Retail Relates

Retail Relates

Episodes

🎙️Episode 136: Finding the Fire: Shannon Flanagan on Retail, Resilience and Career Purpose
Shannon Flanagan joins Retail Relates to discuss career reinvention, Retail Women in Tech, layoffs, comparison syndrome, AI, mentorship, and choosing…
Episode 135: Retail Through a Nomadic Lens - Nick Harbaugh on Global Perspectives and Execution
What happens when someone who has built retail for 35 years steps outside it — and starts comparing notes with the rest of the world?
🎙️Episode 134: Finding Clarity in Complexity - Celeste Risimini-Johnson on Leading Retail at Scale
A timely discussion on why sustainable growth requires discipline, reputation, and the courage to adjust your leadership style
🎙️Episode 133: Leading Through Change - Vanessa LeFebvre on Curiosity, Courage and Conviction
A global brand leader reflects on scaling brands, leading through change, and why culture is the engine behind commercial growth.
🎙️Episode 132: Empathy Before Automation - Ricardo Belmar on Retail, AI, and Leadership
Retail transformation doesn’t start with tools. It starts with understanding.
🎙️Episode 131: From Fabric to Family - Kevin Lavelle on Building Brands That Solve Real Problems
Some ideas start with inspiration. Others start with frustration. For Kevin Lavelle, his have shaped a career defined by curiosity, conviction, and…
🎙️Episode 130: From the Boardroom to the Pitch — Michael Smith on Building Teams, Tech, and Community
From the boardroom to the pitch, Michael Smith’s leadership journey spans Fortune 250 boardrooms, global brands, and a football club in Northern…
🎙️Episode 129: The Discipline of Leadership — Ken Hicks on Service, Strategy, and Success
From the military to the marketplace, PetSmart CEO Ken Hicks shares how discipline, empathy, and accountability drive lasting results.
🎙️Episode 128: Designing for Connection — Elisa Servais on the Future of Experiential Retail
What happens when design becomes a language of empathy? For Elisa, retail design is both science and storytelling - translating values into spaces that…
🎙️Episode 127: Data, Decisions & Discovery: Katherine Black on Turning Insight into Impact
What happens when data becomes more than a tool and turns into a way of thinking? For Katherine, the future belongs to those who listen better, ask…
🎙️Episode 126: Discipline, Drive, and Doing Good — Robert Irvine on Building Purpose-Driven Brands
What happens when a chef becomes a changemaker? For Robert Irvine, transformation starts with discipline, purpose, and a mission to serve something…
🎙️Episode 125: From Steakhouses to Smart Cities — Kevin Kelley on Rethinking Space and Human Behavior
How the design of space shapes behavior, builds connection, and creates environments people never forget.
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