Brain Corp provides autonomous solutions that enable OEMs to turn their manually driven products into intelligent machines. Phil Duffy, Vice President of Product, Program, and UX Design for Brain Corp, talks through the opportunity to leverage accessible automation, expand workforce capacity, improve facility safety, and how the future of retail robotics and how autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) can support retail employees, while providing valuable data insights to managers to optimize store oper...
Nov 18, 2020•48 min•Ep. 54
StellaLife is a biotech company on a mission to improve people’s lives by offering innovative, natural products to accelerate the healing process while also helping to relieve oral pain as well as reducing the need for opioids. CEO Gennady Sirota shares the passion StellaLife has for customers, innovation, natural healing and social responsibility, the goal to help combat the significant societal issue and health crisis of opioid abuse, the support for non-profit organizations and offering natur...
Nov 11, 2020•47 min•Ep. 53
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 selling out of ice cream. Keith Lawes, VP of Sales and Marketing at Casper's Ice Cream, provides insights into the company's long history, diversifying the roster of successful products, what retail strategies work, and how they are able to fulfill these large demands (with safety protocols) even in the face of a pandemic. See omnystudio.com/listener f...
Nov 04, 2020•40 min•Ep. 52
Working with a number of the nation's most prominent grocery and convenience store chains to improve their customer experience and satisfaction efforts and results, Founder and President Jeff Hall shares how empathy plays into the impact Second to None makes, and why we've probably experienced the effect of its work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 28, 2020•54 min•Ep. 51
The global pandemic has created a permanent shift in the consumer shopping experience and the strategies retailers should implement to adapt to this new reality. Sanjeev Sularia, CEO and Co-Founder, Intelligence Node shares the mission to empower retailers to grow in the Age of Amazon using data-driven competitive insights and how Intelligence Node has built the retail product database anywhere, which feeds the growth of more than $600 billion in retail revenue globally, and customers includes m...
Sep 30, 2020•43 min•Ep. 50
Direct-to-consumer kitchenware brand Abbio is inspiring home cooks through a combination of accessible, professional-grade cookware, unique recipes and educational tools. Co-founder Jonathan Wahl takes us through how Abbio is formulating its path to a meaningful place in the cookware industry, and why the pandemic has offered up an unexpected boost. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 23, 2020•47 min•Ep. 49
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 - human connection (virtually of course). Founder/CEO Rory Cutaia inspires with what is possible now, and how retail and other industries can be deeply affected by this game-changing technology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 48
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, one challenge is that customers simply don’t feel safe in the fitting room. It's crucial to build confidence in the inshore experience with both customers and associates. Two companies, Alert Tech and Healthe Lighting, have brought together their technologies to provide a solution right now for retailers, using Far UVC lighting. It is an effective vi...
Jul 22, 2020•51 min•Ep. 47
As physical retail locations reopen, how do you protect customers and employees alike? Not everyone will comply with mask wearing requirements or expectations, creating a complicated path to keeping people safe while maintaining positive consumer experience. Richard Carriere (Senior VP, Global Marketing & General Manager, US Operations for Cyberlink) discusses existing technology that has been transformed into a vital mask detection tool and a real game changer. See omnystudio.com/listener f...
Jul 08, 2020•53 min•Ep. 46
How does a family owned retail apparel business survive challenge after challenge after challenge, from 9/11 to a hurricane to a pandemic? Guido Campello, Co-Owner of lingerie retailer Cosabella and Journelle, offers insight into a family history of more than 37 years in the lingerie business, and how he took this time to re-evaluate the business while also giving all locations a facelift before a reopening of physical retail locations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jul 01, 2020•54 min•Ep. 45
Anomalie is pioneering a new model in retail supply chains uniquely fit for expansive customization at mass scale. Leslie Vorhees brings an extensive background in mechanical engineering, and career in supply chain management for Nike and Apple. She joins Rebecca Fitts and guest host Marc Raco to discuss how Anaomalie is thriving in the face of a pandemic, and why a half million women have already looked to the company for a solution to their wedding dress needs. See omnystudio.com/listener for ...
Jun 17, 2020•50 min•Ep. 44
Explore luxury event-planning and how it is navigating a world of pandemic, business and retailers, with Jessica Jordan Events founder Jessica Jordan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 10, 2020•51 min•Ep. 43
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 new direct-to-consumer home furnishings brand and author of the new book Frictionless ) joins Rebecca Fitts and guest host Marc Raco to share huge lessons on why the "future of everything will be fast, fluid, and made just for you." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jun 03, 2020•58 min•Ep. 42
With the visions of disrupting the luxury shopping space, beginning with childrenswear, Venezuela-born CEO/Founder of The Collective Child Sandra Makarem has over a decade of experience in the fashion space, including nearly eight years working as a buyer and a planner at Bloomingdale’s where she managed the performance of several omni-channel departments and led the development of new brands, including launching several successful multi-million dollar departments and private label brands to add...
May 06, 2020•44 min•Ep. 41
Founder/CEO Ayeshah Abuelhiga shares how demand for the "Best Biscuit in America", women-owned, Washington, DC restaurant Mason Dixie Biscuits to create a completely unplanned product that was inspired by loyal customers, resulting in naturally made, fresh, preservative-free products. She also focuses on retail innovation, what makes her products so different from others out there, creating experience for customers, what she has brought to this company from other high-level career experiences, a...
Apr 29, 2020•56 min•Ep. 40
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 share the possibilities for brands that comes with unlimited connectivity between people, their content and the devices they use—regardless of platform, device or network. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 22, 2020•28 min•Ep. 39
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•Ep. 38
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 Hitt, Managing Partner of Hitt Brands (introducing solution based, trend-forward items that delight customers across all retail channels), joins on location at CES in Las Vegas. Hitt covers how, for every item sold, NowMobile will make a donation to Make-A-Wish; how NowMobile is a global provider of mobile accessories for work, home, and school; and...
Apr 08, 2020•19 min•Ep. 37
Ron Bonacci, Vice President of Marketing and Advertising for Weis Markets (a large regional grocery chain headquartered in Sunbury, PA with more than 200 stores in 7 states) shares insights on innovation, eduction, and keeping pace with change as a grocery retailer with Marc Raco and Sterling Hawkins on location at NGA in San Diego. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 03, 2020•32 min•Ep. 36
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•Ep. 35
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 21, 2020•18 min•Ep. 34
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 20, 2020•18 min•Ep. 33
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...
Mar 19, 2020•21 min•Ep. 32
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 19, 2020•26 min•Ep. 31
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 18, 2020•20 min•Ep. 30
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 Tim Ryan offers insight into one of the most innovative and exciting advancements to hit the travel industry since rolling suitcases were introduced in the 1970's, on location at CES 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mar 10, 2020•36 min•Ep. 29
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 04, 2020•17 min•Ep. 28
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. Marc Raco (MouthMedia Network) talked with 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), in a conversation ...
Feb 26, 2020•26 min•Ep. 27
At CES 2020, Sleep Number (offering adjustable beds, memory foam mattresses, kids beds, bedding, pillows & more) unveiled an award-winning new bed that uses advanced technology to create a personalized microclimate, gathers data, and advances sleep health, making it achievable for those who suffer from sleep deprivation. To offer insight into the thought process behind products, commerce strategy, delivering customer experience, and response to the changing retail industry, Angela Gearhart (...
Feb 19, 2020•31 min•Ep. 26
At CES 2020, HP unleashed next generation computing innovations to enable more freedom to work, live, and play -- including the newest PCs, displays, and accessories. Host Marc Raco and special guest host Joe Yakuel, CEO of Agency Within, sat down with Morgan Chemij, Director of Marketing/CRM at Hewlett Packard, to talk about how HP is working to create technology that makes life better for everyone, everywhere — every person, every organization, and every community around the globe. They also d...
Feb 12, 2020•25 min•Ep. 25
