BONUS - The Retail Razor: Blade to Greatness Season 2 Trailer

Retail Executive Leadership & Coaching Insights for the AI Era

Welcome to a special cross-release of the Season 2 trailer for The Retail Razor: Blade to Greatness — the podcast where retail leaders sharpen their edge. Hosted by Ricardo Belmar & Casey Golden, this series explores the essential skills & qualities every retail executive needs to lead boldly, stay sharp, & stay human in the AI era.

In Season 1, we uncovered the fundamentals of great leadership:

• how intrinsic motivation and autonomy unlock innovation
• why positivity is fuel, not fluff
• rethinking hiring, career development, & investing in people

Season 2 takes it further with new retail executives & coaching experts—to share actionable insights on:

• Building resilient & adaptable leadership cultures
• Leading through disruption & transformation in the AI era
• Practical coaching strategies for executives & C-suite leaders

If you’re a retail leader, this season will help you sharpen your leadership blade & lead with clarity. Subscribe to The Retail Razor: Blade to Greatness show in your favorite podcast player!

New episodes drop starting tomorrow!

👉 Stay Sharp. Lead Boldly. Stay Human.

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About your hosts::

Ricardo Belmar is an NRF Top Retail Voices for 2025 & a RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert from 2021 – 2025. Thinkers 360 has named him a Top 10 Retail & AGI, a Top 50 Management, Transformation, & Careers, and a Top 100 Digital Transformation & Agentic AI Thought Leader. Plus a Top Digital Voice for 2024 and 2025. He was most recently the director partner marketing for retail & consumer goods in the Americas at Microsoft.

Casey Golden, is CEO of Luxlock, a RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert from 2023 - 2025, and a Retail Cloud Allianceadvisory council member. Currently, Casey is the North America Leader for Retail & Consumer Goods at CI&T.

Includes music provided by imunobeats.com, featuring Swag, Tag and Brag from the album Beat Hype, written by Hestron Mimms, published by Imuno.