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The Retail Podcast
Retail intelligence for leaders making decisions about growth, margins, customers, and stores. Decoding Retail Daily: the developments that matter, in around five minutes. Five Things Friday: what the week's stories mean for retail. Expert interviews: decisions and lessons from the people running global retail. Your Host, Alex Rezvan, explores AI, ecommerce, store operations, and retail media with CEOs, founders, and operators. Follow for your daily briefing, weekly perspective, and deeper…
Episodes
The Retail PodcastAI, Tasks & Culture: How The CoOp Is Redefining Frontline Retail
How do you transform thousands of frontline colleagues from overloaded and under-informed to connected, confident, and AI‑enabled, without breaking the stores?…
The Retail PodcastFive stories: John Lewis’ vinyl‑driven ad; CBRE’s MAPIC signals; MINISO on Bond Street; retail parks rising; athleisure’s staying power.
Retail is back in force. Alex reports from Cannes at MAPIC on why capital is returning to physical retail. Simone unpacks the new John Lewis Christmas advert…
The Retail PodcastFive stories: John Lewis’ vinyl‑driven ad; CBRE’s MAPIC signals; MINISO on Bond Street; retail parks rising; athleisure’s staying power.
Retail is back in force. Alex reports from Cannes at MAPIC on why capital is returning to physical retail. Simone unpacks the new John Lewis Christmas advert…
The Retail PodcastAsia’s Retail Revolution: How Super Apps and Culture Are Redefining the Future | Ryf Quail x Low Ngai Yuen
Asia’s retail landscape is evolving faster than anywhere else on Earth—and this episode brings you the inside view. Host Alex Rezvan sits down with Ryf Quail…
The Retail PodcastAsia’s Retail Revolution: How Super Apps and Culture Are Redefining the Future | Ryf Quail x Low Ngai Yuen
Asia’s retail landscape is evolving faster than anywhere else on Earth—and this episode brings you the inside view. Host Alex Rezvan sits down with Ryf Quail…
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AI Won’t Replace Merchandisers — It’ll Make Them Superhuman
AI, Merchandising & the Next Era of Retail with Noah (何诺亚) HerschmanAI isn’t replacing retail jobs — it’s enhancing them. In this episode of The Retail…
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AI Won’t Replace Merchandisers — It’ll Make Them Superhuman | Noah Herschman (Intel, ex-Microsoft)
AI, Merchandising & the Next Era of Retail with Noah (何诺亚) HerschmanAI isn’t replacing retail jobs — it’s enhancing them. In this episode of The Retail…
The Retail PodcastRosalía, Amazon, Calvin Klein, TikTok, JCPenney & Primark — Five Things Friday (USA)
Alex Rezvan and Jill Dvorak (NRF) open with Rosalía’s “Berghain” — a genre-bending track with Björk and Yves Tumor that shows how culture still drives…
The Retail PodcastRosalía, Amazon, Calvin Klein, TikTok, JCPenney & Primark — Five Things Friday (USA)
The week’s six stories that shaped U.S. retail culture, told fast and with context. Alex Rezvan and Jill Dvorak (NRF) open with Rosalía’s “Berghain” — a…
The Retail PodcastASOS IRL, New Look Bets on Loyalty, Topshop Plays Nostalgia, Outcast Fashion +Rosalía “Berghain”
Topshop leans into Millennial nostalgia with Cara Delevingne; New Look fires up “Club New Look,” targeting scale with a £30m digital push; and ASOS takes a…
The Retail PodcastASOS IRL, New Look Bets on Loyalty, Topshop Plays Nostalgia, Outcast Fashion +Rosalía “Berghain”
Topshop leans into Millennial nostalgia with Cara Delevingne; New Look fires up “Club New Look,” targeting scale with a £30m digital push; and ASOS takes a…
The Retail PodcastWhat Makes Rituals Stores So Special?
Rituals’ Richard Lems reveals how the brand designs slow shopping at scale—lighting, layouts, and refits that reuse ~60% of furniture—plus the Oxford Street…
The Retail PodcastWhat Makes Rituals Stores So Special?
Rituals’ Richard Lems reveals how the brand designs slow shopping at scale—lighting, layouts, and refits that reuse ~60% of furniture—plus the Oxford Street…
The Retail Podcast5 Retail Moves You Need to Know: Gap, Morrisons, AllSaints, DFS x Pinterest, Gen Beta
Five Things Friday — Gap’s London Comeback, Morrisons’ ESL Rollout, AllSaints Pop‑Ups, DFS x Pinterest, Gen Beta Today’s agenda: five moves reshaping UK…
The Retail Podcast5 Retail Moves You Need to Know: Gap, Morrisons, AllSaints, DFS x Pinterest, Gen Beta
Five Things Friday — Gap’s London Comeback, Morrisons’ ESL Rollout, AllSaints Pop‑Ups, DFS x Pinterest, Gen Beta Today’s agenda: five moves reshaping UK…
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How Eagle AI Delivers 7:1 ROI Through Personalization & Gamification — with Cédric Chéreau, Co-Founder
This episode dives into the mechanics of AI-powered personalization with Cédric Chéreau, Co-Founder of Eagle AI (ex-Untie Nots). Eagle AI’s platform delivers…
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How Eagle AI Delivers 7:1 ROI Through Personalization & Gamification — with Cédric Chéreau, Co-Founder
This episode dives into the mechanics of AI-powered personalization with Cédric Chéreau, Co-Founder of Eagle AI (ex-Untie Nots). Eagle AI’s platform delivers…
The Retail PodcastFive 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)
In this USA edition of Five Things Friday, Alex Rezvan and Jill Dvorak, SVP of Content at NRF, decode the five major stories shaping the retail landscape—from…
The Retail PodcastFive 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)
In this USA edition of Five Things Friday, Alex Rezvan and Jill Dvorak, SVP of Content at NRF, decode the five major stories shaping the retail landscape—from…
The Retail PodcastFrom Influencers to Community Creators: Prada, Morrisons, Walmart, and Ted Baker’s Big Retail Moves | Five Things Friday
Simone Oloman joins Alex Rezvan to unpack how authenticity, community, and creativity are rewriting retail influence — from Prada’s cinematic London takeover…
The Retail PodcastFrom Influencers to Community Creators: Prada, Morrisons, Walmart, and Ted Baker’s Big Retail Moves | Five Things Friday
Simone Oloman joins Alex Rezvan to unpack how authenticity, community, and creativity are rewriting retail influence — from Prada’s cinematic London takeover…
The Retail PodcastAPAC Luxury Pulse: Galeries Lafayette enters India, Chinese F&B hits Singapore, Porsche Q3 slows
Alex (The Retail Podcast) and Ryf Quail (Director, NRF APAC) break down this week’s APAC headlines: Galeries Lafayette launches in Mumbai (with Delhi next), a…
The Retail PodcastAPAC Luxury Pulse: Galeries Lafayette enters India, Chinese F&B hits Singapore, Porsche Q3 slows
Alex (The Retail Podcast) and Ryf Quail (Director, NRF APAC) break down this week’s APAC headlines: Galeries Lafayette launches in Mumbai (with Delhi next), a…
The Retail PodcastInside Saudi Retail in 2025: 5 Trends Shaping the Kingdom w/ Ghadi Ali
🌐 Visit Retail News.AI, your premium destination for the most relevant, cutting-edge information in the retail sector: https://retailnews.ai/ 💬 Which of these…
The Retail PodcastInside Saudi Retail in 2025: 5 Trends Shaping the Kingdom w/ Ghadi Ali
🌐 Visit Retail News.AI, your premium destination for the most relevant, cutting-edge information in the retail sector: https://retailnews.ai 💬 Which of these…
The Retail PodcastASOS Live Shopping, Harrods Tech, Asda’s Charity TikTok Shop, and Lidl’s Price Slash — With Simone Oloman
🌐 Visit Retail News.AI, your premium destination for the most relevant, cutting-edge information in the retail sector: https://retailnews.ai/💬 Which of these…
The Retail PodcastASOS Live Shopping, Harrods Tech, Asda’s Charity TikTok Shop, and Lidl’s Price Slash — With Simone Oloman
🌐 Visit Retail News.AI, your premium destination for the most relevant, cutting-edge information in the retail sector: https://retailnews.ai/ 💬 Which of these…
The Retail PodcastHow Best Buy’s Supply Chain Chief Sees AI Transforming Retail — Mark Irvin with NRF’s Jill Dvorak & Alex Rezvan
AI, upskilling, and the future of intelligent supply chains — live from NRF Europe. At NRF Europe, Jill Dvorak sits down with Best Buy’s Executive Vice…
The Retail PodcastHow Best Buy’s Supply Chain Chief Sees AI Transforming Retail - Mark Irvin with NRF’s Jill Dvorak & Alex Rezvan
AI, upskilling, and the future of intelligent supply chains — live from NRF Europe. At NRF Europe, Jill Dvorak sits down with Best Buy’s Executive Vice…
The Retail PodcastShopify + ChatGPT Checkout, Walmart’s Private Label Shake-Up & Amazon’s New Grocery Brand
Alex and Jill go live for the first time to break down this week’s top retail stories. Shopify launches checkout inside ChatGPT for its 1M merchants, Walmart…
The Retail PodcastShopify + ChatGPT Checkout, Walmart’s Bold Food Shift, Amazon’s New Grocery Play | Live Retail Recap
Retail is moving faster than ever—AI, private labels, and the holiday promo wave are reshaping how we shop. In this episode, Alex and Joe go live across…
The Retail PodcastBoots’ Fragrance Boutique, Designers @ Debenhams, Søstrene Grene’s UK Surge, NikeSKIMS, Laura Ashley
Five Things Friday — UK Edition with Simone Oloman & Alex. This week’s five: 1) Boots’ first fragrance-only boutique at Broadgate, London (opens 23 Oct 2025)…
The Retail PodcastBoots’ Fragrance Boutique, Designers @ Debenhams, Søstrene Grene’s UK Surge, NikeSKIMS, Laura Ashley
Five Things Friday UK Edition with Simone Oloman & Alex. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro cold open 00:17 Roll credits & setup 00:54 Boots fragrance-only boutique…
The Retail PodcastFive Things Friday: Luxury in Riyadh, Shein Pop-Ups, Amazon Fresh Shifts, Retail Contraction & Burberry’s Comeback
This week on Five Things Friday, Alex and Simon unpack the retail stories shaping headlines and boardrooms: Shein sparks backlash with a London pop-up designed…
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Five Things Friday: Luxury in Riyadh, Shein Pop-Ups, Amazon Fresh Shifts, Retail Contraction & Burberry’s Comeback
This week on Five Things Friday, Alex and Simon unpack the retail stories shaping headlines and boardrooms: Shein sparks backlash with a London pop-up designed…
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Five Things Friday APAC: Shanghai Fashion Week, India’s Beauty Boom & Holiday Optimism in Australia
Welcome to Five Things Friday APAC Edition (yes, on a Monday this time!). In this episode, we unpack the big signals shaping retail and consumer markets across…
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Five Things Friday APAC: Shanghai Fashion Week, India’s Beauty Boom & Holiday Optimism in Australia
Welcome to Five Things Friday APAC Edition (yes, on a Monday this time!). In this episode, we unpack the big signals shaping retail and consumer markets across…
The Retail PodcastGlovo’s Quick Commerce Strategy Explained by VP Connie Kwok | The Retail Podcast
In this episode of The Retail Podcast, Alex Rezvan sits down with Connie Kwok, Vice President of Quick Commerce at Glovo, to unpack the future of on-demand…
The Retail PodcastGlovo’s Quick Commerce Strategy Explained by VP Connie Kwok | The Retail Podcast
In this episode of The Retail Podcast, Alex Rezvan sits down with Connie Kwok, Vice President of Quick Commerce at Glovo, to unpack the future of on-demand…
The Retail PodcastUpdated: Five Things Friday (UK): Fashion Week activations, Tala at Westfield, DYLON’s repair pop-up, Apple × Dua Lipa, brand TV
London Fashion Week’s smartest activations, Tala’s next store move, circularity brought to life, Apple’s youth brief, and why brands are making TV. Episode…
The Retail PodcastFive Things Friday (UK): Fashion Week activations, Tala at Westfield, DYLON’s repair pop-up, Apple × Dua Lipa, brand TV
London Fashion Week’s smartest activations, Tala’s next store move, circularity brought to life, Apple’s youth brief, and why brands are making TV. Episode…
The Retail PodcastBehind the Scenes of NRF Europe with Jill Dvorak and Ryf Quail
In this special episode of The Retail Podcast, Alex Rezvan sits down with Jill Dvorak (SVP Content, NRF) and Ryf Quail (Managing Director, NRF APAC) for a…
The Retail PodcastAsda’s Adaptive Line, JLP’s H1, AI Carts at Morrisons, 5 Things Friday UK with Simone Oloman
Five Things Friday (UK) with the incredible Simone Oloman — • Adaptive fashion at Asda • JLP’s H1 turnaround plan • AI trolleys at Morrisons • Barbour × FARM…
The Retail PodcastFive Things Friday EU Edition Petit Bateau → Regent, Kering–Valentino 2028, EU Retail Media Shake‑Up
Kering pushes Valentino buyout to 2028, Armani’s will lays out a staged sale/IPO, Petit Bateau heads to Regent, and Valiuz × Infinity create a European retail…
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APAC Retail in 13 Minutes: Mobile Commerce, 1-Hour Delivery, Korea Tourism, Urban Revivo, AI Grocery
APAC is running a different retail race: mobile-first commerce, one-hour delivery wars, tourism tailwinds in Korea, China fast-fashion push overseas, and a…
The Retail PodcastNRF Europe Preview: Sephora Keynote, Apple + Adyen Payments, Store Tours, 15k Attendees
What to expect at NRF 2025: Big Show Europe—keynotes, payments, tours, and how to work the floor. NRF’s first Retail’s Big Show Europe (16–18 Sept, Paris) is…
The Retail PodcastFive Things Friday EU: TikTok Shop, Amazon Second-Chance, Decathlon City, US Parcels, Zalando Beauty
Fast EU retail intel: marketplace moves, refurbished economics, urban formats, cross-border shocks, and beauty platform plays. Fnac Darty’s TikTok Shop test…
The Retail PodcastFive Things Friday UK - M&S, ONS Data Delay, TikTok GMV Max, Charlotte Tilbury Pop‑ups
M&S launches a dedicated resale shop on eBay (with Reskinned), the ONS delays July retail sales to 5 Sept, TikTok Shop’s GMV Max becomes the only supported…
The Retail PodcastFive Things Friday APAC Retail Media’s Surge | Thailand’s Mega‑Malls | MUSINSA×ANTA | Urban Revivo
Five Things Friday — APAC edition. Guest Ryf Quail (NRF: Retail’s Big Show APAC) breaks down why retail media in APAC is set to lead globally, then we dive…
The Retail PodcastFive Things Friday UK - Aldi pay rise, Topshop Liberty comeback, Asda Express expansion, JD Sports earnings, The Very immersive fashion
Five Things Friday UK Edition with Simone Oloman UK retail news this week: Aldi boosts wages, Topshop returns to Liberty, Asda expands Express, JD Sports…
The Retail PodcastFive Things Friday: US Retail - Walmart AI, Travis Kelce, American Eagle, Gap & Best Buy
US retail news: Walmart marketplace AI and next‑day delivery, Gap’s denim push, Best Buy’s refurb engine, Cracker Barrel’s logo U‑turn, plus A&F × NFL…
The Retail PodcastFive Things APAC: Gen Z Wellness, Blind Boxes, Dopamine Malls
APAC retail briefing: LABUBU/Pop Mart’s blind‑box momentum, China’s Gen Z wellness shift, Australia Post’s US‑parcel pause (de minimis), “dopamine village”…
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The Home Is Retail’s New Storefront | Kaave Pour (SPACE10/IKEA)
Kaave Pour (ex‑SPACE10/IKEA) breaks down the home as retail’s #1 touchpoint: from layered home systems to utilities as technology (heat pumps, batteries…
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Five Things Friday: USA, UK, Europe & APAC — Culture, Commerce, and What Moves Next
Glossier joins TikTok Shop, Adidas rewrites nostalgia, back‑to‑school spend pulls forward, Prime vs Walmart deals, UK ultrafast delivery, loyalty reboots…
The Retail PodcastEU Retail in Focus: Smart Checkouts, Summer Sales Slump & Brand Resilience
From AI-powered supermarket lanes to shifting consumer habits, Alexandra Boisson & The Retail Podcast team unpack Europe’s retail trends. In this Five Things…
The Retail PodcastRetail’s Summer Shake-Up: AI in Stores, Experiential Flagships & UK Openings with Simone Oloman
From Currys’ Action AI rollout to Space NK’s Willy Wonka-style flagship, this week’s top UK retail stories. In this summer edition of Five Things Friday, Alex…
The Retail PodcastHow Magnum, Guinness, Marmite, Pokémon, Waitrose & Tesco Build Unforgettable Brand Moments
In this episode of The Retail Podcast, Alex speaks with Rupert Pick, Global MD of Hot Pickle, the award-winning brand experience agency behind iconic…
The Retail PodcastFive Things Friday US: Zalando’s Growth, ShopMy, Hailey Bieber’s Rhode, Resale Boom, and Martha Stewart’s Global Move
In this week’s Five Things Friday – US Edition, Alex Rezvan is joined by Jill Dvorak, SVP of Content at the National Retail Federation (NRF), to unpack five…
The Retail PodcastFive Things Friday UK: Retail Relevance, Gen Z Trends & The Rise of Resale
In this week’s Five Things Friday UK Edition, Alex and Simone break down the retail trends you can’t afford to ignore. From iconic brands fighting for survival…
The Retail PodcastFive Things Friday (EU)– Delipop folds, JD.com courts MediaMarkt, summer luxury slump, Picnic’s Paris push, France’s fast‑fashion clamp‑down
Delipop shutters its robot locker network; JD.com tries a €2.2 bn play for Ceconomy/MediaMarkt; US & Chinese tourists rein‑in luxury spend; Dutch grocer Picnic…