As we look ahead to growing, or perhaps rebuilding businesses in this new business climate, one thing is clear: we cannot simply go back to what we did before. Smarter, more thoughtful approaches may be necessary, and gathering insights on how we best connect to the state of mind of the consumer in this moment is crucial. In that spirit, we’d like to share with you an extraordinary conversation that offers insights into dialing into "neuroeconomics"—or why people make decisions. Dr. Paul Zak, sc...
Apr 30, 2020•49 min•Ep. 338
In the new business climate, brands must seek new opportunities to save money, intelligently relocate waste, and be able to access real-time supply chain and sustainability data. Queen of Raw CEO and Co-founder Stephanie Benedetto discusses why enabling fashion brands and retailers to buy and sell unused inventory (from raw materials to finished goods) in the face of the new business realities can provide businesses a quick and easy way to secure discounted inventory based on real-time location ...
Apr 23, 2020•25 min•Ep. 337
Mark Kohlenberg, CEO and Founder of WDM Footwear and Accessories , which is a premium leather footwear and accessories company offering turnkey development for private label production, discusses how the company's footwear and accessory production is all vertically integrated and 100% at their own factories in India. This has uniquely positioned them away from any fallout due to the coronavirus outbreak and, in fact, has led to them being inundated with many retail, wholesale, and DTC brands loo...
Apr 15, 2020•53 min
Special report on how Nineteenth Amendment is playing a leadership role in arming healthcare workers and first responders, and well as the general public, with personal protection equipment during the COVID-19 crisis, how others in the fashion industry can and should similarly activate, and why Nineteenth Amendment was a natural match for this need. With CEO/Co-founder Amanda Curtis. https://nineteenthamendment.com/pages/buy-a-mask-give-a-mask See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Apr 08, 2020•22 min
Shelly Socol, Co-founder of 1R, co-founded a leading ecommerce agency experienced in creative design and technical solutions for lifestyle, fashion and beauty brands, including L’Oreal, Trish McEvoy, Mara Hoffman, Farm Rio, Marc Cross, Le Sportsac, ABC Carpet & Home . It's all at the intersection of brand, business and consumer, and lives by the belief that creativity powers commerce, growing a business, and establishing an understanding of what clients need and how to get them there. Shelly...
Mar 31, 2020•42 min
The final episode of "The Adventures of Stitch O'Malley: Fashion Detective" -- a fun example of creative marketing content we are publishing for the first time ever. We really would love to hear how you are doing and also what you think, so reach out to us on Instagram or Facebook at @mouthmedianetwork or email us at podcast@mouthmedianetwork.com ! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Mar 28, 2020•29 min
We hope you love listening to the three episodes of "The Adventures of Stitch O'Malley: Fashion Detective" as much as we loved making them. Here is episode No. 2! To offer you some entertainment, and perhaps inspire you with a fun example of creative marketing content, we thought we'd pull something very different out of the vault that we haven't shared before. We really would love to hear how you are doing and also what you think about them, so reach out to us on Instagram or Facebook at @mouth...
Mar 27, 2020•29 min
A few years ago MouthMedia co-founder Rob Sanchez had been building a new kind of concept for an apparel business named Ralph and Remington, offering a novel approach to transparency, including a groundbreaking look behind the scenes as the business was developing. Because the brand was inspired by the ethos of the 1940's, we worked together to create an old-time radio style show reminiscent of that time, which was intended to be one of the unique ways to bring attention to the brand. Although R...
Mar 26, 2020•20 min
Ryan Mario Yasin, Founder of Petit Pli, joins Pavan Bahl in London to share how he has made use of his aeronautical engineering experience to develop technical garments that grow size along with your children. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 24, 2020•42 min
Jason Schulweis, SVP and Head of Brand Partnerships and Integrated Marketing for Morning Brew, offers crucial insights about current trends within media and marketing due to the impact of COVID-19, how marketers can authentically connect with consumers, and the importance of brand purpose in the face of this new reality. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 23, 2020•35 min
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 isolation and quarantines. Given the number of people directed and electing to work from home, social distancing becomes both a personal challenge as well as an important business concern. From London, Julia Hobsbawm (social entrepreneur and author of The Simplicity Principle) shares important insights, strategy, and perspective, along with useful...
Mar 20, 2020•18 min
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 rely on going workers for their business model, succeed and survive, what particular concerns and considerations are in play, and what happens as restaurants and other suppliers close and face hard times? Vikrum Aiyer, Vice President of Public Policy & Strategic Communications at Postmates and Former Obama White House Senior Advisor, joins from S...
Mar 19, 2020•18 min
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 consideration of the productivity, safety, care, morale, and profitability of your employees may be even more daunting. Dr. John Sullivan (internationally known Human Resources thought-leader from the Silicon Valley and Professor at San Francisco State) and Celeste Thompson (Chief People Officer/Founder at TRIBE Human Resources Consulting) join from Cal...
Mar 18, 2020•26 min
SPECIAL REPORT: Wendy Liebmann , Founder, CEO, and Chief Shopper of WSL Strategic Retail , shares critical considerations for brands and retailers to manage the new realities of a retail landscape during and after the COVID-19 crisis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 17, 2020•20 min
American Fashion Podcast shares a panel discussion recorded as part of the Fashion Innovate program at the TexWorld USA 2020 trade show in New York City. (A big thank you to Eileen Small from TexWorld for coordinating all of this leading up to the event.) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 10, 2020•1 hr 26 min
At NRF Big Show, Michele Dupre' (VP for Retail at Verizon) offered insights on customer experience in retail and other retail trends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 03, 2020•17 min
Brother’s Director of Sales (Retail / Hospitality - Brother Machine Group) Mike Zolot, offers insights into Brother’s retail priorities for the first half of 2020 (and all of Brother’s innovative retail solutions), plus industry trends it is seeing including the continued growth of in-store pickup; retail customers are turning to Brother’s services to help them upgrade and prepare for in-store pickup, from the warehouse where the goods originate to coordinating their arrival in the store. Zolot ...
Feb 25, 2020•34 min
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-machine interactions generated by computer technology and wearables)? Raffaella Camera, Global Head of Innovation & Strategy, XR (Extended Reality) at Accenture Interactive (who leads global strategy, development of new solutions in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, direct and indirect sales, creation of ecosystem partnerships and opportunit...
Feb 18, 2020•21 min
CES is the epicenter of tech innovation. And every industry, including fashion, has its eye on the innovations that can propel that industry into the next several years. Caroline Finnell of CES offer insights into the dynamics of CES, overall observations, and what's next. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Feb 11, 2020•12 min
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 global electronics brand. Peter Weedfald, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing (who oversees all sales and marketing of SHARP's home and commercial appliance categories along with the CE and TV products thru a variety of retail, reseller, buying groups and distribution channels) has a conversation with Marc Raco simply chock full of insight...
Feb 04, 2020•26 min
Chris Briglin, Director, Enterprise Mobile Product Marketing at Samsung, and Tracy Hansen, President, North America and Global CMO of ProGlove, Inc, join Marc Raco on location at NRF Big Show to announce and discuss the need and applications for their partnership and the launch of their combined solution consisting of ProGlove’s MARK product family of wearable barcode scanners and Samsung’s latest ruggedized smartphone for business – the Galaxy XCover Pro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...
Jan 28, 2020•27 min
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 Lyle, CEO of Zytara, Inc., a startup company in stealth mode, focused on blockchain aimed at retail consumer package goods, and brand building and loyalty marketing, joins Rob Sanchez and Agency Within CEO Joe Yakuel, on location at Commerce Next in New York. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 21, 2020•38 min
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 Chair of the Federation of International Retail Associations, and Dominique Lamb, the CEO of Australia's National Retail Association, for a remarkable discussion about the Australian bush fires and how Australian retailers have responded and the implications of such significant disaster, on that nation’s retail, the Australian delegation to the NRF B...
Jan 14, 2020•39 min
