In this episode of The Future of Consumer Marketing, host Roman Kirsch interviews Chris Willingham, Global Marketing Director at Brompton Bicycle. Brompton is a 50-year-old British folding bicycle company that has evolved from a functional transportation solution into a global lifestyle brand and status symbol. With 1.2 million bikes sold across 47 markets, Brompton demonstrates how legacy brands can reinvent themselves while staying true to their core DNA. Chris shares how they're navigating the shift to electric, creating unified global messaging across diverse market use cases, and building authentic community experiences that foster unprecedented brand loyalty.

In this episode of The Future of Consumer Marketing, host Andres Figueira interviews Xiao Zhang, Co-founder and CEO of Collov AI, a spatial AI platform revolutionizing the real estate and home renovation industry. Zhang's company transforms the traditional staging process from a several-thousand-dollar, multi-day operation into a seconds-long, sub-$1 automated experience. Starting as a Stanford PhD in Applied Physics, Zhang pivoted from human-in-the-loop design services to fully automated AI generation, surviving near-bankruptcy and building a platform now serving over 10,000 real estate agents and hundreds of enterprise clients. His journey illustrates how technical founders can build consumer-facing platforms by maintaining relentless customer focus while leveraging breakthrough AI capabilities.

In this episode of The Future of Consumer Marketing, host Andres Figueira interviews Kareem Azees, Head of Marketing at ResQ, the facilities management platform streamlining repair and maintenance operations for restaurants. ResQ revolutionizes restaurant equipment management through QR code asset tracking and a network of trade vendors, helping operators make data-driven decisions about their equipment lifecycle. Through strategic franchise-focused marketing and lean team operations, ResQ has carved out a unique position in the restaurant tech space by solving a critical operational challenge that costs restaurants 3-5% of their P&L.

In this episode of The Future of Consumer Marketing, host Andres Figueira interviews Aaron Zagha, Chief Marketing Officer at Newton Baby, a company revolutionizing the baby sleep market through radical product innovation and data-driven marketing. Newton Baby has disrupted the traditional crib mattress category with their breathable, washable "woven air" technology made from the same material as yogurt cups. Starting as employee number two or three at the early-stage company, Aaron has scaled Newton Baby from a single product to a full sleep ecosystem through rigorous incrementality testing, AI experimentation, and a flat organizational structure that encourages radical experimentation.

In this episode of The Future of Consumer Marketing, host Andres Figueira interviews Gilbert Corrales, CEO and Co-Founder of Leaf. Leaf has evolved from a music marketing platform that became the number one music app in Latin America to a performance marketing agency specializing in direct-to-consumer retail brands. Starting with the challenge of helping musicians own their audience relationships in an increasingly commoditized digital music landscape, Gilbert and his team discovered that the same attention-based marketing frameworks applied across industries. Now Leaf helps fast-growing e-commerce companies optimize their digital marketing strategies while building technology products that solve conversion tracking and campaign optimization challenges at scale.

In this episode of The Future of Consumer Marketing, host Brett Stapper interviews John Solomon, CMO of Therabody. Therabody has transformed from a single percussion therapy device company (Theragun) into a comprehensive wellness ecosystem spanning performance, recovery, beauty, and everyday wellness. Under John's leadership, the brand has evolved from targeting elite athletes and weekend warriors to reaching mainstream consumers across multiple life stages - from millennials to active aging demographics. Through strategic brand architecture, product innovation, and audience-first marketing, Therabody has built a multi-category platform that maintains relevance across vastly different consumer segments while scaling from a DTC startup to a global omnichannel brand.

In this episode of The Future of Consumer Marketing, host Roman Kirsch interviews Henrik Jonsson, CEO of agood company. Henrik shares the brutal reality of marketing sustainable products in a mass market that claims to care about sustainability but refuses to pay premium prices for it. Through painful lessons learned over five years, agood company discovered that circular products must compete on traditional value propositions—price, quality, and design—rather than relying on sustainability as a differentiator. Operating across five distribution channels and generating revenue through D2C, retail partnerships, corporate gifting, brand collaborations, and ODM partnerships, the company has evolved from a trial-and-error startup to a focused business targeting 50 million euros in revenue by 2029.

In this episode of The Future of Consumer Marketing, host Roman Kirsch interviews Matthew Kelly, Founder of Spacegoods, a functional beverage brand that has raised over £6 million and become the UK's leading mushroom coffee company. After experiencing a dramatic business failure, Matthew rebuilt from his lowest point to create a premium wellness brand that challenges the black-and-brown aesthetic of traditional supplement companies with bold pink and purple branding. Through disciplined focus on unit economics, creative-first marketing, and authentic founder storytelling, Spacegoods has grown from a single-product launch to a multi-million pound business targeting the premium wellness market.

In this episode of The Future of Consumer Marketing, host Brett Stapper interviews Andrew Salisbury, founder and CEO of Purity Coffee. After selling his B2B software company in Latin America, Salisbury entered the coffee industry with zero experience but armed with a compelling hypothesis: what if every decision in coffee production was optimized for health rather than taste, cost, or convenience? Over the past decade, Purity Coffee has grown from an experimental concept to one of the fastest-growing coffee companies in America, earning five consecutive spots on the Inc. 5000 list. By creating the "circular health coffee" category and building direct relationships with consumers who value functional benefits, Salisbury has proven there's a substantial market for premium coffee positioned as medicine rather than just beverage.

In this episode of The Future of Consumer Marketing, host Roman Kirsch interviews Matthew Kelly, Founder of Spacegoods, a functional beverage brand that has raised over £6 million and become the UK's leading mushroom coffee company. After experiencing a dramatic business failure that left him with £1.5 million in personal debt, Matthew rebuilt from his lowest point to create a premium wellness brand that challenges the black-and-brown aesthetic of traditional supplement companies with bold pink and purple branding. Through disciplined focus on unit economics, creative-first marketing, and authentic founder storytelling, Spacegoods has grown from a single-product launch to a multi-million pound business targeting the premium wellness market.