Covid-19 has sent the retail industry scrambling to prioritize digital and eCommerce, as physical retail has been forced to shut down completely in many markets around the world. Our guest today is bullish on the future of retail, but cites how it seems as though there will be an accelerated darwinian effect across the industry.

Paul Greenberg, Vice Chair of the Federation of International Retail Associations, which promotes networking, collaboration, and information exchange among retail trade association executives around the world.

He is an advisory board member and investor into notable retail technology solutions, including AfterPay and Style Arcade.

This conversation took place on April 22, 2020 as part of our Covid Conversations series.

We are featuring daily conversations with over 25 business leaders and influencers, focused on how folks are managing business amidst Covid-19. Our team is putting together a free guide that will highlight the resources and references mentioned across these conversations.

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There are unlikely heroes that have surfaced amidst the novel Covid-19 pandemic. Designated as critical to the relief infrastructure by the United States Government, third party delivery services have enabled communities in a multitude of ways...largely allowing us to transport goods in a time when the movement of people has been restricted.

Our guest today is Vikrum Aiyer, VP of Public Policy and Strategic Communications for Postmates. This conversation took place on May 8, 2020 as part of our Covid Conversations series.

We are featuring daily conversations with over 25 business leaders and influencers, focused on how folks are managing business amidst Covid-19. Our team is putting together a free guide that will highlight the resources and references mentioned across these conversations.

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Arguably the hardest hit sectors by Covid-19 are restaurants and hospitality. Our guest today is the founder and CEO of the fastest growing premium cafe brand in the United States, with +50 locations across 9 markets. 

Nicholas Stone details how he had to quickly consolidate his business, innovate to meet customer needs, and deployed a robust giveback prograrm...all seemingly overnight.

This conversation took place on April 22, 2020 as part of our Covid Conversations series.

We are featuring daily conversations with over 25 business leaders and influencers, focused on how folks are managing business amidst Covid-19. Our team is putting together a free guide that will highlight the resources and references mentioned across these conversations.

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As a community based digital media content platform, Glossy has quickly shifted a lot of their efforts to online engagement. They are driving towards their memberships portal at a faster pace than ever, using weekly webinars. Our guest today is Jill Manoff, Editor In Chief at Glossy.

This conversation took place on April 29, 2020 as part of our Covid Conversations series.

We are featuring a conversation daily that we've recently had with over 20 business leaders and influencers, focused on how folks are managing business amidst Covid-19. Our team is putting together a free guide that will highlight the resources and references mentioned across these conversations.

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How does this level of uncertainty translate as an active NFL player? With so much of their contracts being weighted on performance metrics, what conversations are agents having with their clients? Today's guest is AJ Vaynerchuk, he is the Co-Founder of VaynerX and CEO of VaynerSports.

This conversation took place on May 1, 2020 as part of our Covid Conversations series.

We are featuring a conversation daily that we've recently had with over 20 business leaders and influencers, focused on how folks are managing business amidst Covid-19. Our team is putting together a free guide that will highlight the resources and references mentioned across these conversations.

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How retailers need to think through the future of the experiences they will provide. Today's guest is Melissa Gonzalez. She is the CEO & Founder of Lion'esque Group, an award winning firm of experiential retail strategists and pop-up architects™ as well as a Principal and Shareholder in global architecture firm MG2.

This conversation took place on April 27, 2020 as part of our Covid Conversations series.

We are featuring a conversation daily that we've recently had with over 20 business leaders and influencers, focused on how folks are managing business amidst Covid-19. Our team is putting together a free guide that will highlight the resources and references mentioned across these conversations.

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Today's guest is Ainul Huda. He manages 80+ employees across analytics, digital strategy, marketing and social to drive audience growth & engagement and help maximize monetization across all Conde Nast brands. This conversation took place on April 21, 2020 as part of our Covid Conversations series 

We are featuring a conversation daily that we've recently had with over 20 business leaders and influencers, focused on how folks are managing business amidst Covid-19. Our team is putting together a free guide that will highlight the resources and references mentioned across these conversations.

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Today's guest is Joseph Segarra. He runs lifestyle partnerships and promotions for Def Jam Recordings. This conversation took place on April 21, 2020 as part of our Covid Conversations series 

We are featuring over 20 conversations we recently had with business leaders and influencers, focused on how folks are managing business amidst Covid-19, and the long term market effect they are anticipating for the future of their industries.

We are putting together a free guide that will highlight the resources and references mentioned across these conversations. DM us on our instagram handle @BellwetherCulture, and we will send you a download link once the series is fully published.

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Daymond John, entrepreneur, investor, founder of FUBU, star of Shark Tank, author of  “The Power of Broke” and "Power Shift"  sits down 1:1 with Pavan Bahl in a special edition of “Fashion Is Your Business LIVE” originally recorded in February 2017 and produced by MouthMedia Network.

This is an in depth story of Daymond's professional journey, as he explains it.

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Without any formal education or training in fashion or design, our guest Christopher Suarez co-founded, grew, and sold a fashion footwear brand to LVMH.

Christopher went on to replicate significant success with other brands, including one of the most radically sustainable fashion brands I have ever come across.

This fascinating success story was recorded at the Bankside Hotel London, in partnership with London and Partners.

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