom: Ian Sandford on Debt Markets, Placemaking & F&B Trends
Dec 02, 2025
John Lewis, Aubin, Joseph, Tumi & M&S: Black Friday, AI & Personal Styling | 5 Things Friday
Dec 02, 2025
Secrets Behind Famous Retail Success! Two Customers: Human + AI, 6% Checkout Lift, 21k Weekly Signal
Nov 25, 2025
Coupang’s Profit Surge and China’s New Retail Powerhouse: APAC Trends with Ryf Quail & Low Ngai Yuen
Nov 21, 2025
Inside Rituals’ New Oxford Street Flagship: Design, Mind Oasis & Retail Innovation
Nov 20, 2025
AI, Tasks & Culture: How The CoOp Is Redefining Frontline Retail
Nov 18, 2025
Five stories: John Lewis’ vinyl‑driven ad; CBRE’s MAPIC signals; MINISO on Bond Street; retail parks rising; athleisure’s staying power.
Nov 07, 2025
Asia’s Retail Revolution: How Super Apps and Culture Are Redefining the Future | Ryf Quail x Low Ngai Yuen
Nov 03, 2025
AI Won’t Replace Merchandisers — It’ll Make Them Superhuman
Nov 03, 2025
Rosalía, Amazon, Calvin Klein, TikTok, JCPenney & Primark — Five Things Friday (USA)
Oct 31, 2025
ASOS IRL, New Look Bets on Loyalty, Topshop Plays Nostalgia, Outcast Fashion +Rosalía “Berghain”
Oct 31, 2025
What Makes Rituals Stores So Special?
Oct 28, 2025
5 Retail Moves You Need to Know: Gap, Morrisons, AllSaints, DFS x Pinterest, Gen Beta
Oct 24, 2025
How Eagle AI Delivers 7:1 ROI Through Personalization & Gamification — with Cédric Chéreau, Co-Founder
Oct 21, 2025
Five Things USA: Walmart’s AI Leap, Ulta’s Curated Marketplace, Target’s Woolrich Revival, Levi’s Expansion & Amazon’s AI Teammate — with Jill Dvorak (NRF)
Oct 17, 2025
From Influencers to Community Creators: Prada, Morrisons, Walmart, and Ted Baker’s Big Retail Moves | Five Things Friday
Oct 17, 2025
APAC Luxury Pulse: Galeries Lafayette enters India, Chinese F&B hits Singapore, Porsche Q3 slows
Oct 16, 2025
Inside Saudi Retail in 2025: 5 Trends Shaping the Kingdom w/ Ghadi Ali
Oct 14, 2025
ASOS Live Shopping, Harrods Tech, Asda’s Charity TikTok Shop, and Lidl’s Price Slash — With Simone Oloman
Oct 10, 2025
How Best Buy’s Supply Chain Chief Sees AI Transforming Retail - Mark Irvin with NRF’s Jill Dvorak & Alex Rezvan
Oct 07, 2025
Shopify + ChatGPT Checkout, Walmart’s Bold Food Shift, Amazon’s New Grocery Play | Live Retail Recap
Oct 03, 2025
Boots’ Fragrance Boutique, Designers @ Debenhams, Søstrene Grene’s UK Surge, NikeSKIMS, Laura Ashley
Oct 03, 2025
Five Things Friday: Luxury in Riyadh, Shein Pop-Ups, Amazon Fresh Shifts, Retail Contraction & Burberry’s Comeback
Oct 02, 2025
Five Things Friday APAC: Shanghai Fashion Week, India’s Beauty Boom & Holiday Optimism in Australia
Sep 29, 2025
Glovo’s Quick Commerce Strategy Explained by VP Connie Kwok | The Retail Podcast
Sep 23, 2025
Updated: Five Things Friday (UK): Fashion Week activations, Tala at Westfield, DYLON’s repair pop-up, Apple × Dua Lipa, brand TV
Sep 19, 2025
Five Things Friday (UK): Fashion Week activations, Tala at Westfield, DYLON’s repair pop-up, Apple × Dua Lipa, brand TV
Sep 19, 2025
Behind the Scenes of NRF Europe with Jill Dvorak and Ryf Quail
Sep 19, 2025
Asda’s Adaptive Line, JLP’s H1, AI Carts at Morrisons, 5 Things Friday UK with Simone Oloman
Sep 14, 2025
Five Things Friday EU Edition Petit Bateau → Regent, Kering–Valentino 2028, EU Retail Media Shake‑Up
Sep 14, 2025
APAC Retail in 13 Minutes: Mobile Commerce, 1-Hour Delivery, Korea Tourism, Urban Revivo, AI Grocery
Sep 11, 2025
NRF Europe Preview: Sephora Keynote, Apple + Adyen Payments, Store Tours, 15k Attendees
Sep 11, 2025
Five Things Friday EU: TikTok Shop, Amazon Second-Chance, Decathlon City, US Parcels, Zalando Beauty
Sep 08, 2025
Five Things Friday UK - M&S, ONS Data Delay, TikTok GMV Max, Charlotte Tilbury Pop‑ups
Sep 05, 2025
Five Things Friday APAC Retail Media’s Surge | Thailand’s Mega‑Malls | MUSINSA×ANTA | Urban Revivo
Sep 05, 2025
Five Things Friday UK - Aldi pay rise, Topshop Liberty comeback, Asda Express expansion, JD Sports earnings, The Very immersive fashion
Aug 29, 2025
Five Things Friday: US Retail - Walmart AI, Travis Kelce, American Eagle, Gap & Best Buy
Aug 29, 2025
Five Things APAC: Gen Z Wellness, Blind Boxes, Dopamine Malls
Aug 28, 2025
The Home Is Retail’s New Storefront | Kaave Pour (SPACE10/IKEA)
Aug 26, 2025
Five Things Friday: USA, UK, Europe & APAC — Culture, Commerce, and What Moves Next
Aug 22, 2025
EU Retail in Focus: Smart Checkouts, Summer Sales Slump & Brand Resilience
Aug 15, 2025
Retail’s Summer Shake-Up: AI in Stores, Experiential Flagships & UK Openings with Simone Oloman
Aug 15, 2025
How Magnum, Guinness, Marmite, Pokémon, Waitrose & Tesco Build Unforgettable Brand Moments
Aug 12, 2025
Five Things Friday US: Zalando’s Growth, ShopMy, Hailey Bieber’s Rhode, Resale Boom, and Martha Stewart’s Global Move
Aug 08, 2025
Five Things Friday UK: Retail Relevance, Gen Z Trends & The Rise of Resale
Aug 08, 2025
Five Things Friday (EU)– Delipop folds, JD.com courts MediaMarkt, summer luxury slump, Picnic’s Paris push, France’s fast‑fashion clamp‑down
Aug 08, 2025
Five Things Friday APAC– Luxury Shifts, Honjok Retail, Vietnam’s Boom & More
Aug 07, 2025
How Computer Vision is Transforming Retail Operations: UK Supermarket Morrisons Case Study
Aug 06, 2025
Intent-Driven Commerce: Solving Retail’s Biggest Frustration
Aug 05, 2025
AI Audio at Auchan, EU Customs Reform, Carrefour’s Autonomous Stores, Europe’s Ecommerce Habits & Inditex’s Lefties Gamble | Five Things Friday EU
Aug 01, 2025
Magnum Ice‑Cream Trend, Primark Home, Retail Cybersecurity & More
Aug 01, 2025
Is Email Dead? Debunking the Myth with Ben Jackson, Klaviyo MD EMEA
Jul 29, 2025
Ulta Beauty’s UK Launch, Target’s Back-to-School, Retail AI, Cannabis Drinks & Walmart’s Tween Fashion
Jul 25, 2025
Circular Fashion, Topshop’s Comeback & Currys’ AI: 5 Retail Shifts Shaping the UK
Jul 25, 2025
Retail Crime Surge, Marketplace Power, and APAC’s AI-Driven Retail Revolution
Jul 24, 2025
Why Twilio Says Personalization Is Broken | NRF APAC 2025 Debrief
Jul 22, 2025
Five Things Friday EU: Carrefour AI Accelerator, Pinterest Commerce, RFID Expansion, and Amazon’s Beauty Push
Jul 18, 2025
Five Things Friday UK: Topshop’s Return, John Lewis vs M&S Clash & Pop-up Highlights
Jul 18, 2025
Five Things Friday: Consumer Mobility, Asian Loyalty Shifts, and Rapid Commerce Trends in APAC
Jul 17, 2025
Shopify CRO Bobby Morrison | AI Search, Unified Commerce & 10 Trillion Data Queries Explained
Jul 16, 2025
Stanley 1913: Reinventing Hydration & Heritage Brands with Kate Ridley
Jul 15, 2025
Five Things Friday USA #1: Glossier’s TikTok Move, Adidas Superstar & Prime Day Insights
Jul 11, 2025
Five Things Friday EU #1 – Drive‑Thru Grocery, Auchan × Houra & Mango’s AI Stylist
Jul 11, 2025
Five Things Friday UK #2 – Rapid Delivery, Festival Fashion, Adidas Revival & New Balance
Jul 11, 2025
Marketplace Reset, Mosaic Collapse, Shanghai Community Stores, Brompton’s China Play, OR Sydney
Jul 10, 2025
Nagarro’s Rahul Mahajan: AI Demand Planning, Knowledge Graphs & Humanized Personalization
Jul 08, 2025
Loyalty 2.0, Autonomous AI Agents, Luxury Pop‑Ups, Mega Athleisure Stores
Jul 03, 2025
Gulf Luxury Boom, LVMH “Cruise” Flagship, Aussie Bargain Surge, Shein × Reliance, Live‑Commerce Wave
Jul 03, 2025
AI: Retail’s New Operating System with TCS VP Abhijit Niyogi
Jul 01, 2025
APAC Retail 2025: Mobile Wallet Boom, Same-Day Delivery Costs, Country Road Turnaround
Jun 26, 2025
Brick-and-Mortar CAC • Aesop’s $2.5B Playbook • DigitalFirst Meets Store Staff • Marketplaces
Jun 19, 2025
AI-Powered Retail Engagement: How Braze Unlocks Zero-Party Data & Omnichannel Loyalty
Jun 17, 2025
Asia’s Five-Element Edge • Australia’s IT Surge • 8-Minute Delivery • Meta’s AI Ad Rules • The Hybrid Consumer
Jun 12, 2025
NRF APAC 2025: Retail’s New Frontier with Jill Dvorak and Ryf Quail
Jun 10, 2025
NRF APAC 2025: Day 1 Highlights with Ryf Quail & Guests
Jun 03, 2025
NRF APAC 2025 Soundbite: Panchalee Weeratammawat on Retail’s Human Core
Jun 03, 2025
Five Things Friday APAC Edition: Retail’s Next Moves at NRF Singapore & Shoptalk Europe
May 30, 2025
How Microsoft is Redefining Retail with Generative AI
May 27, 2025
Retail Transformation in Asia-Pacific: Ryf Quail (NRF APAC) & Shopify’s Bold Moves, with The Retail Podcast
May 25, 2025
Retail’s Next Frontier: Leadership, Agility & Digital Influence with Ben Miller of Shoptalk
May 21, 2025
Morrisons, Shein & the Realities of Retail Leadership | Five Things Friday
May 16, 2025
Five Things Friday: Luxury Wellness, World Retail Congress & Retail Strategy Insights
May 09, 2025
Empowering Frontline Workers: How Jabra and AI Transform Retail Communication
May 06, 2025
How Retailers Can Win the Battle Against Returns with ReturnPro CEO Sender Shamiss
Apr 30, 2025
Inside NRF APAC: Building Asia-Pacific’s Retail Powerhouse with Ryf Quail
Apr 22, 2025
Trust Place: The Saviour of Luxury Goods?
Apr 14, 2025
Scaling Global Businesses with Language AI | Bryan Murphy, CEO of Smartling
Apr 08, 2025
Driving Marketplace Innovation at Kingfisher
Apr 02, 2025
Elevating Retail with Innovation and Experience at the Retail Technology Show 2025
Mar 26, 2025
Redefining Wellness Retail With Holland & Barrett on Store Design, Community, and Innovation
Mar 11, 2025
Inside NRF: How a Modern CMS is Powering Retail’s Biggest Show
Mar 03, 2025
🎙️ How air up® is Changing the Way We Taste Water – with Co-Founder Lena Jüngst
Feb 25, 2025
AI in Retail: How Executives Are Embedding AI
Feb 10, 2025
Top 5 Digital Retail Trends 2025: Michelle Evan, Euromonitor
Feb 06, 2025
The Future of Retail: Harnessing UGC, AI & Sustainability
Feb 05, 2025
Generative AI in Retail: Insights from NVIDIA’s AI Leaders
Jan 28, 2025
Shoptalk 2025: Innovation, Luxury, and The New Market
Jan 20, 2025
Revolutionizing Retail: Insights from Tesco’s Transcend
Jan 09, 2025
How To Transform Supply Chains for a Resilient Future
Jan 08, 2025
The Future of Retail: Innovations in Grocery and Quick Commerce
Jan 07, 2025
Retail Robotics: Insights with Michel Spruijt of Brain Corp
Dec 11, 2024
How a Canadian Bakery is Transforming Gluten-Free and the Vegan Industry
Nov 20, 2024
Crafting Authentic E-Commerce Experiences
Nov 06, 2024
How In-Store Retail Media is Transforming with Personalized Digital Signage
Nov 04, 2024
Albertsons' Retail Media Network: Transforming Shopper Connections
Oct 15, 2024
Empowering Retail: The Evolving Landscape of E-commerce Platforms
Oct 04, 2024
Groceryshop and Shoptalks President Sophie Wawro
Oct 01, 2024
Sustainability and Retail Supply Chains
Sep 09, 2024
Responsible AI in Retail
Sep 08, 2024
The future of e-commerce is connecting touchpoints, not channels.
Sep 05, 2024
Customer Engagement Platform
Jul 02, 2024
The Evolution of Retail: Insights from Steve Dennis at NRF Singapore
Jun 12, 2024
How WorkJam's CEO Is Transforming Retail Workforce Management
Jun 10, 2024
How Can NRF APAC 2024 Fast-Track Your Retail Growth
Apr 07, 2024
How to Embrace Real-time Feedback
Feb 18, 2024
How to Master Location, Location, Location
Feb 12, 2024
Big Commerce Unleashes Next-Gen E-Commerce Dynamics
Feb 07, 2024
Retail Media Networks: Transforming Grocery Ads
Feb 07, 2024
What Can Salesforce's AI Do?
Feb 01, 2024
Data Unification: Retail's New Power Play
Jan 30, 2024
AI Mastery: UK's Top Grocer Leads with Innovation
Jan 26, 2024
Fabric CEO Unveils The New Retail Imperative
Jan 22, 2024
NRF 24 Day 1 AI Revolution: Transforming Retail's Tomorrow
Jan 15, 2024
How to Start Planning for January 2024, US Retail Trends Black Friday & Cyber Monday
Dec 04, 2023
Lighting, the secrets, the layers and the ROI. (Short Version)
Nov 14, 2023
Lighting, the secrets, the layers and the ROI. (Deep Dive)
Nov 14, 2023
Part 2 $100 Billion Shrinkage Challenge: Transformation Through Retail Innovation
Oct 25, 2023
How Dr Wills revolutionary ketchup is challenging a $18.9 Billion industry
Sep 25, 2023
Part 1. Unpacking the $100 Billion Shrinkage Challenge
Sep 11, 2023
Mastery Unveiled: Sarah Engel on Elevating Brands, Cultivating Culture, and Shaping Digital Futures
Sep 11, 2023
🌟 Unlock the Power of Seamless Collaboration and Elevate Customer Experience with C WATCH Communication Tool 🚀
Jul 13, 2023
Pierluigi Gusmani on Transforming Retail: The Power of Innovative Lighting
Jun 20, 2023
Navigating the The Holiday Period 2023 (Golden Quarter) Predictions: Insights from Salesforce Caila Schwartz Director of Consumer Insights and Strategy, Retail & Consumer Goods at Salesforce
Jun 13, 2023
Mastering the Tech-Business Intersection: Insights from PacSun's CIO Shirley Gao on Navigating Gen-Z Trends & AI in Retai
Jun 13, 2023
Unlocking AI & Data Power, Championing Diversity, and Harnessing Your Superpowers: A Candid and Inspiring Conversation with Tech Maven Robin Sutara
May 26, 2023
Revolutionizing Fashion: Fashable's Innovative Approach to Digital Content Creation and Sustainability in the Fashion Industry
May 23, 2023
Unpacking Globalisation, AI in E-commerce - 'You Don't Get, If You Don't Ask'. Quickfire Digital- Shopify Plus specialist and European E-commerce Agency of the Year
May 12, 2023
Revolutionising Fashion Ecommerce: Emma McFerran of Lyst on Personalisation, Luxury Fashion, and Career at Shoptalk Europe
May 11, 2023
Discovering MAGO Game-Changing Innovations
Mar 31, 2023
Euroshop 2023 The future of local retail is here, supporting growth in local communities. #retail #future #community
Mar 09, 2023
My Book: "The Next Wave of Retail: Anticipating and Preparing for the Future of Shopping" Book and Thank You
Feb 13, 2023
NRF2023 Future of Shipping with CEO of Shipium, Jason Murray 19 years at Amazon, where he spent most of his time as a VP building the tech stack powering Prime
Feb 02, 2023
NRF2023 Improving the customer journey with, Richard Hammond CEO UNCROWD
Feb 01, 2023
NRF 2023 Senior Vice President at Avery Dennison Smartrac, Francisco Melo
Jan 27, 2023
NRF 2023 Thompson Brockmann, VP of Operations, talks us through Tompkins Robotics demo
Jan 25, 2023
NRF 2023 Prospects and perspectives on the U.S. economy Part 1
Jan 24, 2023
NRF 2023 Salesforce Kelly Haut Thacker, Salesforce Senior VP, Marketing, Commerce Cloud & CMO of Retail and Consumer Goods
Jan 23, 2023
NRF 2023 Deliotte 2023 retail industry outlook with Lupine Skelly from Deloitte
Jan 19, 2023
NRF 2023 Bill Swift, CEO of Brierley, the company that created the loyalty industry and is now transforming loyalty
Jan 19, 2023
NRF 2023 Kepler CEO David Mah Kepler Analytics a brick-and-mortar store analytics SaaS platform empowering retailers
Jan 16, 2023
NRF 2023 Michelle Bacharach CEO & Co-Founder of FindMine
Jan 16, 2023
5 Things Friday or Monday 11 Feb 2022 Who is the customer?
Feb 13, 2022
Five things Friday or Monday Jan 24th 2022
Jan 24, 2022
2022 Retail Trends & NRF Edition
Jan 17, 2022
The Brilliant Minds Season - Kaave Pour Co Founder & CEO of SPACE10, Research and Design Lab.
Dec 17, 2020
Microsoft Retail Head of Sector UK Louise Watkins
Nov 30, 2020
Luxury Activewear and Beyond with Marion Rabat Founder of Ernest Leoty Luxury Activewear and Beyond
Nov 04, 2020
Retail Choreography Imogen Wethered Co Founder & CEO Qudini
Oct 25, 2020
The Future of Fashion Interaction with Lexi Willetts Co-Founder of Little Black Door
Sep 30, 2020
Future of Digital Commerce - Alistair Crane CEO of Hero
Jul 27, 2020
Future of Retail with Kate Machtiger Design Director | NEW INC | 30 Under 30
Jul 20, 2020
Friction Vs Reward with CEO of Uncrowd & Author Richard Hammond
Jun 22, 2020
Retail Trends with Head of Trends, Cate Trotter at Insider Trends
Jun 10, 2020
JD Sports CIO Barry Loftus
May 26, 2020
Post COVID-19 A New Normal Part 1 of 3 (5 Minute Digest)
Apr 29, 2020
Future Consumer 2022 (5 Minute Digest)
Feb 03, 2020
What Can Retailers Learn From Jack Dorsey @Twitter (5 Minute Digest)
Jan 31, 2020
Decision Fatigue in Retail (5 Minute Digest)
Jan 31, 2020
Experiential Retail Is Dead (5 Minute Digest)
Jan 29, 2020
Pilot 0 Building a Community
Apr 25, 2019