The Retail Trends (And Retailers) To Watch In 2025 | Ask An Expert

Omni Talk Retail · Feb 6, 2025 · 36m · transcript

🎙️ Omni Talk Retail Ask An Expert – Featuring Placer.ai’s Ethan Chernofsky

Retailers are rethinking their store formats, customer engagement strategies, and location choices—but what does the foot traffic data actually say? Placer.ai’s SVP of Marketing, Ethan Chernofsky, joins Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga to analyze real consumer shopping trends and predict what’s next for retail in 2025.

Timestamps & Discussion Topics:

⏩ (0:00) – Intro

⏩ (3:45) – The return of the “third place” in retail ☕ (Starbucks, bookstores, malls)

⏩ (10:16) – How shopping mall visitation is evolving 🏬

⏩ (14:08) –…